ABC News/Washington Post Iowa poll:Obama 33%, Clinton 29%, Edwards 20%

[zulchzulu]

From the latest poll:

Currently, among likely Democratic caucus-goers in this ABC News/Washington Post poll, 33 percent support Obama, 29 percent Clinton and 20 percent Edwards, with single-digit support for the other Democratic candidates.

http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/story?id=4021096&page=1

PDF of data: http://abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1056a1IowaDemocraticCaucus.pdf

[zulchzulu]

1. Kick

In case you missed it...

[SaveElmer]

2. Good news for Obama...not terrible news for Hillary...very bad for Edwards...

13 points out of the lead!!!

[BeyondGeography]

3. A fair assessment

[BringBigDogBack]

4. bump

[jsamuel]

5. as I noted elsewhere, this poll was sampled earlier than the one showing Edwards up

this one was Dec 13-17

the one with Edwards up was Dec 16-17

You might go "eh", but realize that the Gov.'s wife endorsed Edwards on the 16th and the effect of the debate win was just starting.

[Stop Cornyn]

6. The most important part of the poll was the numbers for prior caucus participants: 26%, 25%, 24% for

Obama, Hillary, and Edwards, respectively. This polling data, which was gathered before the InsiderAdvantage data, is not really inconsistent in that both polls show a three-way race that any of the three top candidates could win.