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16 Republican nominee Donald Trump gained 17 points in roughly two weeks, according to the Reuters online tracking poll. On July 14, 2016, Trump was 15 points behind Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton 46.5 percent to 31.5 percent. However as of July 26, 2016, Trump closed that 15 point gap and is now up two points over Clinton, 40.2 percent to 38.5 percent. The Reuters/IPSOS polling data was fairly consistent during the Republican primaries — keeping Trump in the lead from February through May, which proved to be accurate.

After being virtually tied with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for several months, Republican contender Rudy Giuliani now leads Clinton up 47% to 40% in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. In the match-up of the frontrunners, this result marks a significant shift. For the last three months the two frontrunners have never been further apart than three percentage points. Last month, Giuliani and Clinton were separated by just a single point.

Duncan Hunter segments from May 15 South Carolina Debate on Fox

The most high-profile national conservative leader to endorse Rudy Giuliani for President so far insists that the former New York mayor's non-conservative stands on social issues such as abortion won't derail his candidacy in the Republican nomination process next year. "I've met with several social conservatives and they are leaning strongly to Rudy," said Steve Forbes, publisher and two-time GOP presidential hopeful, who has just come out for Giuliani for President. Although he said he couldn't give the names of most of those he has talked to who are poised to join the Giuliani bandwagon, Forbes did cite Joel Rosenberg...

Yes, the political rule book says a pro-choice former New York City mayor married to wife No. 3 cannot possibly win the Republican presidential nomination ? not as long as the G.O.P. remains the preferred party of small towns and social conservatives. However, the political rule book has been stuffed into a shredder this year. Come summer of 2008, one or both parties will likely fire it from a confetti gun. A million fluttery pieces of conventional wisdom will swirl around a nominee or nominees once thought to be impossible: a woman, a black man, a guy in his 70s,...

The weathervane of conventional wisdom has shifted radically on Rudy Giuliani's presidential prospects. That's why his current surge in the White House futures market is worth taking both seriously, and with a large grain of salt. That's because it is unclear whether the former New York mayor's rise to the top of the polls is based on most voters having enough information about him to make the same decision they will when they cast their ballots next year. There are two key unknowns about Giuliani's numbers: • Is he leading because most Republican voters don't know about his messy personal...

50 per cent of respondents in New Jersey would support Giuliani in a head-to-head contest against Democratic New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. In other match-ups, Giuliani holds an 11-point advantage over Illinois senator Barack Obama. Arizona senator John McCain is tied with Rodham Clinton at 45 per cent, and trails Obama by four points. In 2004, Democratic nominee John Kerry carried New Jersey’s 15 electoral votes, with 53 per cent of the vote. No Republican has won the Garden State since George H. Bush in 1988.

Next year may see the party of the Sunbelt and Reagan, based in the South and in Protestant churches, nominate its first presidential candidate who is Catholic, urban, and ethnic--and socially liberal on a cluster of issues that set him at odds with the party's base. As a result, it may also see the end of the social issues litmus test in the Republican party, done in not by the party's left wing, which is shrunken and powerless, but by a fairly large cadre of social conservatives convinced that, in a time of national peril, the test is a luxury...

In a California presidential primary, a new Datamar survey finds Sen. Hillary Clinton leading the Democratic pack with 34%, followed by Sen. Barack Obama at 24% and John Edwards at 16%. On the Republican side, the poll shows Rudy Giuliani leading with 41%, trailed by Sen. John McCain at 17% and Mitt Romney at 10%.

The former mayor of New York City gets the nod as the Republican candidate for president in last week's Business Pulse survey. We asked: "Who should the Republicans pick as their 2008 presidential candidate?" The results: Rudy Giuliani, former mayor, New York City, 44 percent; Sen. John McCain, Ariz., 27 percent; Mitt Romney, former governor, Mass., 12 percent; Tommy Thompson, former governor, Wis., 3 percent; Mike Huckabee, former governor, Ark., 3 percent; Sen. Sam Brownback, Kan., 3 percent; Rep. Ron Paul, Texas, 2 percent; Rep. Duncan Hunter, Calif., 1 percent; Jim Gilmore, former governor, Va., no votes.

In a move to increase its relevance in the presidential selection process, the Golden State is set to jump up its primary from June of 2008 to February 5th, less than a year away. This may benefit New York's presidential aspirants, and especially its Republican one. Last week I noted Giuliani's electric support at the California Republican Party convention. A recent poll has resoundingly brought forth the same message. This morning, the Wall Street Journal's John Fund notes the following numbers: With California moving its presidential primary to Feb. 5 of next year, what Golden State voters think about White...

For the second straight week, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) holds a fourteen percentage point lead in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination. Giuliani attracts support from 33% of Likely Primary Voters while Arizona Senator John McCain is supported by 19%. A week ago, it was Giuliani 32% McCain 18%. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) picked up a few points this week and now is favored by 13%. Recently, Gingrich had nice things to say about Giuliani. Earlier in the process, he had positive words about Mitt Romney. Rasmussen Reports releases updated polling data on...

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani leads Sen. Hillary Clinton 48 - 43 percent among American voters in a 2008 national presidential poll released by Quinnipiac University today. Arizona Sen. John McCain edges Sen. Clinton 46 - 44 percent. Giuliani tops Clinton 55 - 38 percent in Red states, which voted Republican in the 2004 presidential election, and ties her 46 - 46 percent in Blue states, which went Democratic in 2004. He gets 44 percent to Clinton's 45 percent in Purple states, where the margin in 2004 was less than 7 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University...

Below are the results of a three-day poll in the state of Iowa. Results are based on telephone interviews with 600 likely Republican cacus goers and 600 likely Democratic cacus goers, aged 18+, and conducted January 19-21, 2007. The margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points.1. If the 2008 Republican presidential caucus were held today between, Sam Brownback, Jim Gilmore, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Chuck Hagel, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, George Pataki, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, and Tommy Thompson for whom would you vote? (Republicans Only; Names Rotated) Rudy Giuliani 25% John McCain 21% Newt Gingrich 13%...

By Deroy Murdock/Syndicated columnist Sunday, February 18, 2007 - Updated: 12:40 AM EST By Deroy Murdock The Republican primary's most accomplished supply-sider is the all-but-announced Rudolph W. Giuliani. Having sliced taxes and slashed Gotham's government, New York's former mayor is the leading fiscal conservative among 2008's GOP presidential contenders. Before Giuliani's Jan. 1, 1994, inauguration, New York's economy was on a stretcher. Amid soaring unemployment, 235 jobs vanished daily within the city. Financier Felix Rohatyn complained: "Virtually all human activities are taxed to the hilt." Punitive taxes helped fuel a $2.3 billion deficit. Mayor-elect Giuliani sounded Reaganesque when he announced...