Al Sharpton and Carol Moseley Braun were at 5%, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry was at 4% and Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich was at 1%.
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Poll shows Clark taking lead in South Carolina
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Gen. Wesley Clark has taken the lead in South Carolina, bumping John Edwards from the top spot in the state with a Feb. 3 presidential primary, according to a poll out Friday.
Clark had the support of 17%, while North Carolina Sen. John Edwards had the backing of 10% in the poll by the American Research Group of Manchester, N.H. More than a third, 36%, were undecided.
Edwards led among South Carolina voters in this same poll in September, with the backing of 16%, 9 points ahead of his closest competitors. Edwards, a South Carolina native who now lives in a neighboring state, is counting heavily on a strong showing in South Carolina and has spent more than $600,000 on campaign ads there.
Clark, a former NATO commander, entered the race in mid September, hoping to build support in states with Feb. 3 contests like South Carolina, which has a strong military tradition.
Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut senator, was at 8%, while Dick Gephardt, a Missouri congressman, and Howard Dean, former Vermont governor, had the backing of 7%. Al Sharpton and Carol Moseley Braun were at 5%, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry was at 4% and Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich was at 1%.
The poll of 600 voters who say they would definitely vote in the Democratic primary was taken from Oct. 26-30 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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