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Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
Republicans 2008: Giuliani 26%, Thompson 18%
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Rudy Giuliani is the most popular presidential hopeful for Republican Party supporters in the United States, according to a poll by YouGov/Polimetrix released by The Economist. 26 per cent of respondents would vote for the former New York City mayor in a 2008 primary.
Actor and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson is second with 18 per cent, followed by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney with 13 per cent, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee with 12 per cent, and Arizona senator John McCain with 11 per cent. Support is lower for Texas congressman Ron Paul, and California congressman Duncan Hunter.
On Nov. 30, Romney criticized Huckabee, saying, "He talks about his desire to rein in spending, but as governor he took spending from just over $6 billion to $16 billion. And he financed that by raising taxes time and again. He raised sales taxes, gasoline taxes, grocery taxes, even taxes on nursing home beds."
In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the White House. In November 2004, Republican George W. Bush earned a second term after securing 286 electoral votes from 31 states. Democratic nominee John Kerry received 252 electoral votes from 19 states and the District of Columbia.
Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The next presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
If the 2008 Republican presidential primary or caucus in your state were being held today, for which of the following candidates would you vote?
|
Nov. 27 |
Nov. 20 |
Nov. 13 |
|
|
Rudy Giuliani |
26% |
28% |
30% |
|
Fred Thompson |
18% |
22% |
17% |
|
Mitt Romney |
13% |
10% |
13% |
|
Mike Huckabee |
12% |
10% |
10% |
|
John McCain |
11% |
11% |
13% |
|
Ron Paul |
5% |
5% |
3% |
|
Duncan Hunter |
4% |
1% |
2% |
|
Tom Tancredo |
-- |
-- |
1% |
|
Other |
1% |
1% |
-- |
|
None of these |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
Would not vote |
2% |
1% |
2% |
|
Not sure |
9% |
9% |
9% |
Source: YouGov/Polimetrix / The Economist
Methodology: Online interviews with 275 likely Republican primary voters, conducted on Nov. 26 and Nov. 27, 2007. No margin of error was provided.
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