Posted on 03/15/2007 9:18:09 AM PDT by areafiftyone
If you’re a fan of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) you probably can’t believe all the good news surrounding the Presidential hopeful. He leads the Republican Primary polls, has the highest favorability rating of all candidates, and leads every Democrat in general election match-ups.
Rasmussen Reports recently conducted a national telephone survey that yielded another good dose of polling data for “America’s Mayor.” When we asked Likely Voters if they would “definitely” vote for or against leading Presidential candidates, more voters said they would definitely vote for Giuliani than against. The opposite was true for every other candidate in the survey including Senator Hillary Clinton (D), Senator John McCain (R), Senator Barack Obama (D), and former Senator John Edwards (D).
Thirty-one percent (31%) said they’d definitely vote for Giuliani while 28% said they’d definitely vote against. Both those numbers were the best earned by any candidate. A plurality, 35%, said it would depend upon who Giuliani is running against.
Clinton was very close to Giuliani on the positive side of the equation—30% say they’d definitely vote for the former First Lady. However, 46% say they’d definitely vote against her. Clinton leads in polling for the Democratic nomination but trails Giuliani in general election polling.
Obama’s numbers are a little lower than Clinton’s on both extremes—28% say they’d definitely vote for him, 37% say they’d definitely vote against.
The data provides especially discouraging news for McCain and Edwards. Only 21% would definitely vote for McCain while 34% would definitely vote against him. For Edwards, the numbers are 20% for and 39% against. However, the real bad news for both men comes from the results within their own party. For McCain, just 35% of Republicans would vote for him while 20% would vote against. Edwards’ numbers among Democrats are similar—33% definitely for Edwards, 20% definitely against.
By way of contrast, 52% of Republicans would definitely vote for Giuliani. Only 8% would definitely vote against him.
With all the good news pouring in for Giuliani these days, it’s wise to remember how early in the process we are--Howard Dean was the frontrunner for much of the run-up to Election 2004.
'Poles for Artemis'
A "quick response" team is supposed to be ready for anything that pops up against the candidate. These people tend to be more professional and "in the know" than anyone. The fact that the Giuliani Campaign FAILED to respond to either of those two reports (CITGO / Bracewell & Giuliani, Bernie Kerik
indictment) tells me that someone was certainly not doing the job.
At least those are legitimate "poles".
:o)
ALL ABOAAARRDD!!!!!
That we can agree on
:)
Polling in newyork. who would of guessed
Well if it was important and devastating to the Rudy campaign the MSM would be reporting a huge headline saying that Rudy's campaign is falling apart yada yada - Romney just did a fire and switch too with his team. No big deal. And as far as Rudy answering about the CITGO deal - I believe if you read the Bloomberg article you will see they released a statement. To date the MSM has not asked him yet about it. But I"m sure they will.
"I am so sorry but when I see on of these Rudy gatherings I feel compelled to post one of my parody songs. I will submit my Beatles selection."
Don't quit your day job!
He's a victim like Edwards?
ROFLOL! No truer words could be said! Obvioiusly the people on here don't understand how the American people and especially us broken glass Republicans think! Clueless comes to mind with thinking all their negatives they post are going to hurt Rudy -- not going to happen!
The MSM won't touch Rudy unless he gets the nomination. Professional courtesy don'tcha know.
signed clewloss
If I had asserted it as a fact, you would have complained about that too. We were having a conversation about why it happened. You were not part of the discussion, and I don't really care what you think.
8%?
But they keep telling me they are NOT the minority?
Rudy bump.
If he was dumped, it was for a good reason.
Rudy's lead over Hillery will be even wider next week.
Damn...that is my day job.
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