Posted on 04/23/2007 10:06:18 AM PDT by areafiftyone
Front-running Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton's favorable rating is slipping at home and New York voters aren't quite as sure they prefer her over Republican Rudy Giuliani, a statewide poll reported Monday.
The latest poll from Siena College's Research Institute had Clinton leading Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, 48 percent to 43 percent, down from the 51 percent to 39 percent lead she enjoyed in a March poll from the Albany-area college.
Clinton's favorable rating among New York voters was at 50 percent in the latest poll, down from 56 percent last month.
"The fall in her rating has been dramatic since January, when she had a 60 percent to 33 percent favorability rating," said Steven Greenberg, a spokesman for the Siena poll.
The Clinton slippage was also evident in the race for the Democratic nomination. The new poll had the state's junior senator leading Barack Obama, 39 percent to 17 percent. She held a 32 percentage point lead over the Illinois senator last month among New York voters. National polls have also shown the race tightening.
The Clinton camp said other New York polls, including one earlier this month from Quinnipiac University, showed Clinton remaining strong in her home state. The Quinnipiac poll had her favorable rating at 58 percent, statistically unchanged from the 59 percent she had in the school's February poll.
"We're proud to have such overwhelming support in New York, but are taking nothing for granted and will work hard for every vote," said Clinton spokesman Blake Zeff.
The Siena poll found Clinton's decline against Giuliani was sharpest among independent voters and suburbanites. Against Obama, her drop-off was largely due to a shift among New York City's Democratic voters.
"The campaign is clearly heating up early and it's clearly having an impact on her numbers," Greenberg said.
On the Republican side, Giuliani continued to enjoy a strong lead for the GOP nomination among his home state voters - 47 percent to 16 percent for Sen. John McCain of Arizona. No other Republican was in double digits.
Siena's telephone poll of 980 registered voters was conducted April 16-20 and has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Like I said. Hillary sucks and will never EVER become president.
Hopefully not but regardless of this poll she has an EXCELLENT chance of being the Democrat nominee.
FR going from conservative ideals to NY libs and polls. Thanks for posting the liberal drivel.
I don’t think she does; otherwise, Ol’ Slick may have stayed away from Monica.
and like I posted two months ago.this is Obamama’s to lose...but if Rudy switched to democrat he would be our next prez
Oh puleeze get a freakin grip! This is a presidential election whether you like it or not. Hillary has always been news here on FR. Where have you been?
Aw dam....what can we do to help her OUT.
The hell of it is, she LIVES by these polls, and will soon start to say and do whatever it takes to reverse this trend. Lots of time for her to duck and weave.
If she does become the nominee will she give up her senate seat so she can hit the campaign trail?
Oh yes. That woman is going to win the Democrat nomination and she will do it any way she can.
Hillary will never give up her Senate seat. She will never give up any power.
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Just in time to make a fictitious come back in the fall?
Uh-Oh! Other Presidential Hopefuls better beware...
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Hmmm. She started campaigning in January.
I wonder if there's a connection...
Perhaps this explains her floating Billy Jeff’s name out there as a “world ambassador”.
Gore-Obama 2008
But would a good muslim share a spotlight with ManBearPig?
What difference does it make which RAT wins in NY?
Honestly, I don’t know what she thinks she is doing here. The last thing I would expect a Clinton to talk about is what is on or under the infamous rug in the oval office.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu9TQq0C3Ac
Oh, and who exactly is “?us? always having to clean up after people”? Is she implying here that she is black? This is an extremely racist or sexist remark either way.
Looks like Gore will get it
“Gore will get it”
You might just be right.....
Let’s hope the GOP doesn’t chew off its foot while watching to Dems eat their own,
Mrs. William J. Cliton needs to take a course in ebonics..she is failing badly in that area..
I have never seen as much hate for Republican candidates as I have seen here at FR.
I hear some dems thing her southern voice is here real one and that see has been using a fake NY voice.
You really think Gore is going to run? Kinda late for him to catch up on all the money that Hillary and Obama raised.
I swear the two of them want to rule the world!
I could have hurt myself laughing at her under the rug stuff that was played this morning. Everyone thought of old Bill getting BJs in Oval office not Bush. Does she have Karl Rove writing her talks?
There, that's more like it.
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We needs a smaller...
I've never seen a Republican candidate as loathsome and unworthy of the party nomination as Rudy Giuliani. Perhaps that explains it.
They were checking the rug in the oval office of the United States of America, the most powerful seat in the world, for semen. What a way deface our entire country.
I don’t see how either of them can show their face in public at all, but to bring up the rug?
I’m finding it hard to buy the shrewd bitch characterization. That whole speech and everything about it was racist and just plain stupid. IMO
Phony of the Year: Arlen Specter
I seem to remember a few weeks ago when the discussion was o whether Rudy would carry Iowa or not made mention of the prediction that Iowa won’t matter if Rudy takes NY, NJ and Possibly PA and CA. One can only hope.
Kerry is hgoing to run and team up with joe Biden.
Kerry is hgoing to run and team up with joe Biden.
Hate is usually reserved for the Demorats...FR people don’t usually hate, they just know a phony like the rinos when they see one..Republicans know how to get elected, they just seem to act like a lot of Rats after they get elected..
We have alot of dumb voters. Hopefully, not enough to give her an electoral win. People seem to be particularly dumb in New York. I mean, Chuckie and Hitlery, the combo reflects so poorly on New Yorkers.
Wow, Rudy Giuliani says he is a Republican, and we can't oppose his nomination because that is hating. If we don't want to be called haters, then we better pick the candidate that is most likely to deafeat Hillary. That means we have to vote for Rudy, or Hillary will be our next President, and if you don't believe that then you are a HATER! A dirty rotten nasty Conservative HATER!
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I’m positive that the Republicans have film of Bill with other bimbos since he left office. I also would not be suprised if they had tapes of Mrs. Clinton with other ladies.
I’m also sure that as more folks see Mrs. Clinton in action the less her favorables will be.
Now, I will ask again. Who are you supporting?
I can;t understand why anyone would vote for this person. She has not ever told the truth about anything, I do believe that she is unable to speak the truth, or she does not know the difference.
Hillary loses support everytime she opens her mouth. Her numbers are down in key primary states, and the money boys are not supporting her.
Hillary came out too early and her yelling and whining are getting on people’s nerves. She reminds everyone of the screaming old crow down the street who stood on the porch shaking her cane at kids playing hopscotch and marbles too loud.
“Many of you are well enough off that [President Bush’s] tax cuts may have helped you. We’re saying that for America to get back on track, we’re probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We’re going to have to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.” (Hillary grandstanding at a fund raising speech in San Francisco; SFGate.com 6/28/2004.)
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