Dean Leads Kerry in New Hampshire!
The Boston Herald has conducted its own poll in New Hampshire - ostensibly gauging support for a Hillary Clinton run against the rest of the field. Two things immediately jump out in this poll. First, Dean runs second only to Hillary (and she doesn't take much from his support, only from others in the field). Second, Dean leads Kerry head to head by 28% to 25%. Clearly this remains well within the margin of error, but this supports the other polling data posted earlier today. Good news for the Dean team. An excerpt:
"The race now tied between Dean and Kerry would quickly become a Dean-Clinton standoff, with Clinton picked by 27 percent of voters and Dean by 23 percent in the poll.
Kerry would fall to a second tier at 16 percent and all other candidates would be relegated to single digits.
But Dean's support among independent- and reform-minded voters seems intact with or without Clinton in the running.
``She doesn't eat into Dean's lead at all,'' said Herald pollster R. Kelly Myers. ``As of today, Dean is the only one who could hold his own (against Clinton).''
Indeed, among independents polled in the survey, Dean and Clinton are locked at 21 percent and 22 percent respectively."
"The race now tied between Dean and Kerry would quickly become a Dean-Clinton standoff, with Clinton picked by 27 percent of voters and Dean by 23 percent in the poll.
Kerry would fall to a second tier at 16 percent and all other candidates would be relegated to single digits.
But Dean's support among independent- and reform-minded voters seems intact with or without Clinton in the running.
``She doesn't eat into Dean's lead at all,'' said Herald pollster R. Kelly Myers. ``As of today, Dean is the only one who could hold his own (against Clinton).''
Indeed, among independents polled in the survey, Dean and Clinton are locked at 21 percent and 22 percent respectively."
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