Posted on 09/21/2005 7:06:15 AM PDT by areafiftyone
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is the top presidential contender for GOP supporters in the United States, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 31 per cent of Republican voters would prefer Giuliani as the party’s nominee in 2008.
Arizona senator John McCain is second with 28 per cent, followed by current state secretary Condoleezza Rice with 19 per cent. 12 per cent of respondents would support other contenders or are undecided.
Giuliani garnered national and international attention in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In 2000, McCain won seven Republican presidential primaries in the U.S., but retired from the race after eventual nominee George W. Bush became the frontrunner.
Rice is the second woman—after Madeleine Albright—and the second African-American—after Colin Powell—to serve as state secretary. She previously acted as the White House’s national security advisor during U.S. president George W. Bush’s first term in office.
The next presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
Who would you vote for as the Republican Party’s presidential nominee in 2008?
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Rudy Giuliani |
31% |
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John McCain |
28% |
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Condoleezza Rice |
19% |
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Other / Undecided |
12% |
Source: Rasmussen Reports
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 370 Republican voters, conducted on Sept. 14, 2005. Margin of error is 5 per cent.
Here is the Rassmussen poll:
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September 19, 2005--Senator John McCain leads Senator Hillary Clinton by 8 percentage points in an early 2008 Presidential Election poll. McCain attracts 47% of the vote while Clinton earns 39%. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani holds a 4-point edge over New York's Junior Senator, 47% to 43%. Giuliani is currently the top choice among Republicans for their party nomination. McCain is second. Some had anticipated that Giuliani would get a "Katrina bounce" based upon his performance as Mayor of New York on 9-11. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of American voters believe Giuliani would be better than Clinton at handling a natural disaster. Just 31% think Clinton would be better. Giuliani is also seen better at handling natural disasters than McCain. Fifty-nine percent (59%) say Giuliani would be better while 22% give the edge to McCain. However, in our last survey before Katrina, McCain held a 2-point edge over Clinton while Giuliani was ahead of Clinton by 3 percentage points. It is not clear why McCain gained ground and Giuliani did not.When it comes to handling the situation in Iraq, 49% of voters say Giuliani would be better than Clinton. Thirty-eight percent (38%) say Clinton would be better. |
Voters are evenly divided as to whether Giuliani or Clinton would do a better job managing the economy. They give a slight edge to the Republican on immigration issues.
Fifty-eight percent (58%) have a favorable opinion of Giuliani while 26% have an unfavorable view. For McCain, the numbers are 52% favorable and 28% unfavorable.
Clinton is far more polarizing--44% favorable and 49% unfavorable in this survey. Rasmussen Reports has been following public perceptions of Senator Clinton every other week through the Hillary Meter.
Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information.
Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome.
During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined.
We can all vote for the conservative of our choice in the primaries, but anyone here who would stay home on election day if Giuliani were to prevail has his head firmly planted where the sun don't shine.
Of course not. But from everything I know of the man, he is anything BUT a conservative.
And I cannot abide a man who cheats on his wife. That speaks volumes about a man's character.
Dear Dems_R_Losers,
Maybe.
The fact that the lamestream media WON'T hang Mr. Giuliani out to dry further reinforces my refusal to vote for him.
He's more one of them than one of us.
sitetest
"I agree. He needs Karen Hughes back on his staff as speech writer. W mumbles and fuddles in off-the-cuff situations. He does do a fine job in meeting with the troops and has tee-rific comraderie with our military. And THAT i LIKE a lot. Since, to me, the United States Military is the only branch of government that I think we need. Most of the rest can dry up and pi$$ off."
Yes, Bush does fumble, but so do I. He is creative in word forms as I am with word spelling, but I get him and so does most Americans.
I never want a man/woman who speaks above the people or dumbs it down either. I think it is important that the people don't have to have a dictionary handy every time they hear their President speak.
I love Cheney's style best.
I could see him running as Hillary's right hand man if Vice Prez is what he wants.
"George Allen once had a Confederate flag hanging in his cabin. The MSM will crucify him with this before the first primary."
The liberals would make a few dents, but Allen is a history collector and Va. is very rich in history.
Remarkable.
There are so many serious earth shattering issues that will confront the next President that people are hung up on things that will pale in comparison
Bush is appointing a Chief Justice and at least one more to the Court, that will decide Abortion once and for all.
You think Gulliani will have nothing better to do then concern himself with Gays and Guns. Those domestic issues are for Congress anyway.
We desperately need a Gulinni for the times ahead. No one else even comes close.
I 100% agree.
I don't hate Giulliani, he appears to be a very likable guy.
However he publicly supports the abomination of abortion. He has my prayers, but not my vote.
He is a practicing Catholic who entertained the Priesthood.
Where he supports Abortion is because he was a public officeholder and it is the Law of the Land.
A law and order type like him would prosecute Abortion to the max if the law made it illegal.
Dear Sabramerican,
"Bush is appointing a Chief Justice and at least one more to the Court, that will decide Abortion once and for all."
Unfortunately, even should Chief Justice Roberts prove pro-life, and the next justice, too, the Supreme Court will remain 5-4 in favor of retaining Roe v. Wade. For those of us who care deeply about over 1 million unborn babies slaughtered each year, we know that the battle is far from won.
Mr. Giuliani not only believes that we are obligated to obey the laws currently in force regarding abortion, but he is committed to protecting the status quo. He firmly believes that women have a right to procure the death of their unborn children. To elect Mr. Giuliani is to sentence millions more to death.
"You think Gulliani will have nothing better to do then concern himself with Gays and Guns."
Unfortunately, the liberals are making every effort to nationalize special rights for homosexuals, and without presidential leadership opposing this, we will wind up being forced to acknowledge the marriages of "Adam and Steve" in every state. This further breakdown in our social fabric has more long-term negative implications for the United States than any external threat.
As well, there is a pretty potent anti-gun rights lobby in the US, especially in Washington, and an anti-gun president will help bring about lots more anti-gun rights legislation, at a national level. This goes to the defense of the nation, as disarming the citizenry is to eventually invite tyranny.
sitetest
THis is the most pointless poll of all time since none of those three have a shot of winning the Republican nomination.
The War on Terror can't be won if we don't control our borders, and any republican candidate who doesn't come out against illegal immigration may gain a few Latino votes but they will definitely lose a lot of conservative voters.
Who did they poll? NYC?
He was a good leader during 9/11, but he won't get the Christian Right vote.
He's pro-abortion, a womanizer, and a list of other things that the Christian Right opposes. You just might see a third party rise up if Rudy gets the nomination.
We can't handle four more years of infidelity after eight years of Clinton.
Neither of the top two gets my vote but isn't it interessting that even our RINO'S beat Hitlery? Even the guys that the base of the party do not want, beat the beast!
Ooh thats gotta sting!
So I assume you didn't like Reagan either since he cheated on his wife. You are saying he wasn't a man of character?
If our nominee is Rudy or the Maniac, you can kiss the repub majorities good bye. One stabs his party in the back at every possible turn to help out the enemy (that's liberals to you in Rio Linda) the other thinks homoperve marriage and infanticide are good things.
No conservatives there. Third party here I come, and I bet a third of the folks that consider themselves conservatives, before Republicans. Never, NEVER tie yourself to one political party. If you must register, register independant. That way WHEN not IF the Repubs stab you in the back, you can vote third party.
Should Rudy or Mcbain win the nomination, we will no longer have Republicans and Democrats, we will have Democrats and Socialists. Given that choice, third party here I come.
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