It has some disturbing news for those who think Rudy has wide crossover appeal.
They asked their entire set of respondents (democrat/republican/independent) which of the candidates people would even CONSIDER voting for (kind of like a "if there was only one candidate, and it was this guy, would you vote for him).
Rudy only got 32% of the total respondents to say they would consider voting for him. Only 59% of the republicans would, and only 15% of the democrats.
Colin Powell almost did as well as Rudy in this poll. Ouch.
But as I said, it's an online poll. Does anybody in the real world believe that Colin Powell is the 2nd-best republican candidate for President, like this poll says?
“....or those who think Rudy has wide crossover appeal...”
Rudy Giuliani Tops All Others in New Jersey Poll (4-20-07)
New Jersey hasn’t supported a Republican for president for nearly 20 years, but a new poll released Thursday shows former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani leading all presidential challengers in New Jersey.
The Quinnipiac University poll found the Republican with similar leads over the three leading Democratic presidential candidates.
Giuliani leads New York Sen. Hillary Clinton 49 percent to 40 percent, the poll found. He leads Illinois Sen. Barack Obama 48 percent to 38 percent, and 2004 vice presidential candidate John Edwards 48 percent to 41 percent.
New Jersey hasn’t supported a Republican for president since 1988.
“It makes no difference who the Democrats put up — Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John Edwards — former Mayor Giuliani continues to knock out all challengers in the New Jersey presidential race,” said Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute......