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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When Fred Thompson jumps in with a splash, these women will think:
"GEE, there's a big guy that isn't talking us into one! Let's shimmy up close and find out more about him!" heh
Well THIS woman DON'T! I've been a staunch conservative my whole life. Raising a conservative daughter (and son). Doing my part to make the world safe for our Republic.
http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/article.cgi?article=39
"In a Los Angeles Times poll a few years ago, 57 percent of respondents said they believed abortion was "murder." Seventy-two percent of women and 58 percent of men said they thought abortion should be illegal after the first trimester. (Among men currently listed on NBA rosters, the figure was even lower.)
Note that men in the poll were more supportive of abortion than women, which is perfectly in keeping with the pro-abortion orthodoxy that men should have no say in this matter, unless they're saying "yes, dear." Once again, NARAL and I are in agreement! It's a "woman's issue"; could you men please just butt out?
Despite the fact that feminists cry and try to make people feel guilty about opposing a "woman's right" to abortion, men always support abortion more than women — no matter who takes the poll or how the questions are asked. Curiously, single men aged 18-34 are the cohort most dearly devoted to a woman's "right to choose."
You are doing an excellent job of advancing your position. Try something else...facts don't seem to be working.
"Rudy was pleased to win the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award. "
I'm sure Gorbachev (winner in 1992) and the late King Hussein I of Jordan (1995) were "pleased to win the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award" too.
So?
"Giuliani got stronger support from Republican women"
Must be his looks.
I hate Rudy. Not the man, of course, cause he did tell that Saudi prince to stick his money where the sun don't shine, but as a candidate he is a conservative's nightmare.
I want Hunter. But, I am so out of touch with the general populace that I figger any candidate who seems perfect to me, is prolly unelectable.
Look at the membership of all the pro abortion groups, its mostly women.
I guess it depends on how you define what a woman is.
" Helped carry America through 9/11. "
No, he didn't. New Yorkers have a tendency to view the United States as a suburb of NYC, but it just isn't so.
George W. BUSH did that, not Rudy.
Well, that's certainly no surprise.
honesty voters support Giuliani over McCain 38 percent to 20 percent
Evidently 20 percent of honesty voters wouldn't know honesty if it hit them upside the head..
"No, he didn't. New Yorkers have a tendency to view the United States as a suburb of NYC, but it just isn't so."
Yeah? ....I bet a bunch of cops and fireman from all over the US would think your an ........!
"Yeah? ....I bet a bunch of cops and fireman from all over the US would think your an ........! "
Go ahead and finish your sentence.
Again, what did Rudy do on and after 9/11? What is this "heroism" I keep hearing about? When did we elect him America's Mayor?
Don Rumsfeld actually helped pull people out of the burning Pentagon that day and he TO THIS DAY has not made any political hay over that. Rudy just went on TV and now he's Our Hero! Pathetic.
The day I vote for an autocratic gun grabber is the day the Democrats pull my name off my tombstone.
Are you suggesting that women shouldn't vote?
There are more women in this country than men. We better field someone who can draw their votes.
Only 41% of Democrat wymen voted for honesty. But that was apparently more than Republican men.
LoL. Somehow they do get their way.
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