To: Dale Baker who wrote (5622 ) 10/20/2003 6:44:57 PM From: American Spirit Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 10965 Huge news, Kerry has almost caught Dean in New Hampshire. People are going with the winner more and more. BOSTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean leads rival John Kerry in New Hampshire, according to a new poll. Dean, the former Vermont governor, leads Kerry by 6 percentage points in the survey by Suffolk University for WDHD-TV, a slightly smaller margin from a September poll. Dean was favored by 25 percent while Kerry, the Massachusetts senator, was backed by 19 percent. Dean led 26 percent to 17 percent last month. In this poll, Kerry's favorable rating increased from 58 percent in late September to 66 percent in mid-October. Almost that many, 60 percent, viewed Dean favorably. Wesley Clark was at 11 percent, Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman at 8 percent, Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt at 7 percent, and North Carolina Sen. John Edwards at 4 percent. Carol Moseley Braun was at 1 percent, along with Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich. Al Sharpton was at 0 percent. About 23 percent in the poll were undecided. The poll was conducted Oct. 17-19 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points. The 400 voters polled were Democrats or independents who said they were likely to vote in the Jan. 27 Democratic primary. LATEST NEWS Dean Holds Lead Over Kerry in N.H. Poll Pa. Poll Shows Bush Losing Ground to Dems Clark Tops Calif. Democratic Voters' Poll Interactive In the Running Latest News Edwards Rips Rivals on Child Health Care Barbara Bush Blasts'04 Democratic Field Kerry Offers 6-Point Environmental Plan Lieberman, Clark to Skip Iowa Caucases Dems Air Ad Critical of Bush on CIA Leak Recent polls by other organizations have shown Dean with a double-digit lead. Copyright 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved.