(CPOD) Jan. 28, 2004 – Retired general Wesley Clark is the first choice for Democrat voters in Oklahoma, according to a poll by Survey USA released by KFOR-TV. 32 per cent of respondents would vote for Clark in the state’s presidential primary, a nine per cent lead over North Carolina senator John Edwards.
(CPOD) Jan. 28, 2004 – Retired general Wesley Clark is the first choice for Democrat voters in Oklahoma, according to a poll by Survey USA released by KFOR-TV. 32 per cent of respondents would vote for Clark in the state’s presidential primary, a nine per cent lead over North Carolina senator John Edwards.
Massachusetts senator John Kerry leads the rest of the field with 17 per cent, followed by former Vermont governor Howard Dean. Seven states –Arizona, Delaware, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, North Dakota and South Carolina– will hold votes on Feb. 3.
Kerry won yesterday’s New Hampshire primary with close to 40 per cent of all cast ballots, as well as the Iowa caucus held on Jan. 19. Clark –who did not participate in Iowa– finished third in New Hampshire.
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?
Wesley Clark | 32% |
John Edwards | 23% |
John Kerry | 17% |
Howard Dean | 10% |
Joe Lieberman | 8% |
Others | 7% |
Undecided | 5% |
Source: Survey USA / KFOR-TV
Methodology: Interviews to 551 certain Oklahoma primary voters, conducted on Jan. 21 and Jan. 22, 2004. Margin of error is 4.3 per cent.
