Deans tops Kerry, Clark in New Hampshire poll

[Freddie Stubbs]

The Associated Press

BOSTON --
Two new polls of likely New Hampshire Democratic primary voters show former General Wesley Clark in second place, ahead of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry but trailing former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.

Dean led Clark by 15 points in a poll conducted Jan. 12-13 by WHDH-TV and Suffolk University. Dean was chosen by 32 percent of voters, followed by Clark with 17 percent, Kerry with 12 percent and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman in fourth with 11 percent. The rest of the candidates registered in the low single digits.

The poll of 400 New Hampshire voters likely to participate in the Jan. 27 primary was released Wednesday and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.

A Boston Herald poll released Wednesday showed Dean with 29 percent and Clark at 20 percent. Kerry came in third with 15 percent, and the rest of the candidates were in single digits. The poll of 408 likely primary voters was conducted Jan. 11 and 12 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percent.

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[CMT]

1. excellent news

It's tightening but Dean is still on top.

[returnable]

2. I still can't figure out...

...how Lieberman is polling in double digits.

Must've been a helluva Joevember and the rest of us just missed it :hi:

[Padraig18]

3. Much closer to what the internal Dean polls show.

Tightening up, but no 'warm breath down the back of the neck'. :)