{"id":5236,"date":"2007-11-01T14:59:40","date_gmt":"2007-11-01T21:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=5236"},"modified":"2007-11-02T07:25:10","modified_gmt":"2007-11-02T14:25:10","slug":"zogby-gore-leads-top-tier-democratic-candidates-by-huge-margin-in-new-blind-bio-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5236","title":{"rendered":"Zogby: Gore Leads ‘Top-Tier’ Democratic Candidates by Huge Margin in New ‘Blind Bio’ Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week<\/a> we reported that a CBS poll finds Al Gore trailing Hilary Clinton by just 5% in the Presidential Primary race and is ahead of all of the others, even though he’s not officially on the ballot.<\/p>\n

Last month<\/a> we reported that a Zogby “blind bio” poll of Republicans found that some unknown guy — Ward Casscells — who’s not even running, led the Republican candidate field among GOP voters when no names, just summarized resumes, were given for each candidate polled.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Zogby released<\/a> the results of their Democratic<\/em> “blind bio” poll, showing that Al Gore is, hands down, in front of the pack with 35% support. His closest rival was Hillary Clinton at 24%.<\/p>\n

Also in the poll, 60% of Dem voters would consider voting for someone other than the current slate of candidates, based on dissatisfaction with the positions on the Iraq War by the current official crop. 65% said they’d be open to supporting a new candidate based on the current candidates’ global climate change positions…<\/p>\n

Zogby Poll: Al Gore Leads Top Tier Dems in ‘Blind Bio’ Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n

Survey finds most Democratic likely voters would consider a new candidate given the current field’s views on Iraq and global climate change<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A Zogby International “blind bio”\u009d telephone poll shows that former Vice President Al Gore is favored over the current Democratic frontrunners by likely Democratic Party voters nationwide “\u201c particularly among liberal Democrats.<\/p>\n

When Democratic likely voters were given brief biographical descriptions of the top three Democratic candidates “\u201c New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards “\u201c along with the biography of Gore, the former Vice President won 35% support, while Clinton won 24%, Obama won 22%, and Edwards trailed with 10% support. Gore’s bio was the top choice of both men (39%) and women (31%), and also most favored by younger voters. Self-described liberal Democrats strongly favored Gore’s bio (43%) over Clinton (21%), Edwards (17%) and Obama (12%). The bio selections of moderate Democrats closely mirror the choices of likely Democratic voters overall, with 36% giving the greatest preference to Gore’s bio.<\/p><\/div>\n

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