Richardson gains in Ohio, still below margin of error

It seems like I’ve been writing a lot lately about Gov. Bill Richardson climbing, albeit slowly, in a number of Democratic presidential nominee polls across the nation.

There’s another.

The newest Quinnipiac University poll has Richardson at two percent in Ohio, which puts him tied for fifth place in the poll that includes Al Gore, who isn’t running for president.

That’s a climb in the eight weeks since the school’s last poll put Richardson at 1 percent in March.

Interestingly, the newest poll found support for Richardson at 4 percent among men and less than 1 percent among women. I’ll let you decide what that means. I haven’t seen any data to indicate whether that’s a trend across the nation, but I’ll be looking for it in the future.

The newest poll had Hillary Clinton at 38 percent, up from 32 percent in March, so she’s continuing to climb. Barack Obama came in second at 19 percent, down from 22 percent in March. John Edwards was third with 11 percent, which was no change from March.

Gore came in fourth at 10 percent, down from 14 percent in March, and Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich tied Richardson at 2 percent, which is down from 3 percent in March.

You’d think Kucinich would do better in his home state. Richardson will certainly do better in New Mexico.

The newest poll was conducted May 8 to 13. It surveyed 353 Ohio Democrats and has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percent.

It places Richardson still well below the margin of error in Ohio, but is further evidence that he’s gaining some attention. Richardson has climbed some in polls across the nation in recent weeks, and even climbed above the margin of error in Nevada and Iowa. As I’ve said before, however, Clinton is climbing faster than anyone else.