Poll: Clinton, Obama close in Iowa [View All]

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Poll: Clinton, Obama in Virtual Tie in Iowa With Edwards Close Behind

The Associated Press
AP News

Dec 03, 2007 10:05 EST

THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats in Iowa

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THE NUMBERS

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 31 percent

Barack Obama, 26 percent

John Edwards, 19 percent

Bill Richardson, 10 percent

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OF INTEREST:

Clinton and Obama are in a statistical tie among likely Democratic voters in the state, whose Jan. 3 caucuses will open the voting in the 2008 presidential campaign. Clinton has only a slight lead among women, a group she usually dominates. Though Clinton leads Obama 35 percent to 24 percent among Democrats, Obama leads 32 percent to 19 percent with Democratic-leaning independents, who made up a fifth of Democratic caucus-goers in 2004. Obama has a slight lead among voters less than age 50, but Clinton has a two-to-one edge among older people — and they were a majority of caucus participants four years ago.

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The telephone poll, done by The Associated Press and the Pew Research Center, was conducted Nov. 7-25 and involved interviews with 460 likely Democratic voters in Iowa. It had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 5.5 percentage points.

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COMPLETE RESULTS: http://people-press.org

Source: AP News

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