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)
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They ALL lost support? So Republican voters are now supporting Democrats or what??
On a better note, I'm glad to see Thompson up to 12% and it's EARLY yet!
I think part of the reason is there was almost no time between the midterm elections and the start of the primary process.
I’m am not picking out details to argue about either.
I am clearly upset about where this country is going. All of our worst nightmares from the last 5 years are becoming reality.
We have to band together and quick, pick a winner that the public will accept and nothing else. Or, we will see a Democrat/Socialist dynasty of the likes the World has never seen before.
It’s no wonder Rudy is gaining ground in the polls. Liberals everywhere are finding out what a democrat he really is. Pro abortion, pro gun control, pro illegal alien, he’s a liberal natural.
Could be. And now that alot of states have moved their primaries to February 5th it’s going to be fast and furious!
This website isn't for pushing liberals and liberalism.
People want to push liberals, then they're not on our side, and they get pushed out. Pretty simple.
Rudy’s stats are stagnant, and have been for over a month, between 25-30 percent. Somewhere around between 2/3 to 3/4 of Republicans find him unacceptable, and have continued to find him unacceptable, and will continue to find him unacceptable.
>>>>Uh oh, second week in a row that Rudy’s below 30%.<<<<
When the field narrows, then things will get interesting.
Fred Thompson isn’t even running (yet) and is polling 12%, I think if these polls only focused on the declared candidates, Rudy’s numbers would be better than they are.
That being said, any candidate polling less than 40% is not a sure bet to win while any candidate polling over 10% can’t be counted out.
Yes, absolutely.
And if you lurked on those threads you know why they 'got the zot'. The 'Big He' is enforcing the mission statement that's on the Home Page of FR.
This place is to advance conservatism, not to advance the political career of a pro-abortion, gun grabbing LIBERAL chameleon now playing the role, or trying, of a 'conservative republican'. (run on sentence /off)
In addition, those that got the zot were WARNED. But noooo, they kept it up. How STOO-PID can one be?
I have to get to work now, have a nice day.
The left has Move.org - the right has ..... (insert name here)
I think that’s well said.
Which means that the general election campaign will begin even earlier than usual.
Worry not. Time and history are on the GOP side.
I’d add that Hillary has a negative rating at more than 50%. You can’t win a national office if more than half the people won’t vote for you. Her support in key primary states is also falling.
We can also look at the last election and see that state proposals against homosexual marriage and affirmative action and in favor of restricting Kelo all passed with strong margins. And these are conservative positions.
People are seeing too many negatives for conservatives in these polls.
Hillary - it comes down to one single negative about her.
THAT VOICE....
I don’t care what anyone says - THAT VOICE is so grading...
No way THAT VOICE gets in the Whitehouse - No way.
The left has no problems changing their values. Rudy stands against the very core principles that define the Conservative movement.
All I want is a clear conservative winner. That way we can direct our energies and resources to fighting leftists in the other party instead of our own.
It’s a big World and people actually are different and have opinions of their own even though they generally belong to the overall cause called Conservatism.
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