Rasmussen Zogby SV-Georgia Gallup
Hillary Clinton 22 29 27 29
Barack Obama 21 14 20 18
John Edwards 15 13 15 13
Al Gore 7 13 11 11
John Kerry 4 4 3 8
Joe Biden 2 7 2 5
Wesley Clark – 1 4 2
Bill Richardson – 1 1 3
Chris Dodd – – 1 1
Joe Lieberman – 2 – –
Tom Vilsack – – 1 –
Ed Rendell – – 1 –
Dennis Kucinich – 1 1 –
Al Sharpton – – – 1
Now, these aren’t terribly surprising, being nation-wide polls, and most people aren’t really paying attention yet. However, from what I’ve been reading, the landscape changes when people start paying attention. In Iowa and New Hampshire, where they are already in pre-election mode, Clinton’s popularity goes down and Edwards and Obama go up. Also, I’ve noticed that within the netroots category, Edwards is way up.
Of course, most surveys don’t include Al Gore, whose decision to run is a legitimate open question. Still, I predict that by "Super Tuesday", we’ll see a tight race between Clinton, Obama, and Edwards (and Gore, if he decides to run). The rest of the pack should save their time (and ours) and go home now.