Posted on 12/22/2002 9:01:50 AM PST by hoosierskypilot
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York is the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, now that former Vice President Al Gore says he will not run, according to a new Time/CNN poll released yesterday.
The survey of 400 registered Democrats and Democratic "leaners" found that three out of 10 or 30 percent would choose Mrs. Clinton as their party's nominee for president if they were asked to vote today.
Her nearest rivals, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, each received the support of 13 percent of the Democrats polled.
The questions about Democratic presidential prospects were part of a total survey of more than 1,000 adults, conducted by Harris Interactive on Dec. 17 and Dec. 18. The margin of error for the total sample was 3.1 percentage points.
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