Posted on 03/01/2007 6:24:55 AM PST by John Cena
March 1, 2007 - Giuliani Widens Lead Over Clinton In New Jersey, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Front-Runners Widen Lead In Dem, GOP Primaries
Widening his lead in the 2008 presidential race in New Jersey, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani tops New York Sen. Hillary Clinton 50 - 41 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Arizona Sen. John McCain ties Sen. Clinton 45 - 45 percent.
This compares to a 48 - 41 percent Giuliani lead over Clinton in a January 25 New Jersey poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University. In that survey, McCain had 44 percent to Clinton's 43 percent.
In this latest survey, independent voters back Giuliani 55 - 34 percent over Clinton; Giuliani also gets 91 percent of Republicans and 15 percent of Democrats. In a McCain- Clinton matchup, independents back the Republican 50 - 37 percent; McCain also gets 83 percent of Republicans and 10 percent of Democrats.
In other possible 2008 matchups: Giuliani tops Obama 50 - 39 percent; Obama edges McCain 45 - 41 percent.
"It's still early in the 2008 presidential race, but Rudy Giuliani, the mayor next door and hero of 9/11, has hit the 50 percent mark in New Jersey, widening his lead over Sen. Clinton and leaving Sen. McCain in the dust in a Republican primary matchup," said Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
"As an almost favorite son, Giuliani is threatening to turn normally Democratic New Jersey from blue to red, but no one should count Sen. Clinton out this early," Richards added.
In a Democratic primary matchup, Clinton gets 41 percent, with 19 percent for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, 10 percent for former Vice President Al Gore, 5 percent for former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards and 3 percent for Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden.
Giuliani leads a Republican primary with 58 percent, followed by McCain with 15 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 5 percent and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 2 percent.
New Jersey voters give Giuliani a 66 - 20 percent favorability rating. Favorability ratings for other contenders are: 47 - 43 percent for Clinton; 48 - 24 percent for McCain; 42 - 11 percent for Obama, with 45 percent who haven't heard enough to form an opinion.
President Bush's Approval
New Jersey voters disapprove 70 - 26 percent of the job President George W. Bush is doing, tying his lowest score ever in the Garden State. By a 71 - 23 percent margin, voters say the country is on the wrong track.
Voters disapprove 75 - 22 percent of the President's handling of the war in Iraq and say 64 - 32 percent that going to war in Iraq was the wrong thing to do.
Voters oppose 69 - 28 percent the President's plan to send 22,000 more U.S. military forces into Iraq.
From February 20 - 25, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,302 New Jersey voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points. The survey includes 405 Republicans, with a margin of error of +/- 4.9 percentage points, and 454 Democrats with a margin of error of +/- 4.6 percentage points.
The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion surveys in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio and nationally as a public service and for research. For more data -- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x271.xml, or call (203) 582-5201.
Holy poo poo
If it's happening in NJ, she doesn't stand a snowballs chance. Whew!
ping
If the former Mayor promises conservative stalwarts (present company included) that he will appoint a movement Conservative to the ticket, he could win the nomination going away. A Giuliani/Gingrich ticket would be an intellectually potent combination that would overwhelm the RAT standard-bearers in the general election of 2008.
Ruuuudeee.....Ruuuudeeee.....Ruuuudeeeee....
If she has to spend time and energy to defend blue states she's has no shot.
I can hear glass breaking as she sees her "imperial rights" being threatened! She's already thrown 1 temper tantrum over the Geffen interview comments and its still over a year before the PRIMARIES! She needs to realize that we don't want a DICTATOR running our country.
If Newt can't win the nomination and Rudy chose him as the veep, I would be on board.
In the "Garden State", they never poll the Essex County dead people who are "likely voters" so I'd consider it a tossup.
Holy crap, they think he's more liberal than Hillary!
Expect the Clinton Flying Monkeys to really get ugly. Not that they could get any uglier.
Not quite.
mark
Looks like GW won't get reelected either....
We won't see an uglier campaign for quite some time after this one.
Like Rudy, until people find out what he's all about.
Something makes me want to think the leftist media is saying "Just don't throw me in that briar patch"
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