Posted on 03/22/2007 7:18:36 PM PDT by pissant
(AP) - Demographics and details from AP-Ipsos polling on the 2008 presidential race. The poll was conducted by Ipsos, an international polling firm:
OVERALL: The most important qualities looked for in a presidential candidate are honesty and integrity; these were named by more than half of those in the AP-Ipsos poll. The leading Democratic candidate, according to Democrats and those who lean Democratic, is Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York at 38 percent followed by Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois at 21 percent, former Vice President Al Gore at 14 percent and former Sen. John Edwards at 10 percent. Among Republicans and those who lean Republican, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is leading the field at 35 percent, followed by Sen. John McCain of Arizona at 22 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 11 percent and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at 8 percent.
CANDIDATE TRAITS: Those most likely to mention honesty as an important trait included older people (46 percent of those over 35); whites (62 percent); those with college degrees (63 percent); and those from the Midwest (49 percent). Half of Republican women said honesty was an important trait, compared with 38 percent of Republican men and 41 percent of Democratic women. Among Democrats, honesty voters support Clinton over Obama 35 percent to 18 percent, while 15 percent would vote for Gore and 11 percent for Edwards. Nine percent say they do not know how they will vote. Among Republicans, honesty voters support Giuliani over McCain 38 percent to 20 percent, while 9 percent would vote for Gingrich, 7 percent for Romney and 7 percent for Huckabee. Eleven percent say they do not know how they will vote.
DEMOCRATS: Forty-seven percent of minorities said they would choose Clinton compared with 23 percent for Obama, who is black. Clinton does better with people who less educated _ 44 percent with a high school education or less, 48 percent of those with some college education _ compared with those with a college degree (21 percent).
REPUBLICANS: Giuliani got stronger support from Republican women (41 percent) than he did from Republican men (25 percent). McCain and Giuliani are even among men _ both at 25 percent. Giuliani got higher support in the Northeast (56 percent) than he did in the South (31 percent) or West (25 percent). Giuliani got a higher percentage of support from unmarried women (49 percent) than he did from married men (30 percent). McCain does better with moderates (39 percent) than he does with conservatives (21 percent). Giuliani has 37 percent among conservatives, 29 percent among moderates and 29 percent among liberals.
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The poll of 1,000 adults, including 463 Democrats and 427 Republicans, was taken Monday through Wednesday. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points for the entire sample, 4.5 points for the Democrats and 4.5 points for Republicans.
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Republican primary voters should rally around the GOP field's most accomplished supply-sider, the all-but-announced Rudolph W. Giuliani. Having sliced taxes and slashed Gotham's government, New York's former mayor is the leading fiscal conservative among 2008's GOP presidential contenders.
Before Giuliani's January 1, 1994 inauguration, New York's economy was on a stretcher. Amid soaring unemployment, 235 jobs vanished daily. Financier Felix Rohatyn complained: "Virtually all human activities are taxed to the hilt." Punitive taxes helped fuel a $2.3 billion deficit.
Mayor-elect Giuliani sounded Reaganesque when he announced he would "reduce the size and cost of city government" to balance the budget. In his first State of the City address, he said: "We're going to cut taxes to attract jobs so our people can work."
Rudy spent 8 years keeping those promises.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1782806/posts
Chics vote.
These are impressive conservative credentials. And if social and religious conservatives fret about Giuliani’s more liberal social views, nevertheless, in the general election such views might make this experience-tested conservative even more electable.
Research for this article was supported by the Brunie Fund for New York Journalism.
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That looks like spam. Bu like I said here yesterday:
best I can tell the 100 FR Rudy supporters consist of 97 chicks, 2 guys and tansexual.
Yeah, just after they lose the 2008 election.
We know about that "old news" already. Can't you post anything from this century (that's what the Rudy fans tell me when I dig out his liberal past).
Just a few differences and then I need to head out:
If women were going to vote for Rudy because they want to abort their babies, as you seem to think, then they wouldn't vote for a man who has said he'd appoint strict constructionist judges. They'd vote for the sure bet which is Hillary or Obama.
And since fewer women are aborting their babies now than in the last 20 years, and since women voted for Bush twice, I think you're full of baloney.
Form a pro life group, last year.
Only if Rudy is elected. Whether he wins or loses.
Yes they do. That's how we got 2 terms of Clinton.
Sorry!
...I'm a dad. It's the security dad demographic too!
Have fun posting more lies about Rudy opposing tax cuts, pissant. And now we have this new lie you've told about the supporters on Rudy's ping list. That's pretty pathetic but I'll overlook it since it's obvious Hunter's ever lowering poll numbers are driving you to desperate tactics.
Good evening.
Well, hon, a few of those links ARE from this century, but I understand that your frustration about Hunter's non-appearance in polls these days is driving you just about around the bend and you are having difficulty reading and comprehending. Ta ta.
well, he just did a radio interview with Hannity today where he answered a caller - saying he had no problems with the recent DC federal court ruling that tossed the DC gun prohibition law.
and I also heard an answer from him that didn't embrace global warming as some relgion, like its become to the left. He simply said it was one factor in an energy policy that would bring more choices and diversity in energy sources into the marketplace. Its quite similar to the Bush plans actually. until I hear Rudy say he is for broad carbon taxes, I'm not too worried about his global warming position.
Rudy has been a very good republican lately. Now you know why. Doubt he'll be supporting the dems newest gun grab publicly or throwing his support behind Cuomo if he runs for governor again. Might look bad when you are trying to win the nomination.
"Form a pro life group, last year."
Look at the membership of all the pro abortion groups, its mostly women.
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