Posted on 03/20/2007 6:13:16 AM PDT by areafiftyone
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) leads Arizona Senator John McCain (R) by eighteen points in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination. Giuliani now attracts support from 33% of those likely to vote in a Republican Primary. That’s consistent with his level of support for three of the past four weeks, but down from a spike to 37% last week.
McCain slipped another point last week and is supported by just 15% of those surveyed. That is the lowest level of support measured so far for a man recently was presumed to be the frontrunner for the nomination. Thirteen percent (13%) now support former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) while 10% prefer former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R). No other Republican attracts more than 2% support at this time.
Rasmussen Reports releases updated polling data on the Republican nominating contest every Tuesday. Results for the Democrats are updated on Mondays.
Among the 31% of Likely Primary voters who identify themselves as Very Conservative, Gingrich has a statistically insignificant lead over Giuliani. Romney is third among the Very Conservative while McCain is fourth.
Those who identify themselves as Somewhat Conservative prefer Giuliani over McCain by a 37% to 17% margin. Among political moderates in the GOP, 42% say they would vote for Giuliani, 20% for McCain, and 6% for Romney.
A separate survey found that 50% of all Americans voters would definitely vote against Gingrich if he is on the general election ballot. Just 20% would definitely vote for him.
Giuliani is the only candidate in either party who more people would definitely vote for than against. He also currently leads all Democrats in General Election match-ups. This includes Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Barack Obama, former Senator John Edwards, Governor Bill Richardson, and Senator Joe Biden.
McCain is essentially even with Clinton, Obama, and Edwards while leading Richardson and Biden.
Romney trails Clinton, Obama, and Edwards. Other GOP hopefuls also trail Democrats in General Election polling.
The current survey is based upon national telephone interviews with 599 Likely Republican Primary Voters conducted March 12-15, 2007. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
See a summary of all match-ups along with favorability ratings and perceptions of the candidates’ ideology. A summary is also provided for Democratic contenders.
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Another false poll. The non-announced Gingrich is included, but the non-announced Fred Thompson is omitted. What's up with that? Can you say slanted???
Just the annointed three, thank you, that's all.
At this stage polls are only good for one thing, a stripper.
It seems like the only significant poll movement is going on in the Dem race.
But Rudy better watch out: immigration will bite him just as hard.
Still, good to see someone is beating Hillobama regularly. Now, if Fred Thompson will get in the race, I'd like to see how he stacks up.
Hmmmmm! Now were is your mind this morning young man! ;-)
They don't include asterisks in their poll. Sorry bud!
Ummm Rudy and Fred Thompson hold the same position on two things - Immigration and Gay Marriage.
It's still meaningless.
Another false poll. The non-announced Gingrich is included, but the non-announced Fred Thompson is omitted. What's up with that? Can you say slanted???
It's kinda like watching the stock market: it doesn't matter till you have to buy or sell.
You are very loose with the interpretations, aren't you? Fred Thompson has never suggested a "safe haven" for illegal border invaders, as Rudy did in New York City. FT also wants to secure the borders.
He also identifies a marriage as "between and man and a woman" but so far I have not heard where Thompson thinks a homosexual civil union is completely acceptable, as Julie-Annie does.
I can guarantee you that the pollsters don't even offer Fred Thompson's name as a choice.
To be honest I don't know why they don't include Thompson when they do include Newt. I agree that it is not fair. The should include both. We are in agreement on that.
Hardly. This is a whopper that ranks with the claim that Rudy and Duncan Hunter have the same position on PBA bans. Rudy's past belies him in both cases.
The reason is that they cannot get the results they are seeking.
Thanks for posting the poll.
However, upon investigation, Newt has 13% in the article, not 10%
Please make the correction!
Thanks!
The fact that Giuliani is the only candidate in either party who more people would definitely vote for than against is very significant. HUGE!
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