Rudy Giuliani Watch: USA Today Poll Has Rudy Pulling Away from McCain
USA Today: Poll: Clinton, Giuliani widen leads over rivals
Empire State Sen. Hillary Clinton holds a 19-point lead over her Democratic colleague from Illinois, Sen. Barack Obama, while former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has a 16-point advantage among Republicans over Arizona Sen. John McCain. Both have widened their leads in recent weeks.
The telephone survey of 1,006 adults was conducted Friday through Sunday. In hypothetical match-ups, registered voters picked Giuliani over Clinton, 50% to 48%, while Clinton trumped McCain, 50%-47% — all within the poll’s margin of error of 3 percentage points. Giuliani beat Obama by 9 points (52-43), while an Obama-McCain race produced a tie at 48%.
Please tell me which of those candidates you would be most likely to support for the Republican nomination for President in the year 2008, or if you would support someone else.
BASED ON 425 REPUBLICANS AND REPUBLICAN LEANERS
2007 Feb 9-11 | 2007 Jan 12-14 | 2006 Dec 11-14 | 2006 Nov 9-12 | |
Rudy Giuliani | 40 | 31 | 28 | 28 |
John McCain | 24 | 27 | 28 | 26 |
Newt Gingrich | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
Mitt Romney | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Sam Brownback | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Jim Gilmore | 2 | 2 | N/A | N/A |
Tommy Thompson | 2 | 2 | 2 | N/A |
Mike Huckabee | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Duncan Hunter | 1 | * | 1 | * |
Tom Tancredo | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
George Pataki | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Chuck Hagel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Condoleezza Rice ^ | * | 1 | 12 | 13 |
George Allen | N/A | N/A | 2 | 2 |
Bill Frist | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 |
Other | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
None | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
All/any | — | — | — | — |
No opinion | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
^ Rice responses in 2007 poll were volunteered; she was included in the list of candidates in 2006 polls. |
The Head to Head with Giuliani vs. McCain Poll:
(Asked of Republicans and independents who lean to the Republican Party) Suppose the choice for the Republican presidential nomination narrows down to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani or Arizona Senator John McCain. Which one would you prefer the Republican Party nominate for president?
BASED ON 425 REPUBLICANS AND REPUBLICAN LEANERS
Giuliani | McCain | No opinion | |
2007 Feb 9-11 | 57 | 39 | 4 |
2007 Jan 5-7 | 50 | 42 | 8 |
Poll momentum is definitely Rudy’s and what does that mean early?
Campaign money from fundraising.
Money that can be used in the costly media markets of California, New York and Florida which will likely have their primary elections on the same day, Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008.
Stay tuned…….
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Brandon
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Justin
I like Rudy a lot…
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kevin
where is Ron Paul? is this a joke poll,
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Ron Paul is less than 1 %.