WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wesley Clark has a slight lead over his Democratic presidential rivals in the latest national poll by CNN-USA Today-Gallup released Thursday.
Clark, who entered the race just over three weeks ago, had 21 percent support while former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean was favored by 16 percent of those polled Oct. 6-8. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the 2000 vice presidential nominee, and Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts were at 13 percent among registered voters.
The remaining candidates were in single digits.
A CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll taken in mid-September gave Clark a nine-point lead, with Dean, Kerry, Lieberman and Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri battling for second place.
In the latest poll, Gephardt was at 8 percent, Al Sharpton 6 percent, Carol Moseley Braun 4 percent, and Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina and Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio 2 percent. Fifteen percent were undecided.
The poll of 400 registered voters who are Democrats or lean Democratic was conducted Oct. 6-8 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
