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Posted: Thu Aug 23rd, 2007 04:10 am |
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Poll shows Clinton leading Democrats in Iowa
Sen. Hillary Clinton has climbed to the top of the Democratic lineup in Iowa in a NewsMax/Zogby poll for the first time.
Former Sen. John Edwards, the 2004 vice presidential nominee, has been on top in most Iowa polls of Democrats this year.
But the poll made public Tuesday shows Clinton is supported by 30 percent of Iowa Democrats likely to attend their precinct caucuses next January. Edwards receives 23 percent support, and Sen. Barack Obama received 19percent support in the telephone poll taken last weekend by NewsMax/Zogby, a national opinion research company. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who had just 1 percent support in January, is now firmly in fourth place with 10percent, the new poll shows. Sen. Joe Biden follows with 3 percent. Sen. Christopher Dodd, Rep. Dennis Kucinich and former Sen. Mike Gravel each get 1 percent. Thirteen percent of those polled remain undecided about who they would like to see as their presidential nominee.
The new poll was based on telephone interviews with 503 likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers. The findings have a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
Clinton has led in two polls in Iowa. She has benefited from an aggressive campaign push in the state since May and has campaigned alone and with her husband, the former president. Tuesday's poll is the first time she has led in a Zogby poll.
Clinton gained six points since the last Zogby poll, in May, while Edwards and Obama each lost three points.
Among Iowa women, Clinton expanded her lead, winning 35percent support, while Obama gets 19 percent and Edwards 17 percent, according to the Zogby data. Edwards leads among Iowa men, with 29 percent, while Clinton gets 24 percent and Obama gets 19percent.
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