February 13, 2007

Abstract: (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Rudy Giuliani and John McCain are the favourite presidential hopefuls for Republican Party supporters in the Lone Star State, according to a poll by Baselice & Associates. 28 per cent of likely GOP primary voters would vote for the New York City mayor in the 2008 United States primary, while 26 per cent would support Arizona senator John McCain.

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Rudy Giuliani and John McCain are the favourite presidential hopefuls for Republican Party supporters in the Lone Star State, according to a poll by Baselice & Associates. 28 per cent of likely GOP primary voters would vote for the New York City mayor in the 2008 United States primary, while 26 per cent would support Arizona senator John McCain.

Former House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich is third with 17 per cent, followed by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney with six per cent. Support is lower for Kansas senator Sam Brownback, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, and former New York governor George Pataki.

The Texas Republican primary is scheduled for Mar. 4, 2008. On that same day, nine other states will hold presidential contests.

Republican George W. Bush—a former governor of Texas—won the state's 34 electoral votes in the 2004 election, with 61 per cent of the vote. No Democrat has carried the Lone Star State since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The next U.S. presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.

Polling Data

Overall Preference for Republican Candidates

Likely Republican Primary Voters

Rudy Giuliani	28%
John McCain	26%
Newt Gingrich	17%
Mitt Romney	6%
Sam Brownback	2%
Mike Huckabee	2%
George Pataki	1%
Other / Undecided	18%

Source: Baselice & Associates
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 501 likely Republican primary voters in Texas, conducted from Jan. 17 to Jan. 21, 2007. Margin of error is 4.5 per cent.