Primary poll has Obama, Hillary Clinton tied
Primary poll has Obama, Clinton tied
Previous survey had Illinois senator trailing former first lady by 23 percentage points with likely voters Associated Press First published: Monday, December 25, 2006 CONCORD, N.H.
-- Two weeks after Sen. Barack Obama's first trip to New Hampshire, a new poll shows him about even with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton among likely voters in the state's 2008 Democratic presidential primary.Among participants in the Concord Monitor poll, 22 percent said they would vote for Clinton if the primary was held now, and 21 percent said Obama. That put them slightly ahead of former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who was at 16 percent.
Last month, a Monitor poll showed Clinton leading Obama by 23 percentage points.
"I'm not surprised because Barack Obama got five days of constant media attention in New Hampshire," said Jim Demers, a Democratic activist who accompanied Obama throughout his visit. "Obama has demonstrated to the people of New Hampshire that he's a top-tier candidate."
On the Republican side, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Sen. John McCain are about even, with Giuliani at 26 percent and McCain at 25 percent. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is next with 10 percent.
The telephone poll of 600 had a sampling margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The likely voters for the Democratic and Republican primary totaled 400 respondents each. For those questions, the margin of error was plus or minus 5 percentage points.
Giuliani has a slight lead over Clinton, while Clinton and McCain are about even. Obama is slightly ahead of Giuliani and McCain. Edwards is tied with McCain and about even with Giuliani.
http://www.timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=547982&Category=STATE&LinkFrom=RSS
Previous survey had Illinois senator trailing former first lady by 23 percentage points with likely voters Associated Press First published: Monday, December 25, 2006 CONCORD, N.H.
-- Two weeks after Sen. Barack Obama's first trip to New Hampshire, a new poll shows him about even with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton among likely voters in the state's 2008 Democratic presidential primary.Among participants in the Concord Monitor poll, 22 percent said they would vote for Clinton if the primary was held now, and 21 percent said Obama. That put them slightly ahead of former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who was at 16 percent.
Last month, a Monitor poll showed Clinton leading Obama by 23 percentage points.
"I'm not surprised because Barack Obama got five days of constant media attention in New Hampshire," said Jim Demers, a Democratic activist who accompanied Obama throughout his visit. "Obama has demonstrated to the people of New Hampshire that he's a top-tier candidate."
On the Republican side, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Sen. John McCain are about even, with Giuliani at 26 percent and McCain at 25 percent. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is next with 10 percent.
The telephone poll of 600 had a sampling margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The likely voters for the Democratic and Republican primary totaled 400 respondents each. For those questions, the margin of error was plus or minus 5 percentage points.
Giuliani has a slight lead over Clinton, while Clinton and McCain are about even. Obama is slightly ahead of Giuliani and McCain. Edwards is tied with McCain and about even with Giuliani.
http://www.timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=547982&Category=STATE&LinkFrom=RSS
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