Poll: Edwards leads major GOP candidates in Ohio

Sunday, January 06, 2008

Barack Obama was the winner in Iowa and Hillary Clinton's planning to be the "comeback kid" in New Hampshire, but John Edwards just might be the Democrats' best bet to win Ohio, a crucial state in the general election.

At least that's the conclusion of a new presidential poll released Saturday by Public Policy Polling of Raleigh, N.C., which happens to be Edwards' home state.

Edwards, who finished second to Obama in Iowa, leads all four major Republican candidates — Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee — in the poll in Ohio. Obama and Clinton each leads in just the matchups with Giuliani and Romney.

On the Republican side, McCain emerged from the poll as the GOP's strongest Ohio candidate, leading Clinton and Obama, but trailing Edwards.

The poll also showed that Edwards led three of the four Republicans in Florida, another battleground state while McCain led all the Democratic candidates in Florida.

The poll was conducted Friday with 946 likely Ohio general election voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percent. In Florida, 543 likely general election voters were surveyed with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percent.

For full poll results, visit www.publicpolicypolling.com.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/state/2008/01/05/ddn010608edwards.html

ever since they began polling here earlier this year, Edwards has done well against everyone. He's popular in Ohio.


That's why he gets almost no coverage in the Plain Dealer.

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They'd be foolish if they did.

that's a snapshot, and it's before JE gets slammed by a tsunami of repuke bucks in the spring and summer- if he's the nominee. He does not have the money to run candidate adds. He won't ever hae it as he's limited to spending 50 million, and neither 527s or the DNC can do it for him- they're prohibited from doing so by law.

aren't you acknowledging that Edwards could still pull back from the "tsunami" and win in the fall no matter how he is polling in the spring and summer?

It's as simple as that. Going back a few years, in the Spring of 2004 Edwards spoke at the Dem. State Dinner and gave one of the best speeches that I've ever heard. Deservingly, he received some good media coverage and his popularity snowballed for both parties.

I just hope that if MSM covers this story, that they realize that Ohio has liked Edwards for a long time. I don't want the spin to be that Ohioans want a Dem., but we are a bunch of racists or sexists.