Dead heat

[NewHampster]

However, in just the Saturday survey, it was 28 for Kerry to 25 for Dean, a statistical dead heat in the poll’s four-point margin of error. The Friday-only figure was 26-22.

msnbc/zogby for saturday http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4057645/

[Zynx]

1. Every poll shows some kind of Dean pick up.

We will see how far it goes. I will say that when a candidate has momentum, add a few points to the polls to get what they will do in the actual vote.

[Padraig18]

2. The 'tracking' polls...

They still include kerry's 'bounce' after Iowa, and are just beginning to show Dean's post-debate and post-TV bounce. We MIGHT pull out a squeaker win--- might. :)

[wroberts189]

3. Perhaps the media beating him (Dean) to death..

Is starting to backfire.

[NewHampster]

7. Perhaps the voters of NH are beginning to remember why ..

they don't like Kerry and what it was about the Dean message that energized an entire state and campaign.

Perhaps New Hampshire voters really do make up their own minds.

[David Zephyr]

4. Kick!

Dean is surging back just as many of us said he would.

:toast:

[Democrats unite]

5. Dean is going to give Kerry a run for his money

& I have a good feeling Kerry is not going to know what the hell hit him.

[LizW]

6. This is exciting!

I think I'm going to have to self-medicate Tuesday night! ;)

[Mass_Liberal]

8. so how come cnn just won't show it

their articles still say Kerry with strong leads over everyone else. errrgggg

[Padraig18]

10. Actually, today's CNN/USA Today poll showed...

... a 'tightening race' with Kerry only 7% ahead, and they took pains to mention that Dean's numbers are rising once again, while Kerry's seem to have hit a plateau. :)

[Mass_Liberal]

11. I know

the TV channel does, just not their website

[JohnKleeb]

and remember this time last week you guys were winning in NH

If Dean wins NH which would be a nice booster, it wont come as a suprise to me, if Kerry does, I wont be either but it is in more ways than Dean. Remember Dean once tripled Kerry in the polls there, the fact that Kerry has come this far back is astonishing as it is. not dissing Dean just giving you my opinion. I personally expect NH to be close, I still never trust polls.

[Mass_Liberal]

20. hey JohnKleeb

how ya doin? Haven't seen you in a while.

[mikehiggins]

9. Well, what happens to Kerry if Dean wins after all?

Since everyone wants to hang Dean out to dry if he doesn't do well, what happens to the rest of the candidates if he does?

[Padraig18]

16. Excellent question.

I'd like to know what the pundits will opine then, too. :P

[cthrumatrix]

12. they can't track the independent vote....it's an open race.

[WilliamPitt]

13. The local Boston polls say different

But the effort seemed to do little to stanch the outflow of support, with Dean's events drawing smaller crowds, some endorsers keeping a distance -- most notably former vice president Al Gore -- and daily tracking polls offering little good news for Dean. A new Boston Globe/ WBZ-TV two-day tracking poll conducted Friday night and yesterday indicated that Kerry was increasing his lead, with 38 percent, over Dean, who had 15 percent. The poll also indicated that Dean's approval rating continues to slip among New Hampshire voters surveyed, with 48 percent saying they had a favorable opinion of him and 32 percent saying they viewed him negatively.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/01/25/dean_backers_weigh_iowas_message/

What worth local polls? Well, the Des Moines Register nailed almost exactly the outcome of Iowa, so...

[Woodstock]

14. Of course, Kerry is from Mass, Boston is in Mass

and that wasn't exactly the case in Iowa, was it?

Which candidate was from Iowa? Refresh my memory.

[Zynx]

15. That's the only one that has numbers like that.

[lancdem]

22. Actually, there's another one

http://www.thewmurchannel.com/politics/2791764/detail.html

[Auntie Bush]

17. Fox just said

Kerry 20 something, Clark 17, Dean 16, Edwards 15

[bicentennial_baby]

18. Did you catch who did the poll?

[Auntie Bush]

21. Sorry---no

But it was coming from FOX

[lancdem]

19. Clark ahead of Dean?

Most every other poll has Dean solidly in second place.