Posted on 01/27/2007 6:53:52 AM PST by Dark Skies
Rudy Giuliani is the favourite presidential candidate for Republican Party sympathizers in the United States, according to a poll by Opinion Research Corporation released by CNN. 32 per cent of respondents would support the former New York City mayor in a 2008 primary.
Arizona senator John McCain is second with 26 per cent, followed by former House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich with nine per cent, and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney with seven per cent.
Support is lower for former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore, former New York governor George Pataki, Kansas senator Sam Brownback, Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, California congressman Duncan Hunter, Texas congressman Ron Paul, Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo, and former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson.
On Jan. 25, Tancredo called for the abolition of race-based caucuses, saying, "It is utterly hypocritical for Congress to extol the virtues of a colour-blind society while officially sanctioning caucuses that are based solely on race—and restrict their membership based on race."
In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the White House. In November 2004, Bush earned a second term after securing 286 electoral votes from 31 states. Democratic nominee John Kerry received 252 electoral votes from 19 states and the District of Columbia.
Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The next presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
Please tell me which of the following people you would be most likely to support for the Republican nomination for president in 2008.
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Jan. 2007 |
Nov. 2006 |
Oct. 2006 |
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Rudy Giuliani |
32% |
33% |
29% |
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John McCain |
26% |
30% |
27% |
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Newt Gingrich |
9% |
9% |
12% |
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Mitt Romney |
7% |
9% |
7% |
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Jim Gilmore |
3% |
-- |
-- |
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George Pataki |
3% |
1% |
5% |
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Sam Brownback |
2% |
2% |
1% |
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Chuck Hagel |
1% |
-- |
-- |
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Mike Huckabee |
1% |
-- |
-- |
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Duncan Hunter |
1% |
2% |
-- |
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Ron Paul |
1% |
-- |
-- |
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Tom Tancredo |
1% |
-- |
-- |
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Tommy Thompson |
1% |
3% |
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No opinion |
12% |
8% |
11% |
Source: Opinion Research Corporation / CNN Methodology: Telephone interviews with 365 Republican American adults, conducted from Jan. 19 to Jan. 21, 2007. Margin of error is 5 per cent.
Nothing but the same tired 18 year old rhetoric.
One thing for sure, you CAN'T come up with any thing new because there is none. Kind of like most of your posts. They are always the same OLD B.S.
Hunter can't even make the top 5 on Free Republic.
What's a fantasy is to deny the automatic advantage that any party has after two terms of the other party. The white house has been in "R" hands for two terms. This gives an undeniable advantage to the "D" side. The voting public is a fickle bunch. If they don't give it to the other side just by default of "time for a change" it will be something of a miracle and one of the very very few times it will have ever happened.
You want to have a coversation or do you want to be a smart ass fool. What are you, 12?
If you don't ping him, how will he find this thread?
Show me a repudiation of those "old" beliefs by Rudy. Go ahead. Show me he no longer believes in gun control, gays or keeping legal infanticide.
There was a conversation there? Looked like a few cheap shots and mispronouncings. Maybe I'll go look again to see if there was really a point being made. :-)
No, I do not have a "guy." The repubs arent offering anyone who is a viable candidate. What they are putting forward is nothing more than what is popular among demographics, not who can do the job.
The only ones who seem to have a clue about some of the issues I support are fring nutjobs on the rest. So, unless a Ronnie Reagan or Theo Roosevlet is waiting in the wings I do not think we are going to get much better than we have now.
scarey stuff
I won't support McCain because of McCain/Feingold.
Threats to American culture come from the judiciary--not the POTUS. So, abortion and the homosexual agenda is a non issue for POTUS
Americans will not vote for an ideologue.
Rudy: Tough on terrorists and good on the economy...the rest is meaningless for me.
I say everyone should vote their conscience in the PRIMARY, but vote to save America by electing whomever is the Republican in the national election. NOT VOTING IS A VOTE FOR HILLARY/OBAMA AND THAT MAKES YOU A DEMOCRAT VOTER!
I love Yosemite Sam. Did you notice he is a supporter of the second amendment?
Elmer Fudd would be my next favorite armed cartoon character.
Ooops.. it "got removed!" I wonder why? a scared moderator too :)
Well no, he wasn't in the poll. But Tom Tancredo is #1.
Well, that does make campaigning a little tougher. Physical existence is one of those first qualities to look for in a candidate.
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