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There is a new poll out in New Hampshire. From Political Wire...
In a New Hampshire presidential primary, a new Research 2000 poll shows that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) leads the pack of potential 2008 candidates in the Democratic race with 22%. However, she's closely followed by Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) at 21%, John Edwards (D) at 16% and Al Gore at 10%.Again, I am surprised about how well Barack Obama is doing and have to ask if he is just treading on hype. Clinton isn't running away with the nomination as the media wanted you to believe she would. Edwards is polling well. New Hampshire is believed to his weakest state out of Iowa, South Carolina, and Nevada. No Kerry or Biden or Dodd, all Northeasterner's that would need to do well in New Hampshire to get off the ground.
I think most surprising, though, is Al Gore at 10%. Gore hasn't made any of the moves the other candidates have and is polling well in both New Hampshire and Iowa. It would really shake things up if Gore got into the race.
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To me that poll just tracks name recognition. Apart from the bloggers, media, and the candidates themselves I don't think anyone is really thinking about the '08 race just yet. Give it another 4-6 months and those numbers will be completely different.
I agree that a lot of the polls are based on name recognition.
Obama has to have the lowest name recognition out of Hillary, Edwards, and Gore. Kerry would have high name recogntion. That would make Obama the big winner and Kerry the big loser in the poll.
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