Posted on 01/26/2006 8:22:09 AM PST by areafiftyone
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The voters have spoken. Primary voters in Florida -- who have correctly chosen nine of the last 10 presidents -- have weighed in on their choices for the 2008 presidential nominees. In a survey conducted January 20-23 by The Kitchens Group, likely Republican primary voters and likely Democratic primary voters were asked who they would vote for if the primary election were held today:
Democrats
(253 Surveyed)Br> Hillary Clinton 42 %
John Edwards 16 %
John Kerry 12 %
Joseph Biden 6 %
Russ Feingold 3 %
Republicans
(256 surveyed)
Condoleezza Rice 26 %
Rudy Giuliani 25 %
Newt Gingrich 20 %
George Allen 3 %
Margin of error: +/- 6%
Other candidates tested received less than 3%
When asked if they thought Sen. Clinton could win the presidential election, 59 percent of likely Democratic primary voters thought her chances were either "very good" or "pretty good."
"There's chatter among party insiders that Sen. Clinton can't win the presidency, but according to Floridians -- voters in a key battleground state -- nearly 60 percent think she can in fact win the general election," said Dr. Jim Kitchens, founder of The Kitchens Group.
When Republicans were asked if they would prefer a socially moderate or conservative nominee, 36 percent preferred a moderate candidate, while 58 percent preferred a strong conservative.
"These responses indicate that a relatively unknown socially conservative candidate, like George Allen, could swoop in and win the Republican Party's nomination over a more moderate candidate, like John McCain," said Kitchens.
Jim Kitchens, founder of The Kitchens Group, is a mass-persuasion expert and attitude specialist with a PhD in political communication. He has consulted for more than 40 members of Congress, including some of our most influential leaders; worked on environmental issue elections, resulting in more than one billion dollars for land conservation; and interviewed more than one million Americans, developing expertise in attitudes toward campaign strategy, the environment, legalized gambling, corporate issues and tort reform.
Kinda of surprized that Pat Buchanan did get more votes from Democrats after his popularity with them in 2000 /sarcasm!
This is interesting. Could it really become a Clinton/Edwards ticket?
They also stated that Hillary would be a worthy successor to Al Gore in the highest office in the land.
<60% of the most dedicated Democrats rating her chances as "pretty good" or better is considered good news for her? I see this as very bad news for Clinton. 41% of the most ardent Democrats in a crucial state don't think she can win.
3% isn't a swooping majority
This is a press release posted by a guy who started up a small polling business in Central Florida last month.
Actually this seems about right at this time. Condi is very popular according to all polls in the U.S. She's polling higher than McCain and Giuliani. All the rest of the potential candidates are about right too. Its still early yet. Some will move up and some will disappear - some will move down.
Duh....
And, thankfully, there are voters in forty-nine other states and D.C. who will have some say in this.
I don't think Clinton would want Edwards - she's not going to choose someone who ran and lost. She'll choose someone new.
Right now, nobody cares about 2008. They throw Hillary out there, because right now she is the most famous Democrat politician.
LOL That about sums it up. The polls have been the same time and time again. The polls won't change until candidates start announcing their run for the presidency after the 2006 elections.
I agree that Newt is the surprise. I did not think he would poll that well.
What utter spin.
What poor choices! Where's Sanford? Tancredo?
Hillary Clinton will never be President of the United States. If she gets the Dem nomination, her Republican challenger will be the next President.
FWIW John McCain comes in at 20% in the original article. He's kind of conspicuous by absence in the table as reprinted here.
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