Poll: Giuliani Leads, But Support Shaky

CBS News Poll: Former NYC Mayor Favored By 29 Percent Of Republicans, But Supporters Have Reservations

(CBS)  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani maintains his status as the most-preferred nominee among Republican primary voters nationwide, a new CBS News poll finds. But six in ten of his backers say they have reservations about the candidate.

Twenty-nine percent of Republican primary voters favor Giuliani, while 21 percent support former Senator Fred Thompson. Senator John McCain's support remains at 18 percent, the same as last month, while former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney receives 12 percent support. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, included in the choices in the poll for the first time, garners 4 percent support.

Giuliani leads among moderate primary voters, while Thompson leads among white evangelicals. Among conservatives, Giuliani and Thompson are neck and neck at 24 percent each. McCain runs second among moderates behind Giuliani, and third among conservatives and white evangelicals.

Giuliani's backers have growing reservations about their candidate, however. Today, 60 percent say they have their doubts, up from 45 percent in August. Thirty percent strongly favor the former New York City mayor, down from 47 percent two months ago.

Twenty-seven percent of Republican primary voters would definitely vote for Giuliani in the general election if he became the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, while 11 percent say they definitely will not vote for him. Fifty-one percent of Democrats, meanwhile, definitely would not vote for Giuliani, while 18 percent would at least consider it. A majority of voters overall say they would either consider voting for him or that it is too early to say.

All the major candidates for the Republican nomination are seen positively by Republican primary voters, although Giuliani is the only one with a net favorable rating from registered voters overall. Many voters have yet to make up their minds, particularly when it comes to Thompson, Romney, and Huckabee.

Click here to view the complete poll results.

This poll was conducted among a random sample of 1282 adults nationwide, interviewed by telephone October 12-16, 2007. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher.

[david1737]

Values? Giuliani is a cross dresser.

One of Giuliani''s advisers (Thomas Revenel) was busted for possession (w/ intent to sell) of 500 grams of coke.

If these are the "values" you want, please vote for Giuliani.

[twebburl]

Romney/Huckabee in ''08 baby! We can''t lose that way!

[abbe91]

"Shaky" is a good dub for this guy. He''''s as shaky as the towers that fell right after he was told to escape his own office in Building 7 before the events even began!?!

Someone that should, and probably is, under secret investigation, should not be running for "any office" of "any kind" in our government.

Posted by Spectrum108 at 07:10 PM : Oct 19, 2007


You just took the words of my mouth ...

[gunownerdan]

Want a candidate who is not your typical dirty democrat or rotten republican?
ronpaul2008.com

[tylenol6]

Wonder if Guiliani wins, will he be prancing around
the white house in drag. Gotta admit, there is something
strange about him. He is scum though.

[hwy71so]

If Guiliani gets the nomination, we''ll have TWO democrats on the ballot.

Vote for Hunter.

[guysdigdirt]

Hillary supported the war with Iraq when it came time to vote on doing it or not, then when it bacame unpopular with the voters she turned her back on the troops.

Recently she did a classic Clinton and lied. One day she told a small group of supporters at a fund raiser dinner that she sees the need to have our troops in Iraq "after the end of her second term in office if elected", so another 10 years or more. A week later she told a large group at a rally, when asked what her firts act as president would be if elected, that she would bring home the troops. Her "camp", when questioned, said "she did not say she would bring home all the troops".

Liar, Liar, just like the other clinton. Does anyone really want another decietful liar to lead our country?

[guysdigdirt]

I LOVE IT !!! Check out the caption on the 2nd pic on this article:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/
10/18/politics/washingtonpost/main338194
6.shtml#ccmm


"Mark Penn, Hillary''''s chief strategist says Republicans could be in for a ''''nasty surprise'''' if Clinton is the nominee"

Well Mark, I would say you''''ve made the understatement of the year. Hillary is about as nasty as they come!!!

Posted by Speakinup

[guysdigdirt]

I LOVE IT !!! Check out the caption on the 2nd pic on this article:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/
10/18/politics/washingtonpost/main338194
6.shtml#ccmm


"Mark Penn, Hillary''''s chief strategist says Republicans could be in for a ''''nasty surprise'''' if Clinton is the nominee"

Well Mark, I would say you''''ve made the understatement of the year. Hillary is about as nasty as they come!!!

Posted by Speakinup

[guysdigdirt]

I LOVE IT !!! Check out the caption on the 2nd pic on this article:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/
10/18/politics/washingtonpost/main338194
6.shtml#ccmm


"Mark Penn, Hillary''''s chief strategist says Republicans could be in for a ''''nasty surprise'''' if Clinton is the nominee"

Well Mark, I would say you''''ve made the understatement of the year. Hillary is about as nasty as they come!!!

Posted by Speakinup