Posted on 12/11/2007 6:23:28 AM PST by tlb
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- While presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is surging in new polls of GOP candidates, a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Tuesday shows he would lose to all three leading Democratic candidates by double digits in hypothetical contests.
In head-to-head matchups -- the first to include Huckabee -- the former Arkansas governor loses to Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York by 10 percentage points (54 percent to 44 percent), to Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois by 15 points (55 percent to 40 percent) and to former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina by 25 points (60 percent to 35 percent).
The poll comes on the heels of a CNN/Opinion Research poll released Monday that showed Huckabee doubled his support nationally among likely Republican voters in the last month and is in a statistical dead heat with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
But Huckabee's double-digit deficits with the leading Democrats likely suggest that the Arkansas Republican still lacks widespread name recognition.
The poll also shows that Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona would do best against leading Democrats. He beats Clinton (50 percent to 48 percent), ties Obama (48 percent to 48 percent) and loses to Edwards by a smaller margin (8 points) than the other Republican candidates do.
In addition to Huckabee, Giuliani and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney lose to all three top Democrats in the survey.
On the Democratic side, Edwards performs best against each of the leading Republicans. In addition to beating Huckabee by 25 percent and McCain by 8 percent, the North Carolina Democrat beats Romney by 22 percentage points (59 percent to 37 percent).
While the survey shows McCain and Edwards performing best in their respective fields, both candidates continue to significantly trail their parties' front-runners significantly.
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It’s a BS poll. The numbers add up to almost 100%. That means that people who don’t know Huckabee are being pressed to make a decision, and in such circumstances, they ALWAYS vote for the known quantity. If you ran Howard Dean up against a brilliant war hero with the ideology of Reagan, Dean would get about 80% of the vote. American voters will NEVER, EVER, EVER cast a vote for someone they don’t know at all, no matter HOW much they HATE the opponent.
Vote for the Huckster, 'cause 8 years of the Little Rock mafia wasn't enough...
not really....whole thing is rigged
Yes, so I'm told. Also Fox, CNN and MSNBC.
Looks like the most comprehensive coverage of any debate yet.
At least Bob Dole’s crippled nature was right out there for everyone to see. We don’t need another Dole.
When did Freepers start taking CNN polls as the gospel.
A Zogby poll two weeks showed exactly the opposite, i.e, that Huckabee holds a five point lead over Hillary in a general election matchup, the largest lead of any potential Republican candidate.
Romney and Rudy are the two weakest candidates in a general election matchup against Clinton, Zogby found.
ZOGBY INTERNATIONAL
November 26, 2007
General election match-ups show the New York
senator would lose against every top Republican
UTICA, New York – A new Zogby Interactive survey shows Democrat Hillary Clinton of New York would lose to every one of the top five Republican presidential contenders, representing a reversal of fortune for the national Democratic front–runner who had led against all prospective GOP opponents earlier this year.
Huckabee 44% +5
Clinton 39
Thompson 44% +4
Clinton 40
McCain 42% +4
Clinton 38
Giuliani 43% +3
Clinton 40
Romney 43% +3
Clinton 40
The online survey included 9,150 likely voters nationwide, and was conducted Nov. 21–26, 2007. It carries a margin of error of +/– 1.0 percentage points.
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1393
Rasmussen in the last two weeks also showed Huck is the only GOP candidate leading Hillary in Arkansas, while every other GOPer trails her by double digits.
Huckabee will do as much good for conservative America as the last Governor from Arkansas did for us.....
There are only three realistic candidates: Rudy, Romney and Huck. Two of them are clowns that will be shredded by the scrutiny of the general election. Rudy is thoroughly steeped in the corruption of N.Y.C. politics, and the stories will get much worse than using the NYPD as a private car service for his mistress. Huck is a freak that could start speaking in tounges at any moment. Romney’s best quality is that he is not an embarrasment, and with this field of losers to choose from, that’s a winning hand. The bottom line is this, the general election will be won by the electoral votes of a handful of states. If you care about electing a Republican, don’t vote for someone that can’t win Ohio (Rudy and Huck), or may actually lose Florida (Rudy...take it from me, Floridians don’t like New Yorkers and are really turned off by Rudy. He would not be able to mobilize volunteers).
I live in Ohio, and it's now an entitlement-based electorate (seasoned citizens + blue-collar union folk), and unless a plain-talking conservative like Fred is the nominee, the Democrats take Ohio easily.
FRed's connection with the common guy-on-the-street is what would propel him here, and his outside-the-mainstream-politicians appeal is key. Bob Taft destroyed any Republican's chances in Ohio for years to come, otherwise.
In Ohio, Romney is seen as an East Coast rich guy, with NO appeal to the blue-collar class, period.
Your analysis is incorrect and Romney is a loser RINO, IMHO.
Hillary isn't popular here either, BUT she is a Democrat.
I'd say it was a toss up who is disliked more.
sw
Don’t underestimate Romney in a Clinton general election matchup.
Another RINO.
“Don’t underestimate Romney in a Clinton general election matchup.”
If Mitt’s the nominee, some southern states will go to Hillary, starting with Arkansas.
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