New Harris Poll has Obama Surging

Obama is surging in the new Harris Poll. [editor's note, by JoeCoaster] Favorability numbers below
                      Total                     Party ID
                                    Republican     Democrat    Independent
                      Feb    Mar    Feb    Mar    Feb    Mar    Feb    Mar
                        %      %      %      %      %      %      %      %
 Hillary Clinton       45     41     10      7     74     68     40     36
 Barack Obama          37     41     15     16     53     59     35     42
 John Edwards          28     29     10      8     44     45     27     29
 Al Gore               26     29      5      4     44     49     23     26
 John Kerry            12     14      2      3     23     22      9     12
 Joe Lieberman         12     10     14     11     12     10     10      9
 Wesley Clark           8      9      3      2     12     13      8      9
 Howard Dean            8      8      2      2     13     13      8      8
 Bill Richardson        8      8      3      2     12     13      6      7
 Joe Biden              7      7      2      1     12     12      6      6
 Dennis Kucinich        4      5      *      *      8      8      4      4
 Christopher Dodd       4      3      1      *      7      7      3      2
 Mike Gravel            1      2      -      *      2      3      1      1



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Re: Clinton Has 0 Point Lead Over Obama (none / 0)

Those are favorability numbers, not a preference poll. Hillary leads 15-12 in the preference test. However, the momentum is certainly towards Obama and Hillary's latest equivocation on Iraq will hurt her.


by curtadams on Thu Mar 15, 2007 at 12:47:18 PM EST

The poll is amazing but (3.00 / 1)

They need to drop Gore and Clark to make it legit.


by Yoshimi on Thu Mar 15, 2007 at 12:50:27 PM EST
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I'm with Chris Bowers (3.00 / 1)

The campaign is now underway. Somebody who doesn't even have an exploratory commitee should not be in the poll, never mind somebody who says he can't even imagine running.


by curtadams on Thu Mar 15, 2007 at 01:10:51 PM EST

And Gore's a strong 3rd. (none / 0)


by Hesiod Theogeny on Thu Mar 15, 2007 at 01:58:51 PM EST

Re: Clinton Has 0 Point Lead (none / 0)

This diary's title is highly misleading.  The numbers referenced here are for "would consider voting for" numbers, not "first choice" poll numbers.  That is completely different than a poll with a hard choice given.  Clinton leads Obama in the "first choice" question 27% to 21% and amongst Democrats leads Obama 68% to 59% when it comes to "would consider voting for."   I would recommend changing the false title of this diary, which makes it look like a tie in a regular "choice" poll, which is not the case at all.  


by georgep on Thu Mar 15, 2007 at 03:01:44 PM EST

Re: Clinton Has Lead Over Obama (none / 0)

Another gross misrepresentation of the facts when it comes to Hillary.  She is certainly leading Obama and when you remove Gore, her lead only increases.


by marasaud on Thu Mar 15, 2007 at 03:47:14 PM EST


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