Or maybe not.
Latest N. H. poll holds hope for Dean
MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Democrats’ fierce battle for New Hampshire entered its final two days Sunday with the latest MSNBC poll showing one-time front-runner Howard Dean making a strong comeback from his stumble in the Iowa caucuses.
Sen. John Kerry still held double-digit leads in most of the polling data released Sunday, and a seven-point advantage in the three-day figures from the MSNBC/Zogby Reuters Poll, which showed him leading Dean 30-23 in Thursday-Saturday totals, down from 31-22 the previous day.
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However, in just the Saturday survey, it was 28 for Kerry to 25 for Dean, a statistical dead heat in the poll’s four-point margin of error. The Friday-only figure was 26-22.
A tracking poll totals three consecutive days of polling, then tosses the first day’s results each time a new day is added. Pollsters say tracking polls show shifts in voter sentiment as they happen.
The figures mean that Kerry’s overall seven-point lead is significantly skewed by the double digit-lead Kerry enjoyed in Thursday polling, done before a key debate in Manchester, N.H., and while Dean’s Iowa concession “screech” was still being replayed and ridiculed over and over on national television.
“Dean had another good polling day, actually bouncing back,” said pollster John Zogby on Sunday. “The race looks as though it is tightening, however, it is Kerry’s to lose at this point.”
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