Election 2008

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October 17, 2007Iowa: Romney 25% Thompson 19% Huckabee 18%
  
The first Rasmussen Reports poll of the Iowa Republican Caucus for 2008 finds Mitt Romney enjoying a six-point lead while Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee are virtually tied for second.
October 17, 2007Iowa Caucus: Clinton 33% Edwards 22% Obama 21%
  
The first Rasmussen Reports poll of the Iowa Democratic Caucus for 2008 finds Senator Hillary Clinton on top with support from 33% of Likely Caucus Participants. 
October 16, 2007Missouri’s Electoral College Votes Up for Grabs
  
Republican hopefuls Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson are doing a bit better in Missouri this month, but the classic swing state looks like it will be competitive again in 2008.
October 16, 2007New Jersey: Clinton 51% Giuliani 40%
  
Hillary Clinton leads Rudy Giuliani 51% to 40% in an early look at the race for New Jersey’s Electoral Votes.
October 16, 2007Missouri Governor: Blunt (R) 44% Nixon (D) 43%
  
Missouri Governor Matt Blunt (R) is facing a tough re-election battle in 2008 and the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey show that it could go either way. 

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                            October 15, 2007Post-Debate, GOP Nomination Numbers Improve for Giuliani, Thompson
  
While Presidential debates this year have been plentiful and generally meaningless, this one was the first to include Fred Thompson.

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                            October 15, 2007Three Trends Shaping Race for Democratic Presidential Nomination
  
Surveys conducted last week identified three notable swings in the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination.

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                            October 15, 2007McCain and Clinton Are Neck-and-Neck
  
Arizona Senator John McCain has fallen nearly out of the top tier in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination,
     but he’s still competitive in a general election match-up with Senator Hillary Clinton.

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                            October 15, 200713% Say Gore Very Likely to Make White House Run
  
Now that he’s captured the Nobel Peace Prize in addition to his Oscar, 13% of American adults say it’s Very Likely that Al Gore will run for the White House in 2008. 
October 14, 2007As Voters Tune In, Democrats See Obama as Their Most Liberal Candidate
  
Further evidence that voters might be starting to pay attention to Election 2008 is found in this month’s update on ideological perceptions of the Democratic candidates.
October 13, 2007Voters Paying Attention: Core Opposition Grows For All Top Candidates
  
Early in Election 2008, Rasmussen Reports polling found that only Hillary Clinton and Newt Gingrich had more than 40% of voters committed to voting 
    against them. By August,
     Gingrich was no longer a serious candidate. Only Mitt Romney and Clinton could count more than 40% of all voters in their core opposition.
October 12, 2007Clinton Increases Lead Over Giuliani, Pummels Thompson
  
Riding a crest in her political appeal, Senator Hillary Clinton now leads former New York Mayor Rudi Giuliani 48% to 41%. She also claims a stunning double-digit lead of 52% to 37% over former Senator Fred Thompson. Two weeks ago, Clinton led Giuliani by five and Thompson by eight. These results come at a time when 54% of Likely Voters express a favorable opinion of Clinton. That’s the highest level yet recorded for the former First Lady. 
October 11, 200751% of Republicans See Thompson as Conservative, 36% See Romney That Way
  
During Fred Thompson’s first month as a formal candidate for the Republican Presidential Nomination,
     Republican voters continue to see him as the most conservative candidate in the field.

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                            October 11, 200713% Say Democrats Very Likely to Nominate White Male Candidate
  
Just 13% of American voters now say it’s Very Likely that Democrats will nominate a white male candidate for President.
October 11, 2007Arizona: Can McCain Win Re-election to Senate?
  
It may be a long way away, but early indications are that a 2010 Senate race between incumbent Republican John McCain and Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano could be very competitive. 
October 9, 2007Wisconsin: Toss-Up for Clinton and Leading Republicans
  
The race for Wisconsin’s ten Electoral College votes was extraordinarily close in both Election 2000 and Election 2004.

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                            October 8, 2007Obama: Has a Turnaround Begun?
  
In the first few months of 2007, Barack Obama burst onto the national political scene and quickly took hold of the number two slot in the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.

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                            October 8, 2007Thompson's Numbers Decline: Is Fred Fizzling?
  
A look at the past three weeks of polling shows clear trends in the race for the GOP nomination but the meaning of those trends is less clear.

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                            October 7, 2007McCain Trails, Romney Flails in Latest Match-Ups with Edwards
  
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey also shows that Edwards has a more intimidating margin over former Governor Mitt Romney (R), 52% to 35%.

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                            October 7, 200748% Say Candidate Spouses Should Be Visible and Outspoken
  
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 48% of American adults believe that spouses of Presidential candidates should be “visible and outspoken.” Thirty-six percent (36%) take the opposite view and say the spouses should be “seen and not heard.”