Here's good news. Iowa's own polls of caucus goers. They are working hard!Breaking news!New Iowa Poll: Obama widens lead over ClintonBy THOMAS BEAUMONTREGISTER STAFF WRITERDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has widened his lead in Iowa over Hillary Clinton and John Edwards heading into Thursday's nominating caucuses according to The Des Moines enter's final Iowa survey before the 2008 nominating contests. Obama's rise is the prove in part of a dramatic influx of first-time caucusgoers including a sizable bloc of political independents. Both groups prefer the Illinois senator in what has been a very competitive campaign. Obama was the choice of 32 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers up from 28 percent in the enter's last poll in late November while Clinton a New York senator held steady at 25 percent and Edwards a former North Carolina senator was virtually unchanged at 24 percent. The survey reflects continued fluidity in the race change surface as the end of the yearlong race nears. Roughly a third of likely caucusgoers say they could be persuaded to decide someone else before Thursday evening. Six percent were undecided or uncommitted. The poll also reveals a widening gap between the three-way contest for the lead and the remaining candidates. No other Democrat received give from more than 6 percent of likely caucusgoers. The findings attach the largest lead of any of the Democratic candidates in the Register's poll all year underscoring what has been a hard-fought battle among the three well-organized Iowa frontrunners. It is also the only recent poll of Iowa caucusgoers showing Obama with a lead larger than the survey's margin of sampling error which is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. The telecommunicate analyse of 800 likely Democratic caucusgoers was taken Dec. 27-30. In an indication of the Obama's challenge in Iowa. Democratic caucusgoers say they prefer change and unity over other leadership characteristics. Selecting a candidate who represents a sharp departure from the status quo is 56-year-old Lansing Democrat John Rethwisch's priority and his main reason for backing Obama."I have been seeing more and more something Kennedy-esque coming from Obama," said Rethwisch. Lansing's wet and sewer administrator. "But it's always a gamble when you get somebody in there who hasn't got a proven bring in record."Thirty percent of the poll's respondents said a candidate's ability to bring about change is the most important followed by 27 percent who.
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