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Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
Republicans 2008: Giuliani 32%, McCain 26%
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Rudy Giuliani is the favourite presidential candidate for Republican Party sympathizers in the United States, according to a poll by Opinion Research Corporation released by CNN. 32 per cent of respondents would support the former New York City mayor in a 2008 primary.
Arizona senator John McCain is second with 26 per cent, followed by former House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich with nine per cent, and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney with seven per cent.
Support is lower for former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore, former New York governor George Pataki, Kansas senator Sam Brownback, Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, California congressman Duncan Hunter, Texas congressman Ron Paul, Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo, and former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson.
On Jan. 25, Tancredo called for the abolition of race-based caucuses, saying, "It is utterly hypocritical for Congress to extol the virtues of a colour-blind society while officially sanctioning caucuses that are based solely on race—and restrict their membership based on race."
In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the White House. In November 2004, 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
Please tell me which of the following people you would be most likely to support for the Republican nomination for president in 2008.
Jan. 2007 | Nov. 2006 | Oct. 2006 | |
Rudy Giuliani | 32% | 33% | 29% |
John McCain | 26% | 30% | 27% |
Newt Gingrich | 9% | 9% | 12% |
Mitt Romney | 7% | 9% | 7% |
Jim Gilmore | 3% | -- | -- |
George Pataki | 3% | 1% | 5% |
Sam Brownback | 2% | 2% | 1% |
Chuck Hagel | 1% | -- | -- |
Mike Huckabee | 1% | -- | -- |
Duncan Hunter | 1% | 2% | -- |
Ron Paul | 1% | -- | -- |
Tom Tancredo | 1% | -- | -- |
Tommy Thompson | 1% | 3% | -- |
No opinion | 12% | 8% | 11% |
Source: Opinion Research Corporation / CNN
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 365 Republican American adults, conducted from Jan. 19 to Jan. 21, 2007. Margin of error is 5 per cent.
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