Posted on 04/05/2007 9:47:17 AM PDT by Ol' Sparky
Zogby: Romney Rockets in New Hampshire Poll
Latest New Hampshire telephone poll shows Romney's support nearly doubles to 25 percent to tie McCain; Giuliani trails at 19 percent.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has rocketed to the top of the field of contenders for the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary crown, running dead even with Arizona Sen. John McCain at 25 percent each, a new Zogby International telephone poll shows.
With Romney’s ascension, the GOP presidential race looks just like the Democratic contest — a three-way battle!
While McCain has held mostly steady at the top of the Republican field in New Hampshire, losing just one point since January, Romney has made the big move up from 13 percent two months ago. Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York who is the toast of Republican primary voters nationally, finds himself in third place in the Granite State at 19 percent support, falling slightly from 20 percent in January to 19 percent this week.
Fred Thompson, the actor and former senator from Tennessee won 6 percent support in this latest survey of 502 likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters, which was conducted April 2-3, 2007, and contains a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percentage points.
Pollster John Zogby: "Score this as a big week for Mitt Romney. These poll numbers, together with the small increase in Iowa and a huge fundraising effort, puts him into the top tier and makes him a major player in the race for the GOP nomination. John McCain’s support stays steady and makes him a contender and gives him a boost in an otherwise lackluster week. Move over, Rudy. You’ve got a real race on your hands!”
Romney has a slight edge over McCain among men — 27 percent support Romney while 25 percent favor McCain. Giuliani gets 19 percent support among men. McCain wins support from 25 percent of women, followed by Romney (23 percent) and Giuliani (18 percent).
McCain is the favored candidate among younger respondents — nearly half (48 percent) of those 18-29 said they would vote for the former war hero-turned senator. There is also strong support for Romney among this age group, as 37 percent said they would support the former Massachusetts governor. Giuliani gets the most support from those age 30 to 49 at (28 percent) and leads the field over all other candidates among this age group.
More than half of respondents (54 percent) said they were more likely to vote for a candidate who is generally more conservative, while 37 percent said they would favor a more moderate candidate. Romney is the top choice of those who identify themselves as "conservative” and "very conservative."
The vast majority respondents (85 percent) said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who stands up for what they believe in, regardless if they can win the general election. Younger respondents (ages 18 to 29) were more likely than older respondents to favor a candidate who will stand by his or her beliefs — 96 percent in this age group feel this way, compared to 79 percent of those age 65 and older. Women (89 percent) are also more likely than men (82 percent) to say they would vote for the candidate who puts their beliefs first. Overall, 11 percent said they would rather have a candidate who can win.
I think Ol’ Sparky needs a towel to clean up the mess.
Mwuhahahahahaahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahh!!!!!
Does zarf need a tissue?
Where have all the Rudybots gone,
Long time passing?
Where have all the Rudybots gone,
Long time ago?
Where have all the Rudybots gone,
Gone to DU, every one.
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_1_rudy_giuliani.html. Learn the truth about Guiliani.
Money talks....in this case..it’s screaming.........
Don’t care who does what...but let’s get our nominee
all the support they need, to fend off the Dems....
they think they are in...we have to get moving..
sooner than later...JK
Well that's refreshing.
Still trying to figure out how Romney can “be a life long hunter” when he’s only been hunting twice... once when 15 and once when 59.
As long as he ends up bagging Rudy, it doesn’t matter. LOL
My choice at the time was him or David Dinkins for mayor of New York.
He’s not my ideal candidate, None of the current three are.
I am anti-abortion and don’t believe in gay rights, gun control and many other issues that he believes in.
But if I am ultimately presented with a choice of Rudy against ANY Democrat or a third party candidate that has zero chance of winning, I will enthusiastically vote for Rudy.
There are fascist forces in this world that seek to abort our entire way of life.
Preventing western culture from those barbarians is JOB ONE in my book (having witnessed the WTC burning on the horizon from my Long Island home), and I trust Rudy to do that. Like it or not, America is the only bulwark against Islam-fascist tyranny.
Fire away.
Interesting...
I meant Protecting Western culture, not Preventing.
Who wants to bet if Rudy doesn’t get the nomination or some other prominent position, OR, a true conservative gets nominated, he goes dem?
By the way, Romney is my preferred candidate of the current top three.
Impressive. Romney has come back out of nowhere. It will be interesting to see if this trend continues and in other states.
If he didn’t go DEM to win office in New York, he wouldn’t go DEM for the presidency.
Unless you’ve lived in New York, I wouldn’t expect you to understand how badly the deck is stacked against Republicans.
He’s not an opportunist like Bloomberg.
I understand your loyalty to Rudy, but what makes you think he is the only candidate capable of continuing the War on Terror?
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