WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The latest American Research Group tracking poll of Democrats likely to vote in the N.H. primary shows former Vt. Gov. Howard Dean maintaining a steady lead.
The three-day rolling survey -- conducted from 12/30 to 1/1/ -- of likely primary voters finds Dean holding at 37 percent ,followed by U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., for whom support appears to be dropping.
ARG's Dick Bennett attributes the Massachusetts senator's 4-point drop from 19 percent to 15 percent to a "drop in ballot preference for Kerry among women."
The only other candidate to demonstrate support in double digits was retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark, at 13 percent.
The poll, which surveys approximately 600 likely Democrats over a three-day period, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.
