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White House 2008: Democratic Nomination See also: Rating the contenders

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CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. Aug. 23-24, 2008. N=438 registered Democrats nationwide. MoE ą 4.5.
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"If it were up to you, who would you rather see the Democratic Party choose as its nominee for president: Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton?" Options rotated
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		Obama	Clinton	Other (vol.)	Neither (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	8/23-24/08	59	37	1	2	1
	6/4-5/08	59	35	1	2	2

CBS News Poll. May 30-June 3, 2008. Among Democratic primary voters nationwide (from a total sample of 1,038 adults).
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"Who would you like to see the Democratic Party nominate as its presidential candidate in 2008: [see below]?"
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		5/30 - 6/3/08	5/1-3/08	4/25-29/08	3/28 - 4/2/08
		%	%	%	%
	Barack Obama	45	50	46	46
	Hillary Clinton	41	38	38	43
	Other (vol.)	3	3	2	3
	Unsure	11	9	14	8
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		3/15-18/08	2/20-24/08	1/30 - 2/2/08	1/9-12/08	12/5-9/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Barack Obama	46	54	41	27	27
	Hillary Clinton	43	38	41	42	44
	Other (vol.)	3	1	4	0	2
	Unsure	8	7	14	14	9
	John Edwards	n/a	n/a	n/a	11	11
	Dennis Kucinich	n/a	n/a	n/a	4	2
	Joe Biden	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
	Bill Richardson	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
	Christopher Dodd	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1

Gallup Poll daily tracking. Three-day rolling average. N=approx. 1,200 Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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*Preference for Democratic Nominee:*

		Clinton	Obama	Other	Unsure	Edwards
	Survey end date	%	%	%	%	%

	6/3/08	43	52	1	5	n/a
	6/2/08	43	52	1	5	n/a
	6/1/08	41	51	2	7	n/a
	5/31/08	42	52	1	6	n/a
	5/29/08	42	52	1	5	n/a
	5/28/08	42	52	2	4	n/a
	5/27/08	44	50	2	4	n/a
	5/25/08	43	51	2	4	n/a
	5/24/08	45	50	1	4	n/a
	5/23/08	44	52	1	4	n/a
	5/22/08	44	51	1	4	n/a
	5/21/08	42	53	1	4	n/a
	5/20/08	42	53	1	5	n/a
	5/19/08	40	54	1	4	n/a
	5/18/08	39	55	2	4	n/a
	5/17/08	41	52	2	5	n/a
	5/16/08	42	51	2	6	n/a
	5/15/08	44	48	1	6	n/a
	5/14/08	44	50	2	5	n/a
	5/13/08	44	50	1	5	n/a
	5/12/08	44	50	2	4	n/a
	5/11/08	43	50	1	6	n/a
	5/10/08	45	49	1	6	n/a
	5/9/08	44	49	1	6	n/a
	5/8/08	46	48	1	5	n/a
	5/7/08	46	47	2	6	n/a
	5/6/08	46	47	1	5	n/a
	5/5/08	46	48	2	5	n/a
	5/4/08	45	50	1	4	n/a
	5/3/08	45	49	2	4	n/a
	5/2/08	47	47	1	5	n/a
	5/1/08	48	46	1	5	n/a
	4/30/08	49	45	2	5	n/a
	4/29/08	47	46	2	5	n/a
	4/28/08	47	46	2	5	n/a
	4/27/08	46	47	1	5	n/a
	4/26/08	47	47	1	5	n/a
	4/25/08	47	47	1	4	n/a
	4/24/08	47	48	1	4	n/a
	4/23/08	44	49	1	5	n/a
	4/22/08	42	50	1	7	n/a
	4/21/08	40	50	1	8	n/a
	4/20/08	42	49	1	8	n/a
	4/19/08	45	47	1	7	n/a
	4/18/08	46	45	1	8	n/a
	4/17/08	44	47	2	7	n/a
	4/16/08	42	49	1	7	n/a
	4/15/08	42	50	1	6	n/a
	4/14/08	40	51	1	8	n/a
	4/13/08	40	50	2	9	n/a
	4/12/08	41	50	2	8	n/a
	4/11/08	42	49	1	8	n/a
	4/10/08	42	51	1	6	n/a
	4/9/08	42	50	1	7	n/a
	4/8/08	41	51	2	6	n/a
	4/7/08	43	51	2	5	n/a
	4/6/08	43	52	1	4	n/a
	4/5/08	46	49	1	5	n/a
	4/4/08	44	49	1	6	n/a
	4/3/08	44	49	1	6	n/a
	4/2/08	46	49	1	5	n/a
	4/1/08	46	49	1	5	n/a
	3/31/08	45	49	1	4	n/a
	3/30/08	43	51	2	5	n/a
	3/29/08	42	52	1	5	n/a
	3/28/08	43	50	1	6	n/a
	3/27/08	42	50	2	6	n/a
	3/26/08	44	48	2	6	n/a
	3/25/08	46	47	2	5	n/a
	3/24/08	45	47	2	5	n/a
	3/22/08	46	47	2	5	n/a
	3/21/08	45	48	3	5	n/a
	3/20/08	47	45	3	5	n/a
	3/19/08	48	43	3	6	n/a
	3/18/08	49	42	3	6	n/a
	3/17/08	47	44	3	7	n/a
	3/16/08	47	45	2	5	n/a
	3/15/08	45	48	2	5	n/a
	3/14/08	46	49	1	4	n/a
	3/13/08	44	50	2	5	n/a
	3/12/08	46	48	2	5	n/a
	3/11/08	45	47	2	5	n/a
	3/10/08	45	48	2	5	n/a
	3/9/08	44	49	3	5	n/a
	3/8/08	45	47	3	6	n/a
	3/7/08	46	45	3	6	n/a
	3/6/08	48	44	2	6	n/a
	3/5/08	48	44	2	6	n/a
	3/4/08	48	44	2	7	n/a
	3/3/08	45	45	2	8	n/a
	3/2/08	43	48	2	7	n/a
	3/1/08	42	50	2	7	n/a
	2/29/08	43	49	3	5	n/a
	2/28/08	42	49	3	6	n/a
	2/27/08	43	48	2	7	n/a
	2/26/08	43	48	3	7	n/a
	2/25/08	46	46	2	6	n/a
	2/24/08	45	47	1	7	n/a
	2/23/08	46	47	1	6	n/a
	2/22/08	45	47	1	7	n/a
	2/20/08	45	44	3	9	n/a
	2/19/08	42	47	3	9	n/a
	2/18/08	45	46	2	7	n/a
	2/17/08	42	49	2	7	n/a
	2/16/08	43	48	2	7	n/a
	2/15/08	42	49	2	7	n/a
	2/14/08	45	47	2	6	n/a
	2/13/08	45	46	3	6	n/a
	2/12/08	44	45	3	9	n/a
	2/11/08	45	44	3	9	n/a
	2/10/08	46	44	2	8	n/a
	2/9/08	48	43	3	7	n/a
	2/8/08	48	43	3	7	n/a
	2/7/08	49	42	2	7	n/a
	2/6/08	51	40	1	8	n/a
	2/5/08	52	39	2	7	n/a
	2/4/08	47	42	3	8	n/a
	2/3/08	47	43	4	6	n/a
	2/2/08	46	44	3	7	n/a
	2/1/08	48	41	3	7	n/a
	1/31/08	44	41	3	8	4
	1/30/08	43	39	3	8	8
	1/29/08	42	36	2	8	12
	1/28/08	43	34	2	7	14
	1/27/08	44	33	2	8	14
	1/26/08	45	32	2	8	13
	1/25/08	47	32	3	7	11
	1/24/08	47	31	3	7	12

USA Today/Gallup Poll. May 30-June 1, 2008. N=532 Democrats and Democratic leaners nationwide. MoE ą 5.
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"Next, I'm going to read a list of people who are running in the Democratic primary for president. After I read all the names, please tell me which of those candidates you would be most likely to support for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, or if you would support someone else. . . ." Names rotated. For 11/11-14/07 and earlier, includes second choices of Gore supporters.
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		5/30 - 6/1/08	5/1-3/08	4/18-20/08	3/14-16/08	2/21-24/08
		%	%	%	%	%
	Barack Obama	53	44	50	49	51
	Hillary Clinton	40	51	40	42	39
	Someone else	1	1	2	1	1
	None (vol.)/Unsure	6	4	8	8	7
	Mike Gravel	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	1

		2/8-10/08	1/30 - 2/2/08	1/10-13/08	1/4-6/08	12/14-16/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Barack Obama	47	44	33	33	27
	Hillary Clinton	44	45	45	33	45
	Mike Gravel	3	2	1	-	-
	Someone else	1	1	1	1	1
	None (vol.)/Unsure	6	7	5	8	4
	John Edwards	n/a	n/a	13	20	15
	Dennis Kucinich	n/a	n/a	1	3	2
	Bill Richardson	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	2
	Joe Biden	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
	Christopher Dodd	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	-

		11/30 - 12/2/07	11/11-14/07	11/2-4/07	10/12-14/07	10/4-7/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	39	48	50	50	47
	Barack Obama	24	21	22	21	26
	John Edwards	15	12	15	13	11
	Joe Biden	4	2	1	3	2
	Dennis Kucinich	4	4	1	1	1
	Bill Richardson	4	2	4	4	4
	Christopher Dodd	1	1	1	-	1
	Mike Gravel	-	1	-	-	-
	Someone else	1	-	1	1	1
	None (vol.)/Unsure	6	9	5	6	5

		9/14-16/07	9/7-8/07	8/13-16/07	8/3-5/07	7/12-15/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	47	45	48	48	40
	Barack Obama	25	24	25	26	28
	John Edwards	11	16	13	12	13
	Bill Richardson	5	2	2	4	5
	Joe Biden	3	3	1	3	3
	Dennis Kucinich	2	2	2	1	1
	Christopher Dodd	1	1	1	-	1
	Mike Gravel	1	1	-	-	-
	Someone else	-	2	1	2	-
	None (vol.)/Unsure	4	5	6	5	8

		7/6-8/07	6/11-14/07	6/1-3/07	5/10-13/07	5/4-6/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	42	39	37	42	45
	Barack Obama	26	26	36	28	27
	John Edwards	16	13	13	14	14
	Joe Biden	4	3	4	2	2
	Bill Richardson	4	5	4	3	3
	Dennis Kucinich	2	1	-	1	1
	Mike Gravel	1	1	1	-	-
	Christopher Dodd	-	-	-	1	-
	Someone else	-	1	1	1	1
	None (vol.)/Unsure	5	8	5	6	5
	Wesley Clark	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	1
	Al Sharpton	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	-

		4/13-15/07	4/2-5/07	3/23-25/07	3/2-4/07	2/9-11/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Rodham Clinton	37	43	42	44	48
	Barack Obama	29	19	24	27	23
	John Edwards	19	18	17	10	14
	Bill Richardson	4	3	4	2	5
	Wesley Clark	2	3	2	3	1
	Joe Biden	2	2	2	3	2
	Al Sharpton	2	-	-	1	-
	Dennis Kucinich	1	-	1	-	-
	Christopher Dodd	1	-	-	-	1
	Mike Gravel	1	1	-	1	-
	Someone else	1	2	-	2	1
	None (vol.)	1	1	2	3	1
	Unsure	3	7	5	5	4
	Tom Vilsack	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	-

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. May 21-25, 2008. N=618 registered voters nationwide who are Democrats or lean Democratic. MoE ą 4.5. April 2008 survey conducted by Abt SRBI.
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"Which Democratic candidate would be your first choice for president: [see below]?" If unsure: "Just as of today, would you say you lean toward [see below]?" Names rotated
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		5/21-25/08	4/23-27/08
		%	%
	Barack Obama	54	47
	Hillary Clinton	41	45
	None (vol.)	1	2
	Unsure	4	6

		3/19-22/08	2/20-24/08	1/30 - 2/2/08	1/9-13/08	12/19-30/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Barack Obama	49	49	38	31	26
	Hillary Clinton	39	40	46	46	46
	Other (vol.)	0	0	1	-	-
	None (vol.)	1	2	1	1	2
	Unsure	11	9	14	5	4
	John Edwards	n/a	n/a	n/a	13	14
	Dennis Kucinich	n/a	n/a	n/a	4	3
	Bill Richardson	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
	Joe Biden	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
	Chris Dodd	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	-
	Mike Gravel	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. May 21-22, 2008. N=608 registered voters nationwide who are Democrats or lean Democratic. MoE ą 5.
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"Who would you MOST like to see nominated as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate this year: Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?" Names rotated
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		Obama	Clinton	Other (vol.)/ Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/21-22/08	50	42	8
	4/24-25/08	48	41	11
	4/16-17/08	54	35	11
	3/5-6/08	45	44	11
	2/6-7/08	42	41	17

Reuters/Zogby Poll. May 15-18, 2008. N=516 likely Democratic primary voters nationwide. MoE ą 4.4.
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Preference for Democratic Presidential Nominee:
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		5/15-18/08	4/10-12/08	3/13-14/08	2/13-16/08	1/10-11/08
		%	%	%	%	%
	Barack Obama	59	51	47	52	38
	Hillary Clinton	33	38	44	38	39
	Someone else		3	2	3	2
	Unsure		8	7	8	9
	John Edwards	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
	Dennis Kucinich	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
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		12/12-14/07	11/14-17/07	10/24-27/07	10/10-14/07	9/13-16/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	40	38	38	46	35
	Barack Obama	32	27	24	25	21
	John Edwards	13	13	12	9	10
	Joe Biden	3	2	2	2	4
	Bill Richardson	3	3	2	2	3
	Dennis Kucinich	2	2	2	3	2
	Christopher Dodd	1	-	-	-	-
	Mike Gravel	1	-	-	-	-
	Someone else	1	2	2	1	3
	Unsure	4	14	18	12	22
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		7/12-14/07	3/22-26/07	2/22-24/07	1/5-9/07	12/6-8/05
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	37	32	33	29	26
	Barack Obama	25	22	25	14	7
	John Edwards	11	13	12	13	12
	Bill Richardson	3	2	5	1	3
	Dennis Kucinich	2	1	-	1	n/a
	Joe Biden	1	2	2	7	3
	Mike Gravel	-	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Someone else	2	4	3	1	6
	Unsure	18	24	20	14	19
	Wesley Clark	n/a	n/a	1	1	3
	Christopher Dodd	n/a	n/a	-	-	n/a
	Al Gore	n/a	n/a	n/a	13	n/a
	John Kerry	n/a	n/a	n/a	4	9
	Joe Lieberman	n/a	n/a	n/a	2	10
	Ed Rendell	n/a	n/a	n/a	-	n/a
	Bill Moyers	n/a	n/a	n/a	-	n/a
	Tom Vilsack	n/a	n/a	n/a	-	n/a
	Mark Warner	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
	Evan Bayh	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
	Tim Kaine	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1

Quinnipiac University Poll. May 8-12, 2008. Asked of Democratic voters (from a total sample of 1,745 registered voters).
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"Who would you like to see win the Democratic nomination for president this year: Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?"
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		Obama	Clinton	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/8-12/08	45	41	14

ABC News/Washington Post Poll. May 8-11, 2008. Asked of Democrats and Democratic-leaners nationwide (from a total sample of 1,122 adults). Fieldwork by TNS.
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"Who would you like to see win the Democratic nomination for president this year: Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?" If unsure: "Which candidate are you leaning toward?" Names rotated
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		Obama	Clinton	Other (vol.)	Neither (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	5/8-11/08	53	41	-	4	2
	4/10-13/08	51	41	1	2	5
	2/28 - 3/2/08	50	43	1	3	2

Ipsos Public Affairs poll. April 30-May 4, 2008. N=514 Democrats and leaners nationwide. MoE ą 4.3. 4/23-27/08 and earlier: Associated Press/Ipsos Poll.
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"If the 2008 Democratic presidential primary or caucus in your state were being held today, and the candidates were [see below], for whom would you vote?" Names rotated. For 10/07 and earlier, includes second choices of Gore supporters.
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		4/30 - 5/4/08
		%
	Hillary Clinton	47
	Barack Obama	40
	Other (vol.)	1
	None (vol.)	5
	Unsure	7
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		4/23-27/08	4/7-9/08	2/22-24/08	2/7-10/08	1/15-17/08
		%	%	%	%	%
	Barack Obama	46	46	46	41	33
	Hillary Clinton	43	43	43	46	40
	Other (vol.)	-	3	-	1	-
	None (vol.)	5	4	5	7	6
	Unsure	6	4	6	5	8
	John Edwards	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
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		12/3-5/07	11/5-7/07	10/1-3/07	9/21-25/07	9/10-12/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	45	45	46	40	43
	Barack Obama	23	22	25	26	23
	John Edwards	12	12	11	12	13
	Bill Richardson	4	3	3	4	4
	Joe Biden	2	2	2	2	4
	Chris Dodd	1	1	1	1	-
	Other (vol.)	1	2	-	1	-
	None (vol.)	5	6	3	4	4
	Unsure	7	7	9	10	9

Diageo/Hotline Poll conducted by Financial Dynamics. April 30-May 3, 2008. N=374 Democratic primary voters nationwide. MoE ą 5.1.
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"If the 2008 Democratic presidential primary were held today, whom would you support if the candidates were [see below]?" If "All": "If you absolutely had to choose, which one person would you support?" Names rotated
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		4/30 - 5/3/08
		%
	Barack Obama	48
	Hillary Clinton	37
	Neither (vol.)	4
	Both (vol.)	1
	Unsure	8
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		3/28-31/08	2/14-17/08	1/10-12/08	12/10-14/07	7/19-22/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Barack Obama	50	43	35	30	30
	Hillary Clinton	38	45	38	35	39
	None of these (vol.)	4	1	1	1	4
	Other (vol.)	1	-	1	-	-
	All of these (vol.)	1	-	-	-	1
	Unsure	6	9	8	13	8
	Mike Gravel	n/a	1	-	1	n/a
	John Edwards	n/a	n/a	13	14	11
	Dennis Kucinich	n/a	n/a	2	1	3
	Bill Richardson	n/a	n/a	n/a	2	2
	Joe Biden	n/a	n/a	n/a	2	2
	Christopher Dodd	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	n/a

CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. April 28-30, 2008. N=441 registered Democrats nationwide. MoE ą 4.5.
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"Who would you MOST like to see win the Democratic nomination for president: Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?" Names rotated
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		Obama	Clinton	Neither (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	4/28-30/08	46	45	6	3
	3/14-16/08	52	45	-	3

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. April 28-29, 2008. N=400 Democratic voters nationwide. MoE ą 5.
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"Who do you want to win the Democratic nomination for president: Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?" Names rotated
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		Clinton	Obama	Other/ Neither (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	4/28-29/08	44	41	8	7
	3/18-19/08	40	38	8	13

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Neil Newhouse (R). April 25-28, 2008. Asked of Democrats, and non-Democrats who said they would vote or have voted in a Democratic presidential primary (from a total sample of 1,006 registered voters nationwide).
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"Regardless of whether you have already voted or not, if the Democratic primary election were being held today would you vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?" If unsure: "Well, which way do you lean?" 1/08: "Suppose the choice for the Democratic nomination came down to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. For whom would you vote?" If unsure: "Well, which way do you lean?"
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		Clinton	Obama	Other (vol.)	Neither (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	4/25-28/08	43	46	1	3	7
	3/24-25/08	45	45	1	1	8
	3/7-10/08	47	43	1	2	7
	1/20-22/08	53	37	1	1	8

Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll. Feb. 21-25, 2008. N=436 Democratic primary voters nationwide. MoE ą 5.
					.
"Which candidate did you/will you vote for in the Democratic primary or caucus for president . . . ?"

		Obama	Clinton	Other	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	2/21-25/08	48	42	5	5

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Feb. 19-20, 2008. N=391 Democratic voters nationwide. MoE ą 5.
					.
"If the 2008 Democratic presidential primary were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were [see below]?" Names rotated. For 10/07 and earlier, includes second choices of Gore supporters.
					.
		2/19-20/08	1/30-31/08
		%	%
	Hillary Clinton	44	47
	Barack Obama	44	37
	Other (vol.)	2	2
	Unsure	8	11
	Wouldn't vote (vol.)	1	3

		12/18-19/07	11/13-14/07	10/23-24/07	10/9-10/07	9/11-12/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	49	44	42	50	43
	Barack Obama	20	23	25	18	24
	John Edwards	10	12	13	11	13
	Joseph Biden	3	1	2	1	2
	Bill Richardson	2	5	2	4	1
	Mike Gravel	1	-	-	-	-
	Dennis Kucinich	1	2	1	2	2
	Chris Dodd	-	1	1	1	1
	Other (vol.)	-	-	1	1	-
	Unsure	12	10	12	12	11
	Wouldn't vote (vol.)	3	2	1	2	2

		8/21-22/07	7/17-18/07	6/26-27/07	6/5-6/07	5/15-16/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	38	41	47	41	39
	Barack Obama	25	25	21	26	23
	John Edwards	8	12	13	15	15
	Dennis Kucinich	4	4	2	2	-
	Bill Richardson	3	2	3	1	4
	Joseph Biden	2	1	2	2	1
	Chris Dodd	1	-	1	1	-
	Mike Gravel	-	-	1	1	-
	Other (vol.)	1	1	1	1	2
	Unsure	15	13	7	10	15
	Wouldn't vote (vol.)	3	2	3	2	2

American Research Group poll. Feb. 9-13, 2008. N=600 likely Democratic primary and caucus voters nationwide. MoE ą 4.
					.
"If the 2008 Democratic presidential preference primary/caucus were being held today between [see below], for whom would you vote: [see below], someone else, or are you undecided?" Names rotated
					.
		2/9-13/08	1/9-12/08
		%	%
	Barack Obama	47	27
	Hillary Clinton	45	47
	Unsure	8	11
	John Edwards	n/a	13
	Dennis Kucinich	n/a	1
	Bill Richardson	n/a	1
	Mike Gravel	n/a	-
					.
		12/9-12/07	11/9-12/07	10/9-12/07	9/9-12/07	8/9-12/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	41	46	45	39	36
	Barack Obama	22	21	20	21	21
	John Edwards	13	11	13	15	16
	Joe Biden	5	4	5	5	4
	Dennis Kucinich	4	1	1	1	1
	Bill Richardson	3	4	3	5	7
	Christopher Dodd	2	1	1	1	1
	Mike Gravel	-	-	-	1	1
	Unsure	10	12	12	12	12
	Wesley Clark	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
					.
		7/9-12/07	6/9-12/07	5/9-12/07	4/9-12/07	3/2-5/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	38	39	39	36	34
	Barack Obama	25	19	22	24	31
	John Edwards	16	13	19	19	15
	Bill Richardson	3	5	2	2	2
	Joe Biden	2	3	3	2	1
	Wesley Clark	1	2	1	1	1
	Christopher Dodd	1	1	2	1	1
	Mike Gravel	1	1	-	-	-
	Dennis Kucinich	1	1	1	1	1
	Unsure	12	16	11	14	14

Time Poll conducted by abt SRBI. Feb. 1-4, 2008. N=439 registered Democratic likely voters. MoE ą 4.
					.
"Turning now to the primary elections now underway, what if your choices for the Democratic Party nomination for president were Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, which one would you vote for if you had to decide today?" If unsure: "Do you lean more toward Hillary Clinton or more toward Barack Obama?" Names rotated
					.
		Clinton	Obama	Neither (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	2/1-4/08	48	42	3	6

CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. Feb. 1-3, 2008. N=500 registered voters nationwide who are Democrats or lean Democrats. MoE ą 4.5.
					.
"Please tell me which of the following people you would be most likely to support for the Democratic nomination for president: [see below]?" Names rotated. For 10/07 and earlier, includes second choices of Gore supporters.
					.
		2/1-3/08	1/14-17/08	1/9-10/08
		%	%	%
	Barack Obama	49	33	36
	Hillary Clinton	46	42	49
	Mike Gravel	2	-	-
	Unsure	4	4	2
	John Edwards	n/a	17	12
	Dennis Kucinich	n/a	3	1
					.
		12/6-9/07	11/2-4/07	10/12-14/07	9/7-9/07	8/6-8/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	40	44	51	46	44
	Barack Obama	30	25	21	23	24
	John Edwards	14	14	15	16	16
	Joe Biden	4	3	1	2	3
	Bill Richardson	4	4	4	5	5
	Christopher Dodd	2	2	1	-	-
	Dennis Kucinich	2	2	1	3	2
	Mike Gravel	-	1	1	1	-
	Unsure	4	5	7	3	6
					.
		6/22-24/07	5/4-6/07	4/10-12/07	3/9-11/07	1/19-21/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Rodham Clinton	43	41	36	44	37
	Barack Obama	25	27	28	23	18
	John Edwards	17	14	15	14	16
	Bill Richardson	5	6	3	4	2
	Joe Biden	3	3	1	1	3
	Dennis Kucinich	2	1	2	1	2
	Christopher Dodd	-	2	1	-	1
	Mike Gravel	-	-	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Unsure	6	7	8	10	17
	Wesley Clark	n/a	n/a	3	2	2
	Al Sharpton	n/a	n/a	2	-	1

Cook Political Report/RT Strategies Poll. Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2008. N=376 Democratic primary voters nationwide. MoE ą 5.1.
					.
"I am going to read a list of people who might seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2008. I would like you to tell me who would be your FIRST CHOICE for the nomination. . . ." Names rotated
					.
		1/31 - 2/2/08	12/15-17/07	11/8-11/07	9/13-16/07
		%	%	%	%
	Barack Obama	43	26	22	22
	Hillary Rodham Clinton	37	38	39	33
	Other (vol.)	3	3	4	2
	Unsure	17	5	15	12
	John Edwards	n/a	17	12	16
	Bill Richardson	n/a	4	4	2
	Joe Biden	n/a	4	3	2
	Chris Dodd	n/a	-	1	1
	Dennis Kucinich	n/a	3	1	3
	Mike Gravel	n/a	1	-	-
	Al Gore	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
					.
		8/2-5/07	6/21-23/07	6/15-17/07	5/11-13/07	4/27-29/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Rodham Clinton	39	32	30	35	32
	Barack Obama	21	22	20	24	23
	Al Gore	10	12	9	10	11
	John Edwards	8	11	13	11	16
	Bill Richardson	4	1	3	2	4
	Joe Biden	1	2	-	1	2
	Dennis Kucinich	1	2	1	1	-
	Chris Dodd	-	1	1	2	1
	Mike Gravel	-	-	1	1	-
	Other (vol.)	2	2	2	1	-
	Unsure	14	15	20	12	12

ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2008. N=1,249 adults nationwide. Fieldwork by TNS.
					.
"If the Democratic presidential primary or caucus in your state were being held today, and the candidates were [see below], for whom would you vote?" Names rotated. Includes leaners. For 7/07 and earlier, includes second choices of Gore supporters.
					.
	Among likely Democratic primary voters:
					.
		1/30 - 2/1/08
		%
	Hillary Clinton	47
	Barack Obama	43
	John Edwards (vol.)	2
	None of these (vol.)	2
	Unsure	5
					.
		1/9-12/08	12/6-9/07
		%	%
	Hillary Clinton	42	53
	Barack Obama	37	23
	John Edwards	11	10
	Dennis Kucinich	2	2
	None of these (vol.)	3	1
	Unsure	3	3
	Bill Richardson	n/a	3
	Joe Biden	n/a	3
	Chris Dodd	n/a	-
					.
	Among Democrats and leaners:
					.
		10/29 - 11/1/07	9/27-30/07
		%	%
	Hillary Clinton	49	53
	Barack Obama	26	20
	John Edwards	12	13
	Joe Biden	3	2
	Dennis Kucinich	2	1
	Bill Richardson	2	3
	Chris Dodd	1	-
	Mike Gravel	-	0
	None of these (vol.)	1	4
	Wouldn't vote (vol.)	1	1
	Unsure	2	2
					.
		9/4-7/07	7/18-21/07	5/29 - 6/1/07	4/12-15/07	2/22-25/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	41	45	42	41	43
	Barack Obama	27	30	27	25	27
	John Edwards	14	12	11	17	14
	Joe Biden	3	2	2	2	2
	Dennis Kucinich	2	1	2	1	-
	Bill Richardson	2	3	2	3	3
	Chris Dodd	1	1	1	-	-
	Mike Gravel	1	0	-	-	-
	Other (vol.)	1	1	-	-	-
	None of these (vol.)	4	2	4	3	4
	Wouldn't vote (vol.)	0	2	1	1	1
	Unsure	5	2	6	5	4
	Wesley Clark	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	-
	Tom Vilsack	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	-

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). Jan. 20-22, 2008. Asked of Democrats, and non-Democrats who said they would vote in a Democratic presidential primary (from a total sample of 1,008 adults nationwide). MoE ą 4.4.
					.
"Let me mention some people who might seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2008. If the next Democratic primary for president were being held today, for which one of the following candidates would you vote . . . ?" If unsure: "Well, which way do you lean?"
					.
		1/20-22/08	12/14-17/07	11/1-5/07	9/7-10/07
		%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	47	45	47	44
	Barack Obama	32	23	25	23
	John Edwards	12	13	11	16
	Dennis Kucinich	3	4	2	3
	Other (vol.)	-	-	3	1
	None (vol.)	1	1	1	1
	Unsure	5	7	4	5
	Joe Biden	n/a	4	3	2
	Bill Richardson	n/a	2	4	4
	Chris Dodd	n/a	1	-	1
	Mike Gravel	n/a	-	-	-
					.
		7/27-30/07	6/8-11/07	4/20-23/07	3/2-5/07	12/8-11/06
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	43	39	36	40	37
	Barack Obama	22	25	31	28	18
	John Edwards	13	15	20	15	14
	Bill Richardson	6	4	2	5	2
	Joe Biden	5	4	3	2	4
	Dennis Kucinich	2	3	1	1	n/a
	Chris Dodd	1	1	-	1	n/a
	Mike Gravel	-	-	-	n/a	n/a
	Other (vol.)	1	2	1	1	3
	None (vol.)	2	2	1	1	3
	Unsure	5	5	5	5	5
	Wesley Clark	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	n/a
	John Kerry	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
	Evan Bayh	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
	Tom Vilsack	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	-

Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll. Jan. 18-22, 2008. N=532 likely Democratic primary voters nationwide. MoE ą 4.
					.
"If the Democratic primary for president were being held in your state today and the candidates were [see below], for whom would you vote: [see below]?" Names rotated. Results include leaners.
					.
		1/18-22/08	11/30 - 12/3/07	10/19-22/07	6/7-10/07	4/5-9/07
		%	%	%	%	%
	Hillary Clinton	42	45	48	33	33
	Barack Obama	33	21	17	22	23
	John Edwards	11	11	13	8	14
	Dennis Kucinich	1	1	1	2	n/a
	Other (vol.)	1	-	2	1	n/a
	Unsure	12	15	15	9	13
	Joe Biden	n/a	3	2	5	1
	Bill Richardson	n/a	3	2	4	3
	Chris Dodd	n/a	1	-	1	-
	Al Gore	n/a	n/a	n/a	15	13

CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. Jan. 9-10, 2008. N=443 registered voters nationwide who are Democrats or lean Democrats. MoE ą 4.5.
					.
"Suppose the only Democratic candidates were Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Which of those two would you support?"
					.
		Clinton	Obama	Neither (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	1/9-10/08	53	44	3	1

Earlier polling on the Democratic nomination

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