Clinton has 21-point lead in New Hampshire poll (41 to 20)

[Karmadillo]

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1327481220071014

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton has a 21-point lead over fellow Democrat Barack Obama in New Hampshire, one of the first states to vote in the nominating process for the 2008 U.S. presidential election, a poll showed on Sunday.

In a poll by Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, 41 percent of likely Democratic voters support Clinton followed by 20 percent for Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois. Former Sen. John Edwards was third with 11 percent.

Among likely Republican voters, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney had a slight lead with 26 percent support, followed by 20 percent for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and 17 percent for Arizona Sen. John McCain. Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, a Hollywood actor who officially entered the race last month, had 10 percent support.

The poll surveyed 1,512 registered New Hampshire voters and has a margin of error of 5 percentage points for the results for Democrats and 5.5 percentage points for Republicans.

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[jaysunb]

1. I remember when Howard Dean had a similar lead

about this time in 04.

I even went there in 15 degree below zero weather to help out. Those Granite State voters are really something......:evilgrin:

[LoZoccolo]

3. Dean had a similar lead in December 2003.

At the end of October 2003 he had 16% of the total vote, with a 4% lead over Lieberman (the margin of error in that poll, however, was +/- 5.5%).

http://www.pollingreport.com/wh04dem.htm

[defendandprotect]

8. Hillary's DLC so she she be OK ....

[MonkeyFunk]

12. Then you remember incorrectly

[madfloridian]

2. Then their state doesn't need to bother either.

She leads everywhere, so no one has to sweat the primaries. Nice to know.

[AlCzervik]

4. did Romney's numbers creep back up a little? i saw another poll maybe a week ago?

that had him and the tragedy profiteer almost tied.

[emilyg]

5. Thanks for posting.

[sampsonblk]

6. This isn't even competitive

The other candidates need a miracle or a (real) gaffe.

[defendandprotect]

9. And, I guess it's believable . . . ???

[BadgerLaw2010]

15. Arguing that every single poll is wrong indicates being divorced from reality.

The data on Hillary being dominant everywhere except Iowa is pretty damn overwhelming.

[defendandprotect]

26. Reflect on the "data" re Howard Dean . . . he was top of the heap . . . Kerry at bottom 3%?

So . . . I take all of these polls with a whole box of salt, thank you . .. !!!

Hillary is the corporate DLC candidate -- she's getting a lot of help ---

[ripple]

10. Or a war room like Clinton's

You know, pretty, positive, and welcoming...all while whispering about other candidates to the media. It doesn't hurt to have unpaid favors from democratic leaders in early primary states, either.

Still, I'm sure it will be a fair election process. After all, we're a DEMOCRACY. :eyes:

[sampsonblk]

11. Oh I believe you

I have no doubt that the stuff you allude to is going on. No question.

But the other candidates had an opportunity to prepare the way for themselves just as Mrs Clinton did. She has made this run the hallmark of her political career, and planned accordingly. She 'dun her homework' and got all her ducks in a row long before this race began.

I don't believe in inevitability. But Hillary Clinton has resources that she hasn't even tapped yet.

[gateley]

16. Some of the other candidates didn't have the $$$ to prepare they way for

themselves just as Mrs. Clinton did.

[cuke]

17. The Clintons left the White House in debt

Hillary got that money the old fashioned way - She fundraised it

Nobody was stopping the other candidates from doing the same

[gateley]

18. Hillary's supporters had the deepest pockets, which to me is an indication

of who she hangs with...

[cuke]

19. I just don't understand that

When Obama raises lots of cash, it's a sign of grassroots support. When Clinton does it, it's "an indication of who she hangs with"

One of the reasons she can raise cash is because she can win elections. She can win elections because there are many Democratic voters that support her. The reason she has the support of so many voters is the result of what she has done, not because of her money or who she hangs with. Certainly, friends with money help, but ordinary dems don't vote for someone because they're rich or because of who they hang with.

[gateley]

20. Nope, not picking on Hillary only - I have the same concerns about Obama but our

postings were talking about Clinton.

I'm not going to respond to the rest of your post because I just don't see it as you do, so we'd get nowhere going back and forth debating it. We both have better ways to spend our time.

[cuke]

21. That's cool

I'm glad I'm not the only one that recognizes that our opinions are not facts and that our opinions are rooted in our perspective

[gateley]

22. Very well put! nt

[sufrommich]

13. So you're joining the whispering campaign

to blame Clinton for the whispering campaigns.Cute.

[Karmadillo]

24. Ouch, ouch, ouch. Very nice post.

nt

[LoZoccolo]

23. Or quit blaming other people, lol. n/t

[bigdarryl]

7. remember in NH independents and rethugs can vote in the primary

so that 20 point so called lead can dwindle fast when you factor which candsidate is going to get the most independent vote

[democratsin08]

14. great news

the more people see obama the less they like him.

[Ethelk2044]

25. Do not need to worry about NH polls. Indys can vote in NH and the poll

does not take into account of Indys. She does not have that big of a lead.