Posted on 07/29/2007 10:35:20 PM PDT by CutePuppy
A new Rasmussen Reports Election 2008 survey shows former Senator John Edwards (D) opening up a seven-point lead of 49% to 42% over former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R). In late June, the two contenders were tied, and earlier in that month Edwards held only a four-point lead.
The national telephone survey also shows Edwards recovering a double-digit advantage over former Senator Fred Thompson (R). Edwards now leads the actor-politician 50% to 39% in the presidential race. That’s a slight improvement for the Democrat compared to his nine point advantage in late June.
These numbers echo those of another recent poll, in which Democratic Senator Barack Obama grained ground as well against both Giuliani and Thompson.
Giuliani and Thompson are frontrunners for the Republican Presidential nomination while Obama and Edwards trail Senator Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination. But both men generally fare better than Clinton in projected contests with leading GOP contenders. Thompson and Giuliani are essentially tied with Clinton in recent surveys. New polling data on Clinton match-ups with the GOP frontrunners will be released next week.
When matched against Giuliani, Edwards does better among men than women. The reverse is true when the match-up is between Edwards and Thompson.
The partisan lines are a bit less clear when Edwards is offered as the Democratic candidate rather than Clinton or Obama. More precisely, Republican voters are currently less opposed to Edwards than either Clinton or Obama. As a result, Giuliani and Thompson each attract only 68% of Republican votes when matched against Edwards.
At the same time, both Republicans are very competitive with Edwards among voters not affiliated with either major party. This suggests that if either leading contender in the fluid GOP field can overcome the doubts of rank-and-file partisans, he might quickly shore up his position in general election match-ups with Edwards.
Edwards is currently viewed favorably by 54% of likely voters, Giuliani by 56%, Thompson by 46%.
While Edwards is currently a distant third in polling for the Democratic nomination, 46% of voters nationwide believe the Democrats will ultimately nominate a white male candidate for President.
A Rasmussen Reports analysis of the Democratic race suggests that it will take a significant gaffe or major policy shift to shake up the current dynamic and challenge Clinton’s frontrunner status. On the GOP side, the race is wide open as nearly half the likely voters support an unannounced candidate or are undecided.
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The national telephone survey of 643 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports July 25-26, 2007. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. (see Methodology)
Rasmussen is losing credibility with nonsense such as this.
A new Rasmussen Reports Election 2008 was made by pollsters
on crack!
the lying pollsters are already trying to gang up on Thompson.
I’ll write Duncan Hunter in.
I don’t put much trust in polls, especially this early, but this sounds awfully fishy.
They missed a word in here...it should read "643 likely registered democrat voters".
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Historically Rasmussen always “oversamples” democrats by 5%+
His pre-election polls compared to my guesstimates did as badly as Zogby did in previous elections
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A closet Muzzie citizen of Indonesia
A “2-America-mansions “Breck Girl”
And Hillary Exxon Clinton
This poll however does strike me as irrelevant for the simple reason that Edwards will not get the nomination, and there’s not a chance in hell he will play the #2 man for two elections in a row.
Who all happened to live in NOLA.
Only a matter of time until it will be a crime to make a politically incorrect statement.
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If he has Edwards up based on 621+/- phone calls nationwide I would like to see how he does with Hillary EXXON &/or Hussein O’Bomber
You’re correct - Edwards no way gets the nomination and also has the smell of loser on him plus lots of new garbage
Maybe Scott asked them about Elizabeth
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Earlier today on FNC Newt Gingrich proposed paying young Detroit black HS students McDonald’s equivalent paycheck bribes if they got Bs in school
The more I see and hear Newt the worse he looks
What is the link so I can get some of what they’re taking, you got to share.
What is the link so I can get some of what they’re taking, you got to share.
oops.
Hey, wait a minute!!
The memo I got said we were supposed to shut Edwards up, not encourage him with false hope!! Methinks Rassy is becoming one with the MSM with this kind of “report”-[makes quote hand thingies]...
unfortunately we crossed that Rubicon back in 1850 when the last requirements to be a property owner or tax payer to vote were abolished
and it only got worse from there
LOL! Uh, yuh sure.
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