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Lieberman Would Lose Connecticut to Bush

May 04, 2003

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(CPOD) May 4, 2003 - The war in Iraq has helped George W. Bush's numbers in Connecticut, according to a poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. 64 per cent of respondents approve of the president's performance, a 15 per cent jump since March.

Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman is one of the frontrunners for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, but he would lose his own state. 48 per cent of respondents would vote for Bush in 2004, compared to 43 per cent for Lieberman. Connecticut's eight electoral votes went to Democrat Al Gore—with vice-presidential nominee Lieberman—in 2000.

The poll also probes a possible presidential run by New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. 31 per cent of Democrat voters would vote for Clinton in the Connecticut presidential primary, compared to 35 per cent for Lieberman.

Polling Data

Do you approve of president Bush's performance?

Mar. 2003

Apr. 2003

Yes

49%

64%

No

45%

29%

Who would you vote for in a presidential election pitting George W. Bush and Joe Lieberman?

George W. Bush (R)

48%

Joe Lieberman (D)

43%


Who would you vote for in the Democratic presidential primary?

With Clinton

Without Clinton

Joe Lieberman

35%

46%

Hillary Rodham Clinton

31%

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John Kerry

11%

18%

Dick Gephardt

6%

9%

Howard Dean

6%

6%

Al Sharpton

1%

5%

John Edwards

1%

3%


Source: Quinnipiac University Polling Institute
Methodology: Interviews to 1,239 Connecticut voters, from Apr. 22 to Apr. 28, 2003. Margin of error is 2.8 per cent.

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