(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Rudy Giuliani is the top presidential hopeful for Republican Party supporters in Florida, according to a poll by Zogby International. 31 per cent of likely GOP primary voters in the Sunshine State would back the former New York City mayor in the 2008 United States primary.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Rudy Giuliani is the top presidential hopeful for Republican Party supporters in Florida, according to a poll by Zogby International. 31 per cent of likely GOP primary voters in the Sunshine State would back the former New York City mayor in the 2008 United States primary.
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Arizona senator John McCain are tied for second with 12 per cent, followed by actor and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson with 10 per cent. Support is lower for Kansas senator Sam Brownback, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, Texas congressman Ron Paul, and Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel.
In the sample of Democratic Party supporters, New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is first with 36 per cent, followed by Illinois senator Barack Obama with 16 per cent, and former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 11 per cent. Support is lower for New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, Delaware senator Joe Biden, and Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich.
Earlier this year, a law passed in Florida mandates for the state’s presidential primaries to be held either on the first Tuesday of February, or seven days after the New Hampshire contest. The Republican and Democratic primaries in Florida are tentatively scheduled for Jan. 29, 2008.
In 2004, Massachusetts senator John Kerry won the Democratic Florida primary with 77 per cent of the vote. The Republican contest was cancelled, after incumbent George W. Bush was nominated by the state’s party.
Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The next U.S. presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
Voting intention – 2008 Florida Republican primary
Rudy Giuliani | 31% |
Mitt Romney | 12% |
John McCain | 12% |
Fred Thompson | 10% |
Sam Brownback | 2% |
Mike Huckabee | 2% |
Mark Sanford | 1% |
Ron Paul | 1% |
Chuck Hagel | 1% |
Someone else | 8% |
Undecided | 22% |
Voting intention – 2008 Florida Democratic primary
Hillary Rodham Clinton | 36% |
Barack Obama | 16% |
John Edwards | 11% |
Bill Richardson | 6% |
Joe Biden | 2% |
Dennis Kucinich | 1% |
Someone else | 6% |
Undecided | 22% |
Source: Zogby International
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 326 likely Republican primary voters in Florida and 332 likely Democratic primary voters in Florida conducted from Jun. 4 to Jun. 6, 2007. Margin of error is 5.5 per cent.
