A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey featuring a match-up between Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul highlights one of the perils that comes from overanalyzing poll results between candidates with different levels of name recognition.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows former Mayor Rudy Giuliani leading Senator Clinton 46% to 44% in an early look at a general election match-up. Clinton has a 47% to 45% edge on another Republican hopeful, Fred Thompson.
Mark Penn, a senior strategist and pollster for Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign, made news recently by suggesting that Clinton could win up to 24% of the votes from Republican women in Election 2008.
In New Hampshire’s Democratic Presidential Primary, Senator Hillary Clinton holds a sixteen point lead over Senator Barack Obama. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Democratic Primary Voters finds Clinton attracting 38% of the vote while Obama earns 22%. Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards is supported by 14%. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich each attract 7%.
Mitt Romney has re-asserted his lead in the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary.
The good news for Republicans in general and Elizabeth Dole in particular is that North Carolina Governor Mike Easley is not interested in running for Dole’s seat in the U.S. Senate next year.
Comedian Stephen Colbert is not a threat to win the presidency, but the odds are that that his satire will win plenty of laughs and maybe even some votes.
Favorite son Barack Obama dominates Republican challengers in the state of Illinois.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Michigan shows that New York Senator Hillary Clinton leads all challengers in the race for the state’s Electoral College votes. At the same time, the poll shows voters are less than thrilled with the performance of Governor Jennifer Granholm.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Michigan shows that New York Senator Hillary Clinton leads all challengers in the race for the state’s Electoral College votes.
The race for Ohio's 20 Electoral College votes hasn’t changed much in the last couple of months. In fact, the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone polls shows that voting in Ohio next year might be just as close as it was in 2004.
No Democratic Presidential candidate has won North Carolina’s Electoral Votes since Jimmy Carter’s victory more than three decades ago.
Now, even the Republicans are all talking about Hillary Clinton as if she’s got the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination all wrapped up.
In the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination, the more you look at the numbers, the more you realize how wide open the race really is.
Republican Senator John McCain now leads Democratic Senator Barack Obama 45% to 44% among likely voters. The new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey also shows Obama leading former Governor Mitt Romney 48% to 39% when voters consider a hypothetical match-up.
The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of Republican Congressman Ron Paul's electoral strength shows him trailing top Democratic candidates by double digits.
The fall of 2007 is a good time to be Senator Hillary Clinton.
The perception that Rudy Giuliani is the most electable Republican may be slipping a bit.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Election 2008 shows Democratic U.S. Senator Barack Obama maintaining a five-point edge over former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, leading 46% to 41%.
Polling for caucus participants is challenging for a variety of reasons including the fact that such a small percentage of the voting age population actually participates.
