Rasmussen Survey: How Republicans View The Candidates

Race 4 2008 ^ | December 24, 2007 | Tommy Oliver

[Josh Painter]

Conservative:

Fred Thompson 50%
Mike Huckabee 43%
Mitt Romney 38%
John McCain 31%
Ron Paul 24%
Rudy Giuliani 20%


Moderate/Liberal:

Rudy Giuliani 74%
John McCain 59%
Mitt Romney 43%
Mike Huckabee 41%
Ron Paul 40%
Fred Thompson 39%


Breakdown:

Moderate:

Rudy Giuliani 62%
John McCain 50%
Fred Thompson 36%
Mitt Romney 35%
Mike Huckabee 32%
Ron Paul 26%


Liberal

Ron Paul 14%
Rudy Giuliani 12%
Mike Huckabee 9%
John McCain 9%
Mitt Romney 8%
Fred Thompson 3%

Survey of 800 Likely Voters; December 10-18, 2007


Seventy-four percent (74%) of Republican voters see Rudy Giuliani as politically moderate or liberal. Fifty-nine percent (59%) say the same about John McCain while 43% hold that view of Mitt Romney. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 41% now see Mike Huckabee as moderate or liberal and 39% see Fred Thompson in that manner.

For all the candidates except John McCain, those figures are higher than a month ago.

Huckabee has seen the biggest jump—15 percentage points (41% now while a month ago 26% said he was moderate or liberal). Still, 43% view him a politically conservative (up five points from a month ago). While Republican voters are evenly divided on his ideology, Fred Thompson is the only candidate seen as more conservative...

[Josh Painter]

Fredipedia: The definitive Fred Thompson quick-reference

[#1CTYankee]

Liberal

Ron Paul 14%
Rudy Giuliani 12%
Mike Huckabee 9%
John McCain 9%
Mitt Romney 8%
Fred Thompson 3%

Say's it all.

[greyfoxx39]

Ping

[Petronski]

That seems like a pretty accurate poll. It shows Fred as conservative, Willard and Rudy as liberal.

Rasmussen's other big result from this week was showing 47% negatives for Hillary and Slick Willard.

Nominating someone with near-majority negatives is political suicide.

Nominating a conservative is wise, and there are only two left: Hunter and Fred.

[Petronski]

Whoops.

Should have been: "...Willard and Rudy as more liberal."

[2ndDivisionVet]

MEMO

TO: Conservative voters
FROM: 2ndDivisionVet
RE: Primaries & Caucuses
DATE: December 25, 2007

Dear Conservatives,

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone. Please remember to vote for Fred Thompson, the consistent conservative with plans to fix what’s wrong with our country, without ruining what is right: http://www.fred08.com/Principles/PrinciplesSummary.aspx?View=OnTheIssues

Thank you!

https://www.fred08.com/contribute.aspx?RefererID=c637caaa-315c-4b4c-9967-08d864cd0791

[tompster76]

“Fred Thompson 3%

Say’s it all.”

Incidentally, his latest poll numbers in Iowa and NH are also 3%.

[squidly]

To me, it is beyond baffling that Duncan Hunter fails to score in the top 6 among conservative Republicans.

[Texas Eagle]

I'd like to see the breakdown as it relates to flakiness.

My guess is something like this:

Ron Paul 100%
Alan Keyes 100%
John McCain 95%
Rudy Giuilialialialialani 90%
Mike Huckabee 85%
Mitt Romney 80%
Fred Thompson 20%
Duncan Hunter 0%

[Petronski]

Nominating a lying liberal candidate with 47% negatives--Willard Myth Romney--would be political suicide for the GOP.

[tompster76]

Petronski, you have been touting that one poll finding day and night for the last week or so. First, saying Mitt is a liar is a personal attack, but frankly, maybe this is all the “3% club” has. Second, liberal media and the 3% club has been attacking Mitt day and night, which has raised this number (though other polls have very different numbers). DNC is attacking only Mitt. For some reason, they are not attacking Huckabee or Fred. Who do you think they love to face in general election?

Whether you like it or not, the vast majority of republicans like what they see in Mitt. He also has a record. Fred’s only major achievement was CFR, which was unconstitutional, liberal hitpiece and opposed by every conservative in this country.

Bush and Reagan had no problems getting double-digit poll numbers in every state. Maybe you should ask fundamental questions why your candidate did not even qualify in DE and is polling around 3%-5% in early states (and don’t get me started on that “he is strong in south” BS - he is distant 3rd in SC and distant fifth in FL).

Fred will drop out soon after Iowa and endorse his buddy McCain.

[Petronski]

First, saying Mitt is a liar is a personal attack...

It's a documented fact. Over and over again.

Honesty and trustworthiness are directly relevant to a primary election discussion, much to Willard's chagrin.

[Petronski]

Petronski, you have been touting that one poll finding day and night for the last week or so.

LOL.

It came out 72 hours ago (Saturday morning).

I know you'd like to suppress how widely disliked your boy Myth is, but there it is.

Oh, and if Fred dropped out this afternoon, your candidate would still be a liberal liar with 47% negatives--electoral poison for the GOP.

[Ingtar]

Why would Fred drop out after Iowa when all indications are that he will do no worse than third?

[Petronski]

Wishful thinking.

[tompster76]

I took a quick look at the most recent poll (Fox News).
It lists unfavorable numbers for candidates:
Mitt Romney 36%
Hillary Clinton 49%

Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney have identical favorable numbers. Fred has smaller unfavorable (32% vs 36%) number, but he has higher “never heard” number than Mitt (12% vs 16%).

This looks more credible and in line with other polls.

[Edit35]

Who do you think the (MSM Dem controlled lib media) would love to face in general election?

The MSM is PRAYING for Huck, Fred, or Rudy to become the GOP nominee.

They know Romney/McCain would absolutely smoosh sHrillary or Borako, or Obacko sHrillary -- while also allowing the GOP to sweep the legislatures.

Neither Romney or McCain is perfect, but then who is?

Ronald Reagan himself would be getting bashed and called names by the 3% antiRomney club if he were alive and running in '08.

[Edit35]

To me, it is beyond baffling that Duncan Hunter fails to score in the top 6 among conservative Republicans.

I donate $$ to Duncan, but I openly support Mitt Romney.... who has the best chance of holding the GOP together while also defeating the sHrillary Obacko machine.

[tompster76]

“Why would Fred drop out after Iowa when all indications are that he will do no worse than third?”

Let’s assume that Fred gets 13% and finishes 3rd. This is hardly a “momentum”. What happens next? In NH, his poll numbers are 3.2%. Do you think he’ll does well there? He’ll be trounced. Some other guy emerges as the “winner”. Maybe somebody emerges as “strong second/challenger”.

What after NH? A week later is MI where he is polling around 5%. Somebody else has the momentum (it may be Romney, maybe Huckabee, maybe McCain..perhaps even Rudy who all have credible shot in early states). In SC, Fred is distant 3rd (and somebody else would have the momentum going there). I don’t think even Fred sees any point to continue without shock win in Iowa (maybe strong second). That way he might get into double-digits in NH and MI.

There is no way a candidate can survive NH and MI with 3% (or single-digit) numbers. Anyway, if he cannot poll better than 3rd in SC even now without Mitt/Huckabee/McCain getting momentum from early states, what’s the point.

[lgwdnbdgr]

To me, it is beyond baffling that Duncan Hunter fails to score in the top 6 among conservative Republicans.

Sadly, most people (Freepers included) would rather be on the popular side than the right side.