Kerry 51% to Bush 43%. Leads Dems with 42%:
"In a nationwide survey, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry now leads President George W. Bush 51 - 43 percent according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Looking at the Democratic primary, the Kerry juggernaut has rolled up 42 percent, 30 points higher than any other Presidential primary contender.
American voters give President Bush a 48 - 45 percent approval, the first time he has dropped below 50 percent. While Kerry is the only Democrat ahead of Bush, all Democratic contenders have gained ground on the President.
Kerry had 30 percent of Democratic primary voters in a pre-New Hampshire January 26 national poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University.
In this latest survey, Kerry gets 42 percent of Democrats to Howard Dean's 11 percent, followed by North Carolina Sen. John Edwards and former Gen. Wesley Clark with 10 percent each and Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman with 6 percent. No other candidate tops 5 percent, with 14 percent undecided.
"Talk about bounce. Sen. Kerry's on a trampoline that has him soaring past the other Democrats and even past President Bush. What bounces up, can bounce down and the question is whether Kerry can stay on up and turn some of those Republican red states into Democratic blue in November," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute."
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