Obama and Huck lead Iowa by 9 points each
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| Presidential candidate Barack Obama |
With less than three weeks remaining before the caucuses Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee hold nine-point leads in Iowa according to the latest Research 2000 poll (pdf).
On the Democratic side, Barack Obama had 33 percent. Hillary Clinton and John Edwards are tied for second with 24 percent each.
Five percent said they were undecided. I wonder if those five percent realize they may decide who will be the next president. If they all pick Edwards or Clinton, then that would put whichever candidate in a statistical tie with Obama, but that’s a ridiculous notion because all undecided caucuses goers are not going to select one person. Still, I suspect if there was any way the top three Dems could find out who is in the undecided category, they could get anything they wanted - just name it.
For example, Bill and Hillary Clinton recently gave $100,000 to build a new library in Marlboro County, SC, which will probably fund most, if not all of the structure costs considering the demographics of the county. Population - 28,081. Only 33-35 percent of the population are literate. Incredibly sad, but also ironic. (I can’t link to a reference for all info quoted but county government sources have previously confirmed the information).
Who seriously doubts that providing $100,000 for a new library in an economic environment such as Marlboro County will get votes? I’m not criticizing the Clinton’s, instead I applaud them. But it will get votes. I believe Marlboro County is only second to Anson County, NC for being the poorest county in the nation.
Green indicates the leader in a given poll.
IOWA DEMOCRATIC
| Pollster | Date | Clinton | Edwards | Obama | Richardson |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research 2000 | 12/13 | 24 | 24 | 33 | 9 |
| Ramussen | 12/10/07 | 29 | 22 | 26 | 7 |
| Strategic Vision (R) | 12/10/07 | 25 | 24 | 33 | 4 |
| Newsweek | 12/6/07 | 29 | 18 | 35 | 9 |
| McClatchy-MSNBC | 12/6/07 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 9 |
| GSG (D-Edwards) | 12/5/07 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 9 |
| Strategic Vision (R) | 12/2/07 | 25 | 25 | 32 | 3 |
| Zogby | 12/1/07 | 27 | 21 | 24 | 8 |
Other Democratic presidential candidates: Sen. Joe Biden, D-DE., with 3 percent and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-CT., and Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-OH, with 1 percent each.
Moving to the other side of the aisle, Mike Huckabee had 31 percent and Mitt Romney had 22 percent.
IOWA REPUBLICAN
| Pollster | Date | Giuliani | Huckabee | McCain | Romney | Thompson |
| Research 2000 | 12/13 | 9 | 31 | 7 | 22 | 9 |
| Diageo/Hotline | 12/13 | 12 | 36 | 5 | 23 | 8 |
| Ramussen | 12/10 | 8 | 39 | 6 | 23 | 8 |
| Strategic | 12/10 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 13 |
| Newsweek | 12/6 | 9 | 39 | 6 | 17 | 10 |
| McClatchy | 12/6 | 5 | 32 | 7 | 20 | 11 |
| Strategic | 12/2 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 24 | 11 |
| Zogby | 12/1 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 26 | 14 |
| ARG | 11/29 | 9 | 27 | 9 | 28 | 14 |
Ron Paul R-TX had 7 percent in the latest poll.
No much doubt in on the Terrorepublican side. It’s all Huckabee.
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