Lieberman Tops Democrat Presidential Poll

[Nicholas_J]

By The Associated Press

July 24, 2003, 10:18 AM EDT

Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman had the most support from Democratic voters in a national poll released Thursday, followed closely by Dick Gephardt. But if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York were in the running, she'd outpace all Democrats.

Recent polls have projected Clinton as the winner if she joined the field. That was also true in this survey: she had 48 percent to 11 percent for Lieberman, with others in single digits.

Lieberman, a Connecticut senator, was at 21 percent and Gephardt, a Missouri representative, was at 16 percent -- just within the error margin of plus or minus 5 percentage points in the Quinnipiac University poll.

Kerry, a Massachusetts senator, was at 13 percent and Dean, a former governor of Vermont was at 10 percent. Other candidates in the nine-member field were at 6 percent or lower. More than a fifth, 21 percent, were undecided.

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[gristy]

1. Have I been transported to Earth's mirror planet?

I thought Lieberman was down in the noise in earlier polls. In single digits.

:dem:

[mndemocrat_29]

2. Why Hillary?

Why do they shove Hillary into these polls. It just obscures the polls because she isn't running. In fact, why don't they poll for the candidates who aren't running:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
For. VP Al Gore
Sen. Tom Daschle
Gov. Tom Vilsack
Sen. Chris Dodd
Rep. Nancy Pelosi
For. Sen. Gary Hart
Wesley Clark
Sen. Joe Biden

That would be an interesting poll and wouldn't interfere with the actual race.

[lcordero]

3. It seems that the press is skewering the polls again

I am definitely not happy about this:mad:

[Prodemsouth]

4. Don't worry. Name Recon only, This is national poll

Nationwide people are not paying attention yet They will when the states have primary. New Hampshire Iowa -you need to look there to see who is doing what-not looking good for Leib the Dweeb there.