Oct. 14, 2003 | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats match up well against President Bush in a new poll that highlights his vulnerability on Iraq and the economy.

The ABC News-Washington Post poll found that 49 percent of registered voters would support an unnamed Democrat and 44 percent would support Bush in a head-to-head matchup.

Among all adults, Bush, at 46 percent, and the Democrat, at 47 percent, were virtually tied. Bush led the Democratic candidate by 13 points among all adults in April; in August, he led by 8 points.

Bush trailed among independents by 6 points and among moderates by 14 points. He trailed among elderly people by 8 points.

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Men favored Bush by 50-44, while women favored the Democrat by 50-42.

Among individual candidates, Howard Dean had the support of 17 percent of Democrats and those who lean Democratic. Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt was at 13 percent, retired Gen. Wesley Clark was at 12 percent and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry was at 10 percent. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut senator who held the lead in this poll last month at 22 percent, had fallen to 9 percent. Others were also in single digits.

Note: It should be said here that the last poll by CNN had Clark up on Dean by 4-5 points with Gephart second and Dean in third--all within a few percentage points of each. You can look at this two ways. Either Dean still has a lot of "umph" going into Iowa, or this race is up for grabs. Take your pick.