The Nevada caucuses are about as difficult a contest to poll as far as things come -- the caucuses are a new development, we have little idea what turnout will look like, etc. -- but that isn't stopping at least a handful of pollsters from making a stab at determining the current support enjoyed by each candidate. A Research 2000 poll in the field over the weekend showed Barack Obama holding a narrow 2-point lead over Hillary Clinton, with John Edwards also within striking distance, while an American Research Group survey conducted over a similar period of time had Clinton up three on Obama, with Edwards similarly within striking range. Now a new Mason-Dixon poll, the exact details of which are still yet to come, shows Clinton leading Obama by a wider 9-point margin.
Again, it's hard to put too much faith in any Nevada survey given the difficulties entailed in polling such a contest. That said, the take away point from all of this data is this: There is very much still a race on our hands in the Silver State, one that we don't know how will turn out at this point and won't until the results come piling in Saturday afternoon.
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