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.
That's because he's not running yet. We might have to drag him kicking and screaming.
Brownback and Huckabee both gave great speeches.
Really? Now that is interesting, I like Sam Brownback a lot, but always though his speech delivery was his downfall.
I still like Cheney/Rice in '08!
And that two-hundred-pounds of baggage named Bill, regardless of him being elected twice (neither time with a majority I might add).
I hate polls, but recent data shows that both Giuliani or McCain would beat Hillary.
numbers were something like
53% McCain - 45% Hillary
52% Guiliani - 46% Hillary
the 2% missing was to factor in potential polling errors.
And I believe it will be the same type of numbers 3 years from now. Those that will vote democrat will vote democrat no matter what. Hillary isn't going to win any new converts. The dems are going to grossly underestimate how much people are sick of the Clintons and don't want their BS-fest back in the whitehouse. Plus no northest liberal democrat has a prayer of taking the whitehouse these days. The south has moved steadily over to the republican side for many years now. Hillary can't win in the south, even if she grabs a southern running mate like Kerry tried, and thats all she wrote.
Huckabee played his guitar with the band. I talked to him briefly about playing for Freepers.
"I still like Cheney/Rice in '08!"
What do you think of Cheney/Allen?
It is if he has the right letter by his name. Don't worry, Faux News will decide which candidate is best for us and then start selling that person to the public in '06 as the last best chance for conservatism. It's become embarrasing how many people I consider somewhat sane that will continue to vote for someone just because the candidate has the 'right' letter by their name. Conservatism will advance no further, or rather stop sliding back, until the majority of conservatives realize Republicans are in it for the votes and not principle
Shrillery is not invincible. I realize she has tons of baggage (then again....so did sKerry...), but I don't believe she is as strong as the MSM makes her out to be.
The only way she'll win is, if:
a) not enough Republicans/conservatives vote for her opponent
b) voter fraud (which I think would be most likely)
and c) all of the above.
"the 2% missing was to factor in potential polling errors."
Or the 2% is Ross Perot. LOL
Really? If she committed she'd be forced to state her positions on the issues. Does anyone know her position on abortion, affirmative action, illegal immigration, tax cuts, stem cells, deficit reduction, homosexual marriage? Until one knows her positions I don't see how you could support her for president. We need to get away from picking star candidates and chose candidates who agree with the conservative agenda.
Huh? The next presidential election will be in November 2008.
These polls get a lot of knee-jerk responses, don't they?
And that is the only criteria to not vote for him?
As much as I like Senator Sam, I don't see either of those guys as spending hawks or border control types.
Not the situation at all.
McClintock was definitely the preferred candidate.
& w/ his charm & finesse he had absolutely 0% chance of accomplishing anything against a hostile legislature.
It was a time for results, not feelings &/or principles.
Amen, that would be a dream! But it won't happen.
Dear blaquebyrd,
Great post. You raise good questions. This reminds me of the groundswell for former Sec. Powell. These folks look great as long as everyone can project their own thoughts, views, and predilections on them. Once they were to announce, or began to delineate their views, they'd lose the support of those who found out that these individuals hold markedly different views.
The temptation of this sort of candidate is to try to straddle the fence on at least some important issues, I think. With Sec. Rice, we see it on the issue of abortion, where she describes herself as being "mildly pro-choice." That's tough to parse, doncha think?
She seems solidly pro-2nd amendment, at least for now. But I'm unaware of her views on the rest of the important questions you name.
sitetest
Being from California you all are from the New England area. 8-)
I just do not think his beliefs are in line with the majority of conservatives.
He's a great leader, but more of a lib, IMO.
That is absolutely correct.
I don't know that much about Allen but I believe it is past time for a black to be on the GOP ticket.
If Rice had some previous elected office experience, I might put her on top of the ticket depending on her performance but that not being the case, I like Cheney/Rice.
By the time they get through replacing all the internal parts on Cheney; he'll be the next 8 million dollar man. LOL
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