Posted on 04/24/2007 5:35:01 AM PDT by areafiftyone
Last week, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Senator John McCain both gained support in the race for the GOP nomination. This week, the top four contenders all lost ground. But, through it all, Giuliani remains on top with a double digit lead.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national poll shows Giuliani with 28%, thirteen points more than McCain’s total of 15%. Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson remains undeclared but in third place with 12% support. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney remains slightly behind Thompson at 10%.
The stability in the GOP competition stands in stark contrast to the Democrats where Illinois Senator Barack Obama has gained ground steadily and is now tied with New York Senator Hillary Clinton.
Giuliani has regained his status as the most popular candidate in either party—62% now have a favorable opinion of him. McCain is viewed favorably by 55%, Thompson by 35%, and Romney by 32%. See updated favorability ratings and general election match-ups for all Republican and Democratic candidates
A separate survey found that 29% of all voters say they would definitely vote for Giuliani if he is on the ballot in November 2008. Thirty-four percent (34%) would definitely vote against him. Those numbers are a bit weaker for Giuliani than they were a month ago, but they are still the best of any Republican Presidential hopeful. For McCain, the numbers are 23% definitely for and 35% definitely against. Those figures have changed little over the past month.
Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) draws the best overall numbers of any candidate at this time—33% definitely for and 33% definitely against.
Rasmussen Reports releases updated polling data on the Republican nominating contest every Tuesday. Results for the Democrats are updated on Mondays. The current survey is based upon national telephone interviews with 579 Likely Republican Primary Voters conducted April 16-19, 2007. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. (More Below)
Hillary will sooner or later Clintonize Obama, then compromise him to be the veep. That’s very, very scary.
The base stirs itself.
All of the Republicans are doing badly. The Democrats do much better in polling. Not a good sign for 2008. This is not only Rudy all the Republicans are doing horribly.
How did all of the top four GOP candidates lose ground? Who did their support go to if not each other?
Obama won’t take a VP position, IMO. Richardson would be my guess for her VP.
I am still waiting...waiting...waiting, for the "people" to drop Rudy when they find out his real opinions.
Have a great day.
If you thought the Clinton/Gore team was a joke, the Clinton/Obama team will really stretch our credulity... mine for sure!!
I haven’t left. I won’t go unless they want me to. It’s entirely up to them. I have no control over that. We’ll see what transpires.
Slip sliding away.
I believe alot of the support is going to the Democrats from what I see.
Yes they all are. All top 4 Republicans are losing ground and fast.
If 34% of Republicans say they will definitely vote against Giuliani in Nov. 2008 he doesn’t stand a chance of winning. Republicans better wake up or we will face a huge defeat not only in the presidential race but also in the house and senate in 2008. If we think we can make up the loss of Republican votes by grabbing independents and Democrats we’re dreaming.
Good morning, A51. Thanks for posting this, and for all your posts.
And I never thought George H. W. Bush or Al Gore would take veep positions.
Wow these polls must drive the Rudy haters absolutely nuts.
No matter what they say - the man holds and gains.
The Reason: The more you know him, the more you hear him, and if you’re lucky
and you get to see him in person? You have to be impressed.
If you’re not - you’re simply close minded. Which is not unusual these days.
The man has command of the issues - no notes, no teleprompters, he talks to his audiences.
He rolls on.
YOU GOT IT!
NAAAAAAH!!!! Just a wee bit! ;-)
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