Posted on 12/21/2007 11:45:30 AM PST by meandog
Zogby Poll: Obama Leads Top Republicans
Telephone survey shows fellow Democrats Hillary Clinton and John Edwards would defeat some GOPers, lose to others
UTICA, New York - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama would defeat all five of the top Republicans in prospective general election contests, performing better than either of his two top rivals, a new Zogby telephone poll shows.
His margins of advantage range from a 4 percent edge over Arizona Sen. John McCain and a 5 percent edge over Arkansas’ Mike Huckabee to an 18 percentage point lead over Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, the survey shows. Against New York’s Rudy Giuliani he leads by 9%, and against Fred Thompson of Tennessee he holds a 16 point edge.
The telephone survey included 1,000 likely voters nationwide and carries a margin of error of +/– 3.2 percentage points. The poll was conducted Dec. 12–14, 2007.
Democrat Hillary Clinton of New York would defeat Romney by a narrow 46% to 44% margin and Thompson by a 48% to 42% margin. She would lose to Huckabee 48% to 43%, to Giuliani 46% to 42%, and to McCain by a 49% to 42% margin. The data suggest that Clinton has improved her position slightly. A November Zogby Interactive poll showed her losing by small margins to all five of the top GOP candidates.
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These suppositional polls are worthless.
The only way to match up two candidates is to match them up in debates, compare policies etc, after both of them are confirmed.
Zogby is a Democrat, but he’s also a Muslim, or at least his brother is. After 9/11 his polls get a lot more biased. This poll is probably cooked.
Oh, would you SHUT UP already! I don't back military-avoiding, chickenhawk "macacas" (like the failed UVA jock who skirted 'Nam and who also failed as our senator and who you seem to have developed a major man crush for) ... it matters more to me that a Navy Cross-winning, former Reagan SECNAV at least has walked a mile or two in a pair of combat boots and so is invested in the men and women taking on the top threat facing this country: the Global War on Terrorism. BTW, he also has a Marine son involved (your candidate didn't...nor does your current heart throb whose 5 sons equate campaigning for him with patriotically serving their country.)
PHONY SOLDIER!
Hillary would be horrible domestically, and bad internationally. Obama would be terrible domestically and an absolute disaster internationally, and may even re-convert to Islam once in office. Not a pretty picture for America if we can’t hold that office.
Zogby Interactive? LOL.
Actually this is probably the Doug Wilder Effect. You remember that when Mr.Wilder ran for governor of Virginia he was polling 12 point ahead of his opponent, but won by only 2 points. Exit polling indicated that people were telling pollsters that they would vote for Wilder because they did not want ot appear racist to the pollster, but when they got in the voting booth voted for the white guy instead. Same thing will happen to Obama.
Any poll about Obama’s chances will be tainted because people don’t want to be perceived as racist.
I think that a few months of a strong Republican candidate telling the nation about B. Hussein Obama's real positions and record, his muslim background, and the truth about his phony "Afro-Centric" church affiliation, and he will be lucky to do as well as McGovern.
This comparison is too soon to be meaningful in a non partisan mix targeted poll. This is strictly name recognition.
Zogby will always have polls that are slanted to create controversy, so he can get more press.
John is Catholic, I know personally.
This has turned into quite a little kerfuffle, leaving the Zogby people with a lot of explaining to do. Charles Franklin at Pollster.com takes the last Zogby poll that purported Clinton losing to the Republican wanna bes and tears it apart from top to bottom.
http://www.taylormarsh.com/archives_view.php?id=26617
Zogby’s brother James is head of the Arab American Institute. If you say John is Catholic (Maronite Catholic?) then I presume that’s correct.
John Zogby (born 1948) is a noted Lebanese American political pollster and first senior fellow at The Catholic University of America’s Life Cycle Institute. He is the founder and current President/CEO of Zogby International, a polling firm known for both phone polling and interactive, Internet-based polling
Ed Rollins: Huckabee Will Win Iowa (Says His Candidate is Most Like Reagan)
Ah, yes. If only he was a conservative.
I do not trust Zogby. He has Arab ties. ‘Hussein’ Obama would be fine with him; hence, this promotional poll.
They will make Osama Obama look like a new idea for a ruined Country which Bush caused.
I concur...that's one of the reason I believe we should back McCain as he shows the best chance of beating both.
zogby,
about as trustworthy as quinipiac.
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