Iowa Poll Shows Tight Democratic Race

THE RACE: The presidential race in Iowa for Democrats and Republicans. __ THE NUMBERS _ DEMOCRATS Hillary Rodham Clinton, 27% Barack Obama, 22% John Edwards,

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 4:29 pm

By: News On 6

THE RACE: The presidential race in Iowa for Democrats and Republicans.
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THE NUMBERS _ DEMOCRATS

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 27%

Barack Obama, 22%

John Edwards, 22%

Bill Richardson, 9%

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THE NUMBERS _ REPUBLICANS

Mitt Romney, 27%

Rudy Giuliani, 11%

Fred Thompson, 7%

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OF INTEREST:

Clinton is apparently leading in Iowa but by a much smaller margin than indicated in national polls. Although Edwards remains among the leaders, the poll shows he has lost his long-standing lead in the state. For Iowa Republicans, Romney is far ahead, but 31% haven't picked a candidate. Thompson places third even though he hasn't declared his candidacy, and former front-runner John McCain's support has dropped to 3%.

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The telephone poll by the University of Iowa of 787 registered Iowa voters who intend to attend the caucuses was conducted July 29-Aug. 5. It has a sampling margin of error for the 425 Democrats of plus or minus 5 percentage points and for the 308 Republicans of plus or minus 5.6 percentage points.