Democratic Nomination, At A Glance, June 5th Edition

Democratic Nomination, At a Glance
State polls are all May 4-31. Last update: June 5, 12:45 pm eastern
State Est. Date # Polls Clinton Obama Edwards Richardson
Net Avail Cash Mar 31 Q1 $23.4M $17.7M $9.6M $5.0M
Iowa Jan 07 6 22.8% 19.8% 27.7% 8.3%
New Hampshire Jan 15 3 33.3% 19.0% 15.3% 9.0%
Nevada Jan 19 0 -- -- -- --
South Carolina Jan 22 4 30.3% 26.0% 17.5% --
Florida Jan 29 4 38.8% 18.5% 18.5% --
National--High Feb 05 3 37.7% 29.7% 13.0% --
National--Low Feb 05 3 33.7% 26.3% 11.3% --

Notes: Last week's standings can be found here. Methodology for the high-end average can be found here, and methodology for the low-end national average can be found here. "Net Available Cash" means total cash on hand, minus debts, minus money raised for general election. Open Secrets.org makes all relevant information on this subject readily available. All state polls doe not include all Gore, where possible. No Nevada polls have been conducted in the last five weeks, although Clinton has led by double-digits in every Nevada poll to date. Also, Michigan has been removed from the table, since it appears they will not go on January 29th after all. One New Hampshire poll and one Florida poll conducted in the last four weeks were not included in the averages because the trial heat questions in those polls only gave Clinton, Obama and Edwards as options. One national poll conducted in the last two weeks was also left out for that same reason. The fourth Florida poll was the IVR poll released on MyDD, and I opted to go with the "blended" results for political reasons (didn't want to anger anyone). Finally, the dates for the primaries and caucuses are not fixed, but they are my current best guesses.

Update: Today's New Hampshire poll has been added to the numbers.



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New Post Debate NH Poll (none / 0)

There is a new post debate New Hampshire poll just released showing Hillary gaining on her lead in New Hampshire.

http://static.cbslocal.com/station/wbz/w bz/2007/june/debateresults.pdf


by gradysdad on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 12:59:23 PM EST

I guess Hillary won the debate (none / 0)

I don't think she did bad, but I wouldn't say she won.  Huffington may be on to something with the point about others not taking her on.  She will win by not losing.

Still, you have to applaud Clinton.  She knows how to run a campaign, and a few months back many were saying she'd have trouble in the debates.  She has had none.


by dpANDREWS on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 01:07:54 PM EST
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Count me as someone... (none / 0)

who's never underestimated Hillary's strengths.  She's a pretty solid retail campaigner...and I think debates are actually her strength.  She does much more poorly on set speeches.


by rashomon on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 02:02:03 PM EST
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Re: New Post Debate NH Poll (none / 0)

Those are bad numbers for Obama but really horrific numbers for Edwards. Only 4% thought Edwards won the debate compared to 45% for Clinton. The Edwards attack of both Clinton and Obama may have damaged his campaign even further.


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by robliberal on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 01:54:14 PM EST
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Re: New Post Debate NH Poll (none / 0)

Strange, then, that so many pundits afterward thought Edwards won the debate.


"And so in the place of the palace of privilege, we seek to build a temple out of faith and hope and charity."-FDR
by jallen on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 08:22:40 PM EST
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Re: Democratic Nomination (none / 0)

Are these numbers HRC's ceiling on floor? Meaning  as candidates drop out - what happens?


by bruh21 on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 01:16:28 PM EST

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Pretty stupid that they (and anyone else) included Gore and actually some other candidates that certainly aren't running either. I wish if they feel the odd need to include Gore that they'd do with Gore and without Gore numbers.


by Quinton on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 01:20:04 PM EST

National Vs. State by State (none / 0)

Nationally, it looks like both Hillary AND Obama are gaining support at the expense of Edwards, but Edwards is still showing an up trend in Iowa.  Looks like Iowa is due or die for him.


by maddogg on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 01:22:32 PM EST

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I really like the way you put these synopses together - thanks!

I'd like to restate how upset I am that Florida insists on cluttering up the primary schedule - though I'm glad Michigan has decided to stay out of the fray.

Regarding Nevada, I realize that no one knows how to poll there - but some data would be nice, just to get an idea of the trends in support. Stupid caucuses.


www.thingsyoungerthanmccain.com
by LandStander on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 01:37:03 PM EST

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how about a poll of County Chairs and Vice-Chairs? That would give some indication of how the truly dedicated insiders will be voting and nudging things.


BlueNC - Progressive NC Politics
by Robert P on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 01:43:43 PM EST
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Re: Democratic Nomination, At A Glance (none / 0)

Obama has 38% who will not vote for him in the last Rasmussen. Any nominee will have negatives as high as Clinton, both Kerry and Gore did.


BlueSunbelt.Com Netroots for the Sunbelt states robwire.com My personal blog
by robliberal on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 01:55:14 PM EST

Re: Democratic Nomination, At A Glance, June 5th E (none / 0)

In looking at the cash on hand one question that comes to mind is whether Edwards will have enough cash to keep competing in Iowa. The Clinton memo a few weeks ago mentioned it would take $15 million to run in Iowa. Edwards is far behind Clinton and Obama in contributions at this point. If Clinton and Obama raise similar amounts in the next couple of quarters they will be able to set aside the amount needed but Edwards is raising money at a slower pace.


BlueSunbelt.Com Netroots for the Sunbelt states robwire.com My personal blog
by robliberal on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 01:57:21 PM EST

Re: Democratic Nomination, At A Glance, June 5th E (none / 0)

I don't think there will be any problem with Edwards having enough money to keep competing in Iowa.  There's still 3 more quarters in fundraising left before the caucus plus his organization is more fully developed there compared to Clinton.  Some of that $15 million the memo mentioned that Clinton would need in Iowa would probably be going to building an organization there.  Plus we don't know how much of that would be spent on advertising.

Now, it could be a concern how much money he has left after Iowa, Nevada and New Hampshire, but whether he will have enough to compete in Iowa will not be a problem.


A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy. - Teddy Roosevelt
by minvis on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 02:19:25 PM EST
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Iowa is not that expensive (none / 0)

Richardson will compete here without spending as much as Obama or Clinton.

Edwards will spend more than Richardson, but I don't think it's going to break the bank for him. He will need to put significant resources into Nevada, NH and SC as well to capitalize on the boost we're going to give him in Iowa...


John McCain: 100 years in Iraq "would be fine with me."
by desmoinesdem on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 05:17:11 PM EST
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Wrong (none / 0)

New Hampshire went with Kerry. We were the only state to go from red to blue in the 2004 election.  Furthermore, in 2006 we elected a majority in the state House and Senate along with two new Democratic House members to join our Democratic Governor, John Lynch.


by gradysdad on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 02:25:13 PM EST
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Re: Democratic Nomination, At A Glance, June 5th E (none / 0)

That's silly.  Edwards raised more in the first quarter than anyone else in previous elections.  If Hillary and Obama spend so much more, it'll be overkill.


"And so in the place of the palace of privilege, we seek to build a temple out of faith and hope and charity."-FDR
by jallen on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 08:22:07 PM EST
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so, will Obama start running TV ads? (none / 0)

my impression is that they helped Romney.  a little investment now might be wise.


John McCain is a Bush ally on Social Security.
by John DE on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 05:39:11 PM EST

Re: Democratic Nomination, At A Glance, June 5th E (none / 0)

I just want to observe that in these early states (except for Clinton in Florida), Clinton and Obama are performing at or below their low-end national numbers, while Edwards is consistently higher.  This might be because it isn't hard for Edwards to beat his fairly low national numbers, but this indicates that some sort of wave could happen in these states if he wins Iowa since he does have a foundation.  

The question would be, what would happen on Feb 5 if an Edwards wave spread from Iowa through NH, NV, SC, and FL.  Ooh, and NV numbers would help prove or disprove this idea.


Tim Wolfe

John McCain is not pro-choice!

by bruorton on Wed Jun 06, 2007 at 10:40:36 AM EST

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Rasmussen concluded that if Bloomberg runs then he'll take support primarily away from the GOP candidate.


by world dictator on Fri Jun 08, 2007 at 05:41:49 PM EST


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