Sunday, December 02, 2007

Register Poll: Huckabee Leads In Iowa Beyond Margin of Error

Out Sunday morning . . . Per The Page . . . from the Des Moines Register . . .

IOWA G.O.P.
Mike Huckabee 29%
Mitt Romney 24%
Rudy Giuliani 13%

IOWA DEMS
Barack Obama 28%
Hillary Clinton 25%
John Edwards 23%

Margin of error 4.4%

2 comments:

Tim Baier said...

Pick up your cell phone... I need answers on Austin and this is the only place I can get in touch with you!

Matt said...

Huckabee pulling beyond the margin is significant. He was the consensus winner of Wednesday's debate, and a focus group of voters in Iowa who watched the debate judged Huckabee the winner by a wide margin. I suspect he'll win Iowa but that leads to this question: does that translate to other wins in S. Carolina and Florida, or is Iowa an isolated occurance?

I suspect that he could get a burst of momentum from an Iowa victory and follow that up in S. Carolina. When the smoke clears, it's not a crazy notion that Mike Huckabee could be the nominee of the Republican party.