Election 2008

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December 10, 2007Five Paths to the Republican Presidential Nomination
  
For months, Rasmussen Reports has used words like fluid, murky, and muddled to describe the state of the race for the Republicans Presidential nomination. Those words still apply today.
December 9, 2007Do Obama and Huckabee Create Bigger Opening for Bloomberg?
  
As Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee have gained ground in recent polling, some pundits have speculated that the nomination of these once long-shot candidates might provide a real opening for Michael Bloomberg.
December 8, 2007Michigan: Huckabee 21% Romney 20% Giuliani 19%
  
Mike Huckabee’s surging campaign has created a three-way toss-up in Michigan’s Republican Primary. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Huckabee earning 21% of the vote.
December 8, 2007Edwards Ties Giuliani, Leads Huckabee by Four
  
Former Senator John Edwards is in pitched battles with each of two top GOP candidates in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
December 6, 2007South Carolina: Clinton 36% Obama 34%
  
New York Senator Hillary Clinton’s lead over Illinois Senator Barack Obama in South Carolina’s Presidential Primary has disappeared. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the race shows Clinton with 36% of the vote while Obama is the top choice for 34% of the state’s Likely Primary Voters
December 6, 2007South Carolina: Huckabee 25% Romney 18% Thompson 18%
  
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has taken the lead in South Carolina’s Republican Presidential Primary. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows Huckabee with 25% of the vote, Mitt Romney with 18% and Fred Thompson with 18%. A month ago, Romney and Thompson were on top.

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                            December 6, 2007Clinton Leads Giuliani, Romney by Three Percentage Points
  
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton now attracts just 3% more support than either Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney in hypothetical general-election contests. 

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                            December 5, 2007Huckabee Leads Clinton in Arkansas, Clinton Leads Other GOP Hopefuls
  
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee leads former Arkansas First Lady Hillary Clinton in the race for that state’s Electoral College votes. A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that Huckabee attracts 48% of the vote in Arkansas while Clinton earns 42%. 

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                            December 4, 200724% Consider Iowa and New Hampshire Voters Lucky, 45% Say Unlucky
  
While political leaders in a variety of states have fallen all over themselves to move up and vote sooner in the Presidential nominating sweepstakes, American adults aren’t convinced the prize of an early vote is all that great.
December 4, 2007Kansas Voters Prefer GOP Contenders, Especially McCain, to Clinton
  
In 2004, President Bush won the Electoral College votes from Kansas with 62% of the popular vote. The latest telephone survey from Rasmussen Reports suggests that Kansas is likely to stay in the Republican column during Election 2008 as well.
December 4, 2007McCain Comeback in Home State of Arizona
  
John McCain has regained his political footing in Arizona. 
December 3, 2007Giuliani Still Seen as Most Electable Republican; Romney, McCain, Huckabee Close Behind
  
Perceptions of electability can play an important role in primaries, caucuses, and other competitions in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination.
December 3, 200773% of Democrats See Clinton as Electable, 66% Say the Same of Obama
  
Seventy-three percent (73%) of Democrats say that New York Senator Hillary Clinton is at least somewhat likely to win the White House if nominated by her party. 

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                            December 3, 2007Clinton 46% Huckabee 45%; Obama 45% Huckabee 41%
  
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has pulled to within a single percentage point of the Democratic frontrunner in a general election match-up. 
December 3, 2007Among Democrats: Race for the Nomination Growing Closer
  
One month from today and Iowa caucus participants will answer a lot of questions about the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.
December 3, 2007A Debate, an Endorsement, and Huck-a-Mania Create Challenges for GOP Frontrunners
  
For most Americans in most years, Thanksgiving represents the beginning of the holiday season. This year, America’s political junkies may remember Thanksgiving as the time when Election 2008 really got started.

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                            December 2, 2007Obama, McCain Tied at 44%; Obama Leads Romney by Nine
  
Arizona Senator John McCain has struggled in the race for the GOP nomination, but he continues to be competitive in general-election match-ups with top Democrats.

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                            December 2, 2007Giuliani and Obama in Toss-up; Obama Leads Thompson by Seven
  
With the first caucuses and primaries of Election 2008 only weeks away, a new Rasmussen Reports survey of potential general-election bouts shows Senator Barack Obama (D) and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) neck-and-neck, with Obama barely ahead 43% to 41%. In the same poll, Obama moderately leads former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson 48% to 41%.
December 1, 2007New Hampshire: Clinton Lead Falls To Single Digits
  
In New Hampshire, home to the first-in-the-nation Presidential Primary, Hillary Clinton’s lead over Barack Obama is now measured in single digits.
November 30, 2007New Hampshire: Romney 34% Giuliani 15% McCain 15% Huckabee 14%
  
In New Hampshire’s Republican Presidential Primary, the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney with 34% support and a nineteen-point lead.