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.
Since I'm trying to be nice too, I won't take it as a threat. One touching another one's fontanel could result in one losing ones digits.
Wrong. Not 1 registered Republican in my office, and they are about 20, has said they would vote for Rudy.
Most support Duncan Hunter or Mitt Romney. A few support McCain.
100% RAT.
His record speaks louder than his lies.
"Damn...that is my day job."
My sympathies. You better get a night job.
Does this mean that the true Republican base consists of only 8% of those who call themselves Republican? /s
sympathies accepted.
No, I usually respond to obnoxious posts. Yours, for instance.
Defeating Hillary is what '08's election is ALL about.
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