Posted on 08/26/2005 9:05:58 AM PDT by RWR8189
August 26, 2005--Senator Hillary Clinton holds a 24-point edge in her bid for re-election to the U.S. Senate. Clinton first won her Senate seat by a 9-point margin in Election 2000.
The latest Rasmussen Reports survey found that the former First Lady is the choice of 57% of New York voters while Jeanine Pirro currently earns 33% of the vote. Clinton leads by 18-points among men and 29-points among women.
Related survey data shows that Democrat Eliot Spitzer holds an even larger lead in the race to become New York's next Governor.
Hillary Clinton is viewed favorably by 63% of the state's voters, including 45% who have a "very favorable" opinion of her. Just 35% have an unfavorable view of their Junior Senator. Nationally, opinion of Hillary Clinton is more evenly divided.
For Pirro, the numbers are 39% favorable and 38% unfavorable. Even within her own party their are doubts-- just 50% of Republicans hold a favorable opinion of Pirro.
The potential Clinton-Pirro match-up features famous husbands and, even in this category, Hillary has the political advantage. Al Pirro is twice as likely to be seen as a problem for his wife's campaign as Bill Clinton.
Clinton will need to build on her current 24-point lead to boost her expected 2008 Presidential bid. At the very least, she will want to win New York by a larger margin than her party's last two Presidential nominees--Al Gore (25 percentage points) and John Kerry (19 percentage points).
Currently, 24% of Americans believe Senator Clinton is "very likely" to be the Democrat's Presidential nominee in 2008.
Fifty-one percent (51%) of New York voters believe Hillary Clinton is a carpetbagger. Just 32% say she's a real New Yorker. But, that perceptin has little impact on how Empire State citizens act in the voting booth.
Just 38% of New York voters approve of the way that George W. Bush is performing his job as President. Sixty-one percent (61%) disapprove, including 47% who strongly disapprove.
Thirty-one percent (31%) believe the country is heading in the right direction at this time.
Demographic cross-tabs are available for Premium Members. The margin of sampling error for the full survey sample is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
This is why I have to laugh at some of the spin this matchup is generating. The really silly one goes like this: Boy, Hillary sure is going to have a problem with Pirro. Hillary won't be able to run effectively against someone who essentially mirrors her on issues important to women, like abortion "rights."
Uhhmmm, no. It's very easy to run against your clone. The reasoning goes something like this: Why vote for the ersatz liberal feminist when you can have the real thing? (And, oh, BTW, who also has that "D" after her name.)
Pirro is the best card that the NY GOP has to play. It may not be enough - it probably won't be - but you have to play your best card.
I dunno. You tell me. Would you stay in a place with 10.7 days of sunshine per year, high as hell taxes, toll booths on every road practically, no industry left to speak of, 475 inches of rain per year....
Geez, those are pretty high unfavorables coming right out of the starting gate with no name recognition.
I've been in NYC for 10 years and I don't remember a thing about Al Pirro.
I understand if you sensible red-staters see Pirro and Hillary as clones. Out here though, I think the difference is palpable. Just like Bloomberg, while a liberal in every sense, is in no way a Ferrer or Green.
I hope Pirro digs in and puts up the good fight. People might be surprised.
"Come from behind" is not unknown in political races. Herself is the one with the record to defend, and that record is a little shabby.
New York deserves better representation in the US Senate. Thus far, between Chuck Schumer and Herself, they have virtually none.
"I dunno. You tell me. Would you stay in a place with 10.7 days of sunshine per year, high as hell taxes, toll booths on every road practically, no industry left to speak of, 475 inches of rain per year...."
I think you just explained Seattle as well.
"Playing the first female president of the United States gives her hope."
The feminists do love their Hollywood fantasies. What would feminists do without Hollywood to keep their fantasies alive?
So we can teach Hillary a lesson by losing by over 20 points!
There is the old question about what the difference is between a pygmy and Hillary Rotten Clinton (aka the Hildabeast, aka Hellarewe, aka Hitlery, aka the Former First Madam,...).
The scum just keeps getting the breaks. I am very very worried about the Hildabeast becomming the president. Could you imigine this happening in Bubbas administrtion if things were reversed? Remember ole Tommy Dasshole telling a firm in N Dakota that if it supported Thune there would be no government contracts for them.
Upstate won't secede. They'd have to take Buffalo and probably Ithaca, too.
That's still about 249,000 jobs short of the 250,000 her heinous promised to bring to upstate.
Hitlery had a 32% margin a month ago. The polls in that time have swing 8% in Pirro's favor. This is VERY bad news for Hitlery.
Go ahead and just say it.
Besides, we're ALL thinking it anyway......
Our first-born came along in Feb 1992, and I still have the "Baby Name Book" showing that Hillary made the short list. Thank God we had a boy.
In five more trips to the delivery room, Hillary was never considered.
Wow, it's kinda easy for you to go through a dozen eggs on saturday morning, eh?
Thank you for pointing out what should have been pointed out earlier in the thread. Glad to see someone didn't look solely at the current numbers, but rather the fact Hillary has lost support in a short period and Pirro has moved up. This isn't bad at all. It'll be bad if it's like this a few months from now as more people are introduced to her, but currently, pretty good.
Hey AmishDude!!
I grew up in Chester County, Pa. I had some Mennonite buddies, and did they ever like to party!! Are you as wild as they are??
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