Iowa poll: Obama, Huckabee lead
The final Des Moines Register poll is out. Republicans:
- Mike Huckabee -- 32 percent
- Mitt Romney -- 26
- John McCain -- 13
- Ron Paul -- 9
- Fred Thompson -- 9
- Rudy Giuliani -- 5
Democrats:
- Barack Obama -- 32 percent
- Hillary Clinton -- 25
- John Edwards -- 24
- Bill Richardson -- 6
- Joe Biden -- 4
- Chris Dodd -- 2
More on the poll here and here.
UPDATE: Comparing the results with the last Register poll, conducted at the end of November, the biggest shifts in support are:
- Giuliani -8 points
- McCain +6
Huckabee (+3) and Romney (+2) are in about the same relative position as they were a month ago. Obama (+4) improved his relative standing compared with Edwards (+1) and Clinton (unchanged), but these shifts could all be a function of the error margins (+/-4.4 points in November, +/-3.5 points now).