(CPOD) Feb. 3, 2004 – Retired general Wesley Clark holds a slim edge over Massachusetts senator John Kerry in Oklahoma’s Democratic primary, according to a poll by Zogby America released by MSNBC and Reuters. 28 per cent of respondents would vote for Clark, a one per cent lead over Kerry.
(CPOD) Feb. 3, 2004 – Retired general Wesley Clark holds a slim edge over Massachusetts senator John Kerry in Oklahoma’s Democratic primary, according to a poll by Zogby America released by MSNBC and Reuters. 28 per cent of respondents would vote for Clark, a one per cent lead over Kerry.
North Carolina senator John Edwards is third with 19 per cent, followed by Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman with seven per cent. Seven states –Arizona, Delaware, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, North Dakota and South Carolina– will hold votes today.
Kerry won the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 27, as well as the Iowa caucus held on Jan. 19. Clark –who did not participate in Iowa– finished third in New Hampshire.
Kerry’s website has raised $1.1 million U.S. in the past week. Dean’s campaign fund has dwindled from $41 million U.S. to $5 million U.S. Kerry and Dean are the only candidates who rejected public financing, allowing them to forgo existing spending limits.
George W. Bush won Oklahoma’s eight electoral votes in 2000, with 60 per cent of the vote. No Democrat has carried the state since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
Polling Data
What candidate would you support in Oklahoma’s Democratic primary?
Jan. 31-Feb. 1 | Jan. 29-31 | Jan. 28-30 | Jan. 27-29 | |
Wesley Clark | 28% | 23% | 25% | 27% |
John Kerry | 27% | 25% | 22% | 19% |
John Edwards | 19% | 16% | 16% | 17% |
Joe Lieberman | 7% | 6% | 6% | 5% |
Howard Dean | 6% | 6% | 8% | 9% |
Dennis Kucinich | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Al Sharpton | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Undecided | 12% | 21% | 21% | 23% |
Source: Zogby America / MSNBC / Reuters
Methodology: Interviews to 600 likely Oklahoma primary voters, conducted from Jan. 29 to Jan. 31, 2004. Margin of error is 4.1 per cent.
