Posted on 09/21/2005 7:06:15 AM PDT by areafiftyone
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is the top presidential contender for GOP supporters in the United States, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 31 per cent of Republican voters would prefer Giuliani as the party’s nominee in 2008.
Arizona senator John McCain is second with 28 per cent, followed by current state secretary Condoleezza Rice with 19 per cent. 12 per cent of respondents would support other contenders or are undecided.
Giuliani garnered national and international attention in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In 2000, McCain won seven Republican presidential primaries in the U.S., but retired from the race after eventual nominee George W. Bush became the frontrunner.
Rice is the second woman—after Madeleine Albright—and the second African-American—after Colin Powell—to serve as state secretary. She previously acted as the White House’s national security advisor during U.S. president George W. Bush’s first term in office.
The next presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
Who would you vote for as the Republican Party’s presidential nominee in 2008?
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Rudy Giuliani |
31% |
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John McCain |
28% |
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Condoleezza Rice |
19% |
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Other / Undecided |
12% |
Source: Rasmussen Reports
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 370 Republican voters, conducted on Sept. 14, 2005. Margin of error is 5 per cent.
Here is the Rassmussen poll:
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September 19, 2005--Senator John McCain leads Senator Hillary Clinton by 8 percentage points in an early 2008 Presidential Election poll. McCain attracts 47% of the vote while Clinton earns 39%. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani holds a 4-point edge over New York's Junior Senator, 47% to 43%. Giuliani is currently the top choice among Republicans for their party nomination. McCain is second. Some had anticipated that Giuliani would get a "Katrina bounce" based upon his performance as Mayor of New York on 9-11. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of American voters believe Giuliani would be better than Clinton at handling a natural disaster. Just 31% think Clinton would be better. Giuliani is also seen better at handling natural disasters than McCain. Fifty-nine percent (59%) say Giuliani would be better while 22% give the edge to McCain. However, in our last survey before Katrina, McCain held a 2-point edge over Clinton while Giuliani was ahead of Clinton by 3 percentage points. It is not clear why McCain gained ground and Giuliani did not.When it comes to handling the situation in Iraq, 49% of voters say Giuliani would be better than Clinton. Thirty-eight percent (38%) say Clinton would be better. |
Voters are evenly divided as to whether Giuliani or Clinton would do a better job managing the economy. They give a slight edge to the Republican on immigration issues.
Fifty-eight percent (58%) have a favorable opinion of Giuliani while 26% have an unfavorable view. For McCain, the numbers are 52% favorable and 28% unfavorable.
Clinton is far more polarizing--44% favorable and 49% unfavorable in this survey. Rasmussen Reports has been following public perceptions of Senator Clinton every other week through the Hillary Meter.
Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information.
Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome.
During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined.
"McCain '08 is an MSM pipe dream."Ya got that part right... It's their dream.
We've got one now (which is 2005, by the way).
I think you are assuming a lot. How do you know that no Republican can beat Hillary Clinton except Guiliani and McCaine. I think Hilary can be beaten and will be beaten by so many Republicans. The country will not accept an ultra left wing liberal, phony, nasty, elitist like Hillary Clinton.
Some form of Rice/Allen ticket would get my vote.
As a former New Yorker, I take extreme exception to your saying that Giuliani is from "New England".
This Iowan like Barbour or Allen.
he doesn't interest me
"Some of us are trying to draft Mike Pence, a Reagan conservaive"
I would support Pence wholeheartedly.
One thing Rudy's got and that's the ability to say no to the Arab world (turned down the big fat check from the Saudi prince when he bashed the US and said "we don't need your money!)...The real fight is here in the US against the muslim infiltration of our country - someone needs to stand up to them and if Rudy is the man, then I'll vote for him. He won't stand idly by while America is pussied into allowing muslims to take over our country!
personally i'll take any president who is anti-immigration and pro-gun. and rudy doesn't match either of those.
McCain is only a a MSM wet dream when he is running against a conservative in the primary like Dubya, who they think can win. If McCain were to ever win the nomination, he would instantly become a mean-spirited Republican, where there was whitewash before, there would be new investigations into the Keating Five, his wife Cindy's addiction to pills, his first divorce, etc...
Dear harpu,
"UNFORTUNATELY...your options (and suggestions) for a GOP winner are very, very limited!"
I agree. That doesn't mean that I'm going to vote for someone for president who doesn't represent me and my views, especially those I hold most important.
I'd vote for Sen. Allen, even though he is far from being as pro-life as I would like. I'd vote for Sen. McCain, even though he is not as conservative as I would like (but he is, nonetheless, more conservative than Mr. Giuliani). I'd vote for Vice President Cheney in a heartbeat. But heartbeats may prevent him from running.
I'd vote for Rep. Pence, but I don't believe he has much of a chance this time around. He should serve a term or two as governor of his state. He's pretty young and would be very, very attractive in '12 and '16 as a three- or four-term Representative and two-term governor.
But I'm not going to vote for just anyone that the Republicans put on the ticket.
sitetest
Thanks!
The key thing is, only conservative Republicans can defeat democrats. We have seen it time and time again. I think Rudy was a great mayor of New York, but he is not conservative enough to be a Republican presidential candidate.
The MSM is still trying to have their influence choose the nominee.
Those 3 wouldn't get my vote,
but I would vote for Cheney.
I would take Rudy any day over him. I'm hoping George Allen starts showing more. Cheney would be great, but his health will preclude a run. The race doesn't really begin till next January....
And of course my personal choice would be Don Rumsfeld, but the age factor is a key with the Secretary.
It shows top name recognition - not Presidential viability/desirability
His name ID is currently 1% but all you got to do is get Iowa and then you are a household name.
Pence has not been here. Huckabee and Brownback and Tancredo all addressed a large group at the Polk Co. fundraiser Sat. night.
Brownback and Huckabee both gave great speeches.
Dear princess leah,
"One thing Rudy's got and that's the ability to say no to the Arab world (turned down the big fat check from the Saudi prince when he bashed the US and said "we don't need your money!)."
That's nice. To my mind, that qualifies him for any number of high positions: Secretary of Defense; Secretary of State; Secretary of Homeland Security; Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Ambassador to the United Nations; Energy Policy Czar; US Senator from New York.
However, Mr. Giuliani is, in the main, a liberal. As others have pointed out, he is pro-abortion (including up to and including the infanticide that is partial-birth abortion), pro-gun control, pro-homosexual special rights, anti-immigration law enforcement, to name a few.
Heck, if we want to elect a Democrat, well, we don't have to call him a Republican.
I'd prefer a choice, not an echo.
sitetest
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