John Kerry and Howard Dean might get less friendly if the Democratic presidential nomination comes down to just the two of them, a scenario that increasingly seems likely.
Poll: Kerry, Dean are best-known contenders
Only about a third of Americans can name one of the nine Democratic presidential contenders, a CBS News Poll conducted on July 8 and 9 found. Of those Democratic contenders whom the poll respondents could name, John Kerry and Howard Dean tied for the top spot.
Thirty-four percent of the 750-plus respondents said they could name a contender and 66 percent said they could not. Seven percent named Kerry and 7 percent named Dean. Six percent named Joe Lieberman and 3 percent named Dick Gephardt.
Two percent named Al Sharpton and Hillary Clinton, although Clinton is not in the race. The rest of the nine Democratic presidential hopefuls received 1 percent or less in the poll, as did Al Gore, even though he also is not in the race. (Some folks are just not up on their current events.)
Surprisingly, only 34 percent of those polled who identify themselves as Democrats could name one of the nine Democratic contenders, while 35 percent who identify as Republican and 33 percent who identify as independent could do so. Republicans were most familiar with Lieberman (6 percent), followed by Kerry and Dean at 5 percent each. Independents were most familiar with Kerry and Dean (8 percent each) and then Lieberman, with 6 percent. The results for the Democratic respondents mirrored the overall results: Kerry and Dean tied at 7 percent, followed by Lieberman at 6 percent and Gephardt at 3 percent.
The poll included 753 respondents nationwide and has margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.
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