Posted on 07/26/2005 7:06:51 AM PDT by areafiftyone
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – More GOP supporters in the Sunshine State believe former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani would be a good presidential candidate, according to a poll by Strategic Vision. 28 per cent of respondents in Florida want Giuliani to be the Republican nominee in the 2008 election, a four per cent increase since June.
Current Florida governor Jeb Bush is second with 19 per cent, followed by Arizona senator John McCain with 17 per cent. Support is lower for former House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich, Tennessee senator Bill Frist, Virginia senator George Allen, Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel, and New York governor George Pataki.
In the 2004 election, Republican George W. Bush won Florida’s 27 electoral votes with 52 per cent of all cast ballots. In 2000, weeks of recounts and court injunctions concluded in a 537-vote victory for Bush over Democrat Al Gore. Since 1972, the only Democrats to carry Florida in a presidential election are Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1996.
Polling Data
Who is your choice for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2008?
(Republicans only)
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Jul. 2004 |
Jun. 2004 |
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Rudy Guliani |
28% |
24% |
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Jeb Bush |
19% |
22% |
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John McCain |
17% |
15% |
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Newt Gingrich |
9% |
8% |
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Bill Frist |
5% |
6% |
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George Allen |
4% |
4% |
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Mitt Romney |
2% |
1% |
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Rick Santorum |
2% |
1% |
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Chuck Hagel |
1% |
1% |
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George Pataki |
1% |
1% |
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Bill Owens |
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1% |
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Undecided |
12% |
16% |
Source: Strategic Vision
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,200 registered Florida voters, conducted from Jul. 16 to Jul. 20, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
NY, NJ, for certain.
If he is the Republican nominee, he wins.
If terrorism increases by election time, he wins in a landslide.
He won't be. Take it to the bank. This is all an exercise in futility.
>>>>who said they voted for Pat Buchanan by mistake b/c they couldn't figure out the 2000 presidential ballot?
ROFL! Forgot all about that!
Guliani would be a good pick,but can't understand why polling so early is important.
If he's not, and he is determined, he will run third party.
He would pull a Jesse Ventura and win.
If Rudy were to run Indy, Hillary would win with 40+% just like her hubby did.
She will beat every Republican except Mccain and Giuliani
So much hot air, the EPA's gonna shut down this thread
That's because they are RINOs and moderate dems won't have a problem voting for them. That's not a good thing.
Right. Better to lose to Hillary then to have a moderate republican win.
I can think of few politicians who are less likely to pursue that course.
Sarcasm aside if the nominated RINO shares the same core beliefs as Hillary whats the difference? Will we feel better because the RINO taking the country to hell in a hand-basket has an R behind their name? If that's the case I nominate Mayor Bloomberg, is he moderate enough for you?
Sorry. That dog ain't gonna hunt with conservatives.
The GOP nominating electorate is overwhelmingly pro-life.
The selection of a pro-abort presidential nominee would mark the end of the Republican majority coalition.
It's on life support the way it is.
A reminder to lurkers:
'Moderate Republican' is code for 'doesn't care how many more babies are butchered in the womb'.
Don't be so sure about that. I don't think even Democrats, if they are honest with themselves, are ready for a woman President.
I still think we are one or two years from really seeing a candidate pull out of the group of wanna-bees right now. However, I think Rudy would do a better job on immigration than Bush and he definitely would hold a strong stance on terrorism and what good is every other issue if we take another hit worse than 9/11? My guess is that Karl Rove isn't just visiting with Rudy for social reasons these days...
Everyone on the list (except Jeb) could do a better job than Bush on immigration. Hell Vicente Fox does a better job than Bush on immigration.
Wouldn't surprise me. Rove has undermined conservatives many, many times.
But that doesn't change the fact that Guilliani is utterly out of step with a large majority of Republican presidential primary voters on critical core issues.
Doesn't matter how much lipstick you slather on a pig...it is still a pig, and everybody knows it.
A Reagan conservative and a liberal -- that's what America needs from the GOP -- a clear statement of principle.
Come on, how do you think the Republicans have come to dominate the Dems in Texas -- by riding the fence?
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