Posted on 05/21/2007 6:11:32 AM PDT by Kevin J waldroup
Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Public support for Rudy Giuliani fell among Republican Party supporters in the United States, according to a poll by Opinion Dynamics released by Fox News. 24 per cent of respondents would vote for the former New York City mayor in a 2008 presidential primary, down nine points since April.
Arizona senator John McCain is second with 17 per cent, followed by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney with nine per cent, actor and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson with eight per cent, and former House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich with six per cent.
Support is lower for Kansas senator Sam Brownback, former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson, former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, California congressman Duncan Hunter, Texas congressman Ron Paul, and Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo.
On May 18, Tancredo decried the proposed immigration plan developed in Washington, saying, "The president is so desperate for a legacy and a domestic policy win that he is willing to sell out the American people and our national security."
In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the White House. In November 2004, Republican George W. Bush earned a second term after securing 286 electoral votes from 31 states. Democratic nominee John Kerry received 252 electoral votes from 19 states and the District of Columbia.
Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The next presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
If the 2008 Republican presidential primary were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were: (Republicans and Republican leaners)
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/15807
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Divide and conquer.
At this point, the conservative vote is so fractured that it makes it look like Giuliani is winning.
If some of these guys don’t drop, and some others don’t announce soon, then one will have to wonder whose side they’re really on.
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