Rudy Giuliani Leads John McCain by More Than 2-to-1 in Race for Republican Nomination (Harris Poll)

PR Newswire ^ | 4/20/07

[areafiftyone]

Rudy Giuliani Leads John McCain by More Than 2-to-1 in Race for Republican Nomination
Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson Not Far Behind McCain ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is now the front runner by a wide margin in the race for the Republican nomination for the 2008 presidential election, even though the first primary elections will not take place until February 2008. Giuliani leads Senator John McCain by fully 39 percent to 18 percent among those who think they will vote in the Republican primaries or caucuses. Former Governor Mitt Romney (14%) and former Senator (and movie and TV star) Fred Thompson (13%) are not very far behind McCain. The only other candidate with more than two percent of Republican preferences is former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (9%). This Harris Poll surveyed 2401 U.S. adults online and was conducted by Harris Interactive(R) between April 3 and 16, 2007. This survey included 522 adults who expect to vote in a Republican primary or caucus and like all polls conducted well before an election, it should not be read as a prediction. Rather, it is a snap shot of the presidential "horse race", at a very early stage in the race. A previous column assessed the standing of the leading Democrats(1). Early in the survey, all adults were shown a list that included candidates in both major political parties as well as other Republican and Democratic leaders, and asked for whom they would consider voting. Among Republicans, Rudy Giuliani (59%) leads Colin Powell (46%), John McCain (40%), Condoleeza Rice (39%), Mitt Romney (37%), Fred Thompson (31%) and Newt Gingrich (29%). Among all adults, the rank order of Republican leaders is almost identical to the rank order among potential Republican voters. This is because none of the Republican leaders have exceptionally strong appeal among Democrats and Independents. At this time it seems that Republican candidates face an uphill battle against the Democrats. Overall 68 percent of all adults would consider voting for one of the listed Democratic leaders, compared to 59 percent who would consider voting for one of the Republicans. PLEASE CHECK THE LINK FOR THE TABLES. I simply cannot get these tables in HTML format! YEESH! Sorry!

[garv]

Actually, Giuliani’s numbers have been down in every poll I’ve seen posted, including this one, Fox News and Gallup.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Do the practicing Catholics here support Rudy as “one of their own?” After all, he is considered an adulterer at this time since his 2nd marriage was considered authentic by the church and was never annulled, and his 3rd marriage was not in the church.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Rudy Giuliani Tops All Others in New Jersey Poll (4-20-07)

New Jersey hasn’t supported a Republican for president for nearly 20 years, but a new poll released Thursday shows former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani leading all presidential challengers in New Jersey.

The Quinnipiac University poll found the Republican with similar leads over the three leading Democratic presidential candidates.

Giuliani leads New York Sen. Hillary Clinton 49 percent to 40 percent, the poll found. He leads Illinois Sen. Barack Obama 48 percent to 38 percent, and 2004 vice presidential candidate John Edwards 48 percent to 41 percent.

New Jersey hasn’t supported a Republican for president since 1988.

“It makes no difference who the Democrats put up — Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John Edwards — former Mayor Giuliani continues to knock out all challengers in the New Jersey presidential race,” said Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute......

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/4/20/122035.shtml?s=ic

[areafiftyone]

Can you say landslide? ;-) or Dare I say it?

[LS]

Certainly there are a lot. Barring a Fred Thompson entry, people here will have to make a choice between Romney, who hasn’t exactly inspired confidence; Rudy, who is a lib on half of the issues; and McCain, who is a lib on the other half. We’ll see how they deal with that, when and if.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

If you’re not a Catholic, why do you care?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Wait until the debates.

[Petronski]

New Jersey hasn’t supported a Republican for president for nearly 20 years...

They've spent the last 20 years supporting liberals, and according to this poll, they're doing so again.

[eastsider]

The Catholics I know don’t publicly offer to pay to have their grandchildren killed in the womb.

[CharlesWayneCT]

So you won’t go read the other post?

Or do you mean some other definition of “nice try”?

[KATIE-O]

“.....Fox News, Harris, and two strategic Vision polls (one for PA and one for MI). Rudy is leading for all of them.....”

Good news! It’s early yet, but his numbers have been consistent.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I think they didn’t like “no new taxes” being broken.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Less than half of the republicans think Rudy will win the nomination, even though he’s the clear leader in the polls.

And only 65% of the republicans are happy with their choices.

And over 40% say they won’t vote for Rudy no matter what.

Good poll, if you really like that conservative principles are under assault.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The Catholics I know don’t publicly offer to pay to have their grandchildren killed in the womb.

He said IF is daughter were pregnant and considering an abortion, he would counsel against abortion, offer to raise the child but in the end it was her choice.

[eastsider]

And that IF she chose abortion, he would pay for it!

[Petronski]

He said IF is daughter were pregnant and considering an abortion, he would counsel against abortion, offer to raise the child but in the end it was her choice.

Did he offer to pay for it or not?

[areafiftyone]

Read my post #35. Check your freepmail

[Cincinatus' Wife]

LOL

You do have a flair for rewriting.

[trisham]

“I have a daughter now,” Giuliani told TV’s Phil Donahue. “I would give my personal advice, my religious and moral views…I would help her with taking care of the baby. But if the ultimate choice of the woman — my daughter or any other woman — would be that in this particular circumstance, to have an abortion, I’d support that. I’d give my daughter the money for it.”

[Gop1040]

“Sure, because Rudy had greater name recognition. I don’t think that’s a surprise at all............The near-hysteria on the Rudy team of Fred getting in suggests he is a serious threat to Guliani...."

More lame excuses. There’s no fear with the 10% FR Rudy supporters. It’s the other 90% that are besides themselves with their dismissal of national polls and vicious persoanl attacks on Rudy.