(CPOD) Feb. 10, 2004 – Massachusetts senator John Kerry is leading all candidates competing in today’s Virginia Democratic presidential primary, according to a poll by American Research Group. 35 per cent of respondents would vote for Kerry, a 13 per cent advantage over North Carolina senator John Edwards.
(CPOD) Feb. 10, 2004 – Massachusetts senator John Kerry is leading all candidates competing in today’s Virginia Democratic presidential primary, according to a poll by American Research Group. 35 per cent of respondents would vote for Kerry, a 13 per cent advantage over North Carolina senator John Edwards.
Retired general Wesley Clark leads the rest of the field with 17 per cent, followed by former Vermont governor Howard Dean with nine per cent. 17 per cent of respondents are undecided.
Kerry has won this year’s Democratic presidential contests in Arizona, Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota and Washington State, making him the frontrunner for his party’s nomination. Edwards was the winner in South Carolina, and Clark came in first in Oklahoma.
George W. Bush won Virginia’s 13 electoral votes in 2000, with 52 per cent of all cast ballots. No Democrat has carried the state since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
Polling Data
What candidate would you support in Virginia’s Democratic primary?
John Kerry | 35% |
John Edwards | 22% |
Wesley Clark | 17% |
Howard Dean | 9% |
Dennis Kucinich | 1% |
Al Sharpton | 1% |
Undecided | 17% |
Source: American Research Group
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 600 certain Virginia primary voters, conducted from Feb. 4 to Feb. 6, 2004. Margin of error is 4 per cent.
