(CPOD) Feb. 2, 2004 – Retired general Wesley Clark keeps a slight advantage over Massachusetts senator John Kerry in Oklahoma’s Democratic primary, according to a poll by American Research Group. 25 per cent of respondents would vote for Clark, a two per cent lead over Kerry.
(CPOD) Feb. 2, 2004 – Retired general Wesley Clark keeps a slight advantage over Massachusetts senator John Kerry in Oklahoma’s Democratic primary, according to a poll by American Research Group. 25 per cent of respondents would vote for Clark, a two per cent lead over Kerry.
North Carolina senator John Edwards is third with 18 per cent, followed by former Vermont governor Howard Dean and Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman with eight per cent. Seven states –Arizona, Delaware, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, North Dakota and South Carolina– will hold votes tomorrow.
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 vote for in Oklahoma’s Democratic primary?
Jan. 31 | Jan. 25 | |
Wesley Clark | 25% | 23% |
John Kerry | 23% | 17% |
John Edwards | 18% | 18% |
Howard Dean | 8% | 8% |
Joe Lieberman | 8% | 10% |
Dennis Kucinich | 1% | 1% |
Al Sharpton | 1% | 1% |
Undecided | 16% | 22% |
Source: American Research Group
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 600 likely Oklahoma primary voters, conducted on Jan. 30 and Jan. 31, 2004. Margin of error is 4 per cent.
