Dean leads Mason-Dixon Virginia poll

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The poll showed Bush with leads ranging from 15 percent to 22 percent in head-to-head races against six top candidates vying for the Democratic presidential nomination. Retired Gen. Wesley Clark came the closest, with 33 percent compared to Bush’s 48 percent.

The results verify Virginia’s conservative credentials. The Old Dominion has voted for Republicans in the past nine presidential elections.

Virginia will hold a Democratic presidential primary Feb. 10. Some 308 of the poll’s participants said they are likely to cast ballots in the contest.

They expressed the following preference: Howard Dean, 21 percent; Joseph Lieberman, 13 percent; Clark, 11 percent; Richard Gephardt, 8 percent; John Kerry, 7 percent; Al Sharpton, 6 percent; John Edwards, 5 percent; Dennis Kucinich, 1 percent; Carol Moseley Braun, 0 percent. Twenty-eight percent were undecided.

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