The slide continues for Dean & Clark

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Kerry 37%
Dean 19%
Clark 15%
Edwards 11%

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Sen. John Kerry's lead in New Hampshire has increased over former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean in the first tracking poll done entirely after the Iowa caucus.

Kerry has the support of 37 percent of likely Democratic primary voters in the WMUR-TV tracking poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. Dean has slipped to 19 percent. The poll has a margin of error of 4.7 percent.

The turnaround since the Iowa caucus has been dramatic. In a tracking poll before the caucus, Kerry was second, with 24 percent support, while Dean was first, with 33 percent. Since Kerry's victory in Iowa, he has gained 13 percent, while Dean has lost 14 percent.

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark has also slipped somewhat, with 15 percent support, compared to 18 percent on Jan. 19. Sen. John Edwards has finally shown some upward movement, with 11 percent support, compared to 8 percent previously.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, who, along with Clark, did not compete in Iowa, has also improved, with 8 percent of the vote, up from 5 percent. Rep. Dennis Kucinich has remained at 3 percent through all the tracking polls.

The Rev. Al Sharpton has consistently registered at less than 1 percent support in New Hampshire.

 

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Shaping up to being a one man race

 

[D2bets]

Which poll is that?

Just released ARG:

NH Democratic Tracking
Jan 21-23 Percent

Clark 19%
Dean 15%
Edwards 13%
Kerry 34%
Kucinich 1%
Lieberman 6%
Sharpton 0%
Undecided 12%

The battle is for 2nd place and given where he came from, it is the most critical for Dean. Kerry's real test comes 2/3 in the south and west.

 

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http://www.thewmurchannel.com/politics/2789061/detail.html

 

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Kerry 30%
Edwards 13%
Dean 12%
Clark 12%

For this NEWSWEEK poll, Princeton Survey Research Associates interviewed 1,006 adults aged 18 and older Jan. 22 and Jan. 23 by telephone. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

 

[lander]

Frank,
If you had to predict the 2nd strongest (ie non-Kerry) candidate at this moment who would you select?

I think it's either Clark or Edwards.

I don't read Clark's poll slippage as his campaign faltering because him and Lieberman were the only guys in NH for some time, so it's understandable that he'd drop when the heavyweights rolled into town.

Any thoughts?

 

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Edwards...

A Kerry/Edwards ticket would be strong.

 

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If i'm not mistaken. edwards said he was not going to run again for his senate seat.

he may have been looking for the VP spot all along.

 

[lander]

One of my concerns with Kerry, Dean, & Lierbman was the fact that they are New Englanders. Do you think an Edwards VP selection could buy a guy like Kerry votes in the South and Midwest that he likely would have lost to Bush?