Who's ahead nationally? Lieberman or Dean?

Differences in polls seem to be related to whether the sample is of registered voters or likely voters. The same pattern appears in New Hampshire.

This is from Gallup, but I don't think it is free yet.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/talk/default.asp?pw=9/9/2003

The National Polls

Four prominent news organizations conducted national polls of Democrats in August. Three of the polls show Lieberman ahead -- with leads of 4 to 10 points over his next-closest rival. The Zogby poll, by contrast, has Dean in the lead -- with the other three major candidates essentially tied for second.

Lieberman
CBS News (Aug 26-28) 14%
CNN/USA Today/Gallup (Aug 25-26) 23%
Zogby International (Aug 16-19) 10%
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics (Aug 12-13) 18%

Gephardt
CBS News 10
CNN/USA Today/Gallup 13
Zogby International 11
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics 12

Dean
CBS News 11
CNN/USA Today/Gallup 12
Zogby International 17
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics 11

Kerry
CBS News 5
CNN/USA Today/Gallup 10
Zogby International 9
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics 13

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Dean Fares Better Among People Paying Close Attention to Nomination

One of the major differences in the polls is the identification of the sampled population. CBS, Gallup, and Fox all interviewed registered voters who identified themselves as Democrats. Zogby interviewed likely Democratic primary voters nationwide. This characterization implies a subset of registered voters, though Zogby does not indicate how the likelihood of voting was measured.

from what I have seen and heard on on TV and radio, Dean is getting more "press"
We have very basic cable here, no CNN et al, and I really do hear a lot more stories concerning Dean over Lieberman.

Just my 2 cents. (But I'll take $87 billion! :evilgrin:)

Let the media whores lock in on him, while Dean or one of the others goes about collecting votes & delegates.

Let's face it, they're going to go after whomever the Democratic "front-runner" might be.

Newt Gingrich or Sean Hannity took special time to single Lieberman out as the one candidate they praise (for understanding the war on Terror). I'm not sure they are afraid of Lieberman.

Bryant
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or who we want.

National polls at this point mean nothing. Most people are not paying attention or do not know where the candidates stand on issues. The same goes for match up polls. Since the race has not been defined, it is not fair to ask people for whom they will vote.

Just my thoughts.

Neither has one delegate, just yet. That's the name of the game, get delegates. The beltway whores want to report on the imaginary horse race, but that is exactly what it is, an imaginary horse race.