Posted at 2:17 a.m., Sunday, December 2, 2007
Iowa poll shows Obama leading 3-way race
Associated Press
THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Iowa.THE NUMBERS DEMOCRATS:
Barack Obama, 28 percent
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 25 percent
John Edwards, 23 percent
Bill Richardson, 9 percent
Joe Biden, 6 percent
THE NUMBERS REPUBLICANS:
Mike Huckabee, 29 percent
Mitt Romney, 24 percent
Rudy Giuliani, 13 percent
Fred Thompson, 9 percent
John McCain, 7 percent
Ron Paul, 7 percent
Tom Tancredo, 6 percent
OF INTEREST:
Huckabee's surge among Iowa Republicans continues with a poll indicating for the first time that he's opened up a small lead over Romney, who has held the top spot in Iowa polls for months. Giuliani is far behind in third place, with other candidates in single digits.
The Democratic race continues to focus on three front-runners, but Obama appears to have some momentum.
The telephone poll for The Des Moines Register of 500 voters who say they definitely or probably will attend the Democratic caucuses and 500 voters who definitely or probably will attend the Republican caucuses was conducted Nov. 25-28. The poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
COMPLETE RESULTS: www.desmoinesregister.com