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To: calgal who wrote (854)	12/11/2002 10:54:32 AM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1604

Poll: Gore, Kerry early favorites in presidential primary Potential New Hampshire primary voters sampled OUGHKEEPSIE, New York (AP) -- Al Gore and Sen. John Kerry are running about even among potential voters for the 2004 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, an independent poll reported Monday. The poll, from Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion, had Gore, the party's unsuccessful nominee in 2000, favored by 31 percent of Democrats and independents who say they may vote in the primary, traditionally the first in the nation. Kerry, from neighboring Massachusetts, had the support of 28 percent of the potential primary voters. Potential New Hampshire primary voters were split on the prospect of another Gore candidacy with 50 percent saying he should run again and 44 saying he should not. "It shows this is no cakewalk for Gore," said Lee Miringoff, head of the Poughkeepsie, New York-based polling institute. Miringoff said Kerry's Massachusetts base provided an obvious boost for him in the poll. The Marist pollster said among New Hampshire voters who work in Massachusetts, Kerry led Gore, 37 percent to 24 percent. The telephone poll of 425 registered Democrats and independents was conducted from December 2 to Wednesday and has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 5 percentage points. Gore, the former vice president, has said he will announce in January if he will again seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Kerry has formed an exploratory committee to boost his candidacy. Other potential contenders Among other potential Democratic contenders, only Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, Gore's runningmate two years ago, was in double digits in the new poll, with 10 percent. The poll found Vermont Gov. Howard Dean favored by 6 percent of potential primary voters, Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri at 5 percent, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota at 3 percent, Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina at 2 percent and the Rev. Al Sharpton of New York at 1 percent. Fourteen percent were undecided. The New Hampshire voters did not seem interested in having Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton jump into the race. Sixty-eight percent said the New York Democrat should not run for president in 2004 while 28 percent said she should get into the race. The former first lady has said she will not run for president in 2004. She has not ruled out running for the White House in 2008. cnn.com