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)
I think Rudy/FDT would be our strongest ticket and my personal preference.
"None the less, they were good people and it alarms me to read many of the hateful and wrong things being said about them here lately. I know several of them personally, and it is just plain tragic to see this forum torn apart from the very core of what it used to represent."'
Well, I'd suggest they don't bring a flaming abortionist, feminist, homosexualist, illegal alien loving, gun grabbing liberal in here and claim he's the next Ronald Reagan and the savior of conservatism. All the while tearing down Reagan and Bush and good conservative candidates and trying to justify abortion, gun grabbing, etc, just to make their flaming liberal look better. Even caught some trying to find fault with Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers in an attempt to justify Giuliani's lack of character. You can put all the lipstick you want on a cross-dressing liberal pig, but she'd still be a cross-dressing liberal pig.
We can and will do much better than a liberal like Giuliani for the GOP nominee.
Thank you very much!
If you are so concerned about Fred’s well being why not send him a note and tell him to abandon his quest for the presidency. I am sure he will follow your advice.
Jeeze what happened to the drop in poll numbers? ;-)
Never happen. Both wish to be on top of the ticket.
What makes you think Fred Thompson would lose a general election?
Gee, I thought Fred was interested in running for President, not the VP slot. Has he changed his mind about that?
Sometimes presidential candidates end up as the VP if they fail to win the nomination. And of course every presidential candidate says they are running for President and not VP, its only good politics to say that but many would accept the VP slot if offered.
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