Posted on 08/01/2006 1:23:11 PM PDT by areafiftyone
Among Republicans, McCain was the top choice among more than 40 percent of those surveyed in the Rocky Mountain Poll. McCain unsuccessfully sought the party’s nomination in 2000. He was followed in the survey by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Next were former Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee and Sen. George Allen of Virginia. “Seeing McCain with numbers that high two years out is obviously a positive for our state party,” said Arizona Republican Party spokesman Garrick Taylor. McCain polled well among Tucson and rural residents, as well as among those under 35 and among Hispanics, said Earl de Berge, research director for Phoenix-based Behavior Research Center, which conducted the survey. Among Democrats, Clinton was selected by a third among those surveyed. The former first lady polled particularly well among minorities, who selected her nearly 45 percent of the time, de Berge said. She was trailed by 2004 vice presidential nominee John Edwards, a former Senator from North Carolina; and 2004 presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts. Next were former Vice President Al Gore, retired Gen. Wesley Clark and Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware. “It’s way too early to be handicapping the 2008 presidential race,” said Alice McKeon, spokeswoman for the Arizona Democratic Party. “Arizona Democrats are focusing our efforts on the upcoming 2006 elections in less than 100 days.” The survey found that large blocks of voters from both parties have yet to focus on the presidential election. Fifteen percent of Republican voters either want someone else or are undecided, while 27 percent of Democrats are still looking. The survey of 251 Republicans and 284 Democrats statewide was conducted between July 8 and 21. It has a margin of error of 6.3 percent. |
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LOL. Interesting polling methodology, ain't it?
The air is thinner up there.
Well there are other choices. People who are polled can very well choose Allen or Frist or Newt but they Choose Giuliani or McCAin in poll after poll. It just means they prefer them over the other choices. if the only conservative Allen polls in the single digits that means that we need to look elsewhere.
Yeah that must be it.
This is all a big fat LIE - McCain is not the front runner. And .. I don't believe Hillary is either.
This is just more of the drive-by's attempt to create their fantasy out of NOTHING!
Well I hope we can find one. The so-called conservatives that are listed in the polls can't get out of the single digits. And it's been like that over a year now.
As well as the skin.
OMG - the left will have so many choices in the next few years. :) McCain or Hillary? Which one oh which one?
No they don't. These are PUSH polls, created by whoever it serves. Allen is locked in a Senate race this year, he is not running for President until after he is reelected as Senator. Give him some time. McCain and Giuliani will NOT get the votes of Southerners, no matter who the competition is.
From what I have been reading - the #1 choice is Al Gore, Clark comes in second and then Kerry. Hillary is hated by the ultra left and loved by the moderate Democrats.
Giuliani already is number one in the state of Georgia. You can't get more southern than that. But that's besides the point.
The ultra Left will prevent Hillary from being on the ballot because of her vote for the Iraq war among other things. She is totally on their SH#$#T list. Now if Al Gore runs he'll get the ultra left and the moderate democrat vote.
Totally agree. They are just playing with the idea of McCain or Hillary trying to scare us into something or someone. I put so-called polls right up there with the Easter Bunny anyway.
Yeah, and Giuliani really helped Ralph Reed, didn't he? LOL!
As the campaigns continue and the South is exposed to the real Giuliani, McCain and the other RINOs, they will avoid them like the plague. Issue after issue, they fly in the face of true conservatives in the South, and you won't win the presidency without the South.
Abortion, Partial Birth Abortion, Homosexual Agenda, Prayer in Schools, School Choice, illegal invaders ("immigration")amnesty, you name it and the South will run from the RINOs.
Why does the leftist media think they get to pick our candidates?
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