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Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
Edwards is Top Presidential Contender in Missouri
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Democrat John Edwards is the most popular United States presidential candidate for voters in the Show Me State, according to a poll by SurveyUSA released by KCTV-TV. At least 47 per cent of respondents in Missouri would vote for the former North Carolina senator in head-to-head contests against three prospective Republican rivals.
Edwards leads former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani by five points, actor and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson by 10 points, and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney by 14 points.
In other contests, Illinois senator Barack Obama is also ahead of the three GOP contenders, while New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton trails Giuliani, but leads both Thompson and Romney.
In 2004, Republican George W. Bush carried Missouri’s 11 electoral votes, with 53 per cent of all cast ballots. Aside from the 1956 presidential election, the Show Me State has picked the eventual winner in every contest since 1900.
Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The next United States presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
A few questions now about the next election. If there were an election for president of the United States today, and the only two names on the ballot were (the following) who would you vote for?
Rudy Giuliani (R) 42% - 47% John Edwards (D)
Fred Thompson (R) 40% - 50% John Edwards (D)
Mitt Romney (R) 32% - 56% John Edwards (D)
Rudy Giuliani (R) 44% - 46% Barack Obama (D)
Fred Thompson (R) 45% - 48% Barack Obama (D)
Mitt Romney (R) 40% - 51% Barack Obama (D)
Rudy Giuliani (R) 48% - 45% Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)
Fred Thompson (R) 45% - 48% Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)
Mitt Romney (R) 40% - 51% Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)
Source: SurveyUSA / KCTV-TV
Methodology: Telephone interviews with at least 499 registered Missouri voters, conducted from Sept. 14 to Sept. 16, 2007. Margin of error is 4.4 per cent.