Elections

Most Recent Releases

October 30, 2007Pennsylvania: Clinton Opens Double Digit Leads
  
In Pennsylvania, Senator Hillary Clinton has opened a double digit lead over four Republican Presidential candidates.
October 30, 2007Virginia Senate: Warner 53% Gilmore 37%
  
In the 2008 race for Virginia’s open U.S. Senate seat, a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Democrat Mark Warner leading Republican Jim Gilmore 53% to 37%. 
October 30, 2007Virginia: Giuliani 46% Clinton 43%
  
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Virginia voters finds Rudy Giuliani with a three-percentage point lead over Hillary Clinton in the race for the state’s Electoral Votes.

                    <img src="https://www.rasmussenreports.com/var/plain/storage/images/_aliases/wide_266/public_content/politics/election_2008__1/2008_presidential_election/77_see_hillary_as_likely_nominee/68321-1-eng-US/77_see_hillary_as_likely_nominee.jpg" />
                
                            October 30, 200777% See Hillary as Likely Nominee
  
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of American adults say that New York Senator Hillary Clinton is at least somewhat likely to win the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2008.

                    <img src="https://www.rasmussenreports.com/var/plain/storage/images/_aliases/wide_266/public_content/politics/election_2008__1/2008_presidential_election/stephen_colbert_tops_ron_paul_and_dennis_kucinich_in_presidential_poll/68251-1-eng-US/stephen_colbert_tops_ron_paul_and_dennis_kucinich_in_presidential_poll.jpg" />
                
                            October 30, 2007Stephen Colbert Tops Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich in Presidential Poll
  
Fresh from a victorious interview on "Meet the Press," Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert continues to out-pun pundits and expectorate political expectations with his half-sincere, three-quarters-book-promoting campaign for the presidency. 
October 29, 2007Why is Giuliani Seen as the Most Electable Candidate?
  
Is Rudy Giuliani leading the GOP race because he is perceived to be the party’s best general election candidate? 
October 29, 2007The Unifying Theme of Election 2008: Hillary Clinton
  
There are three separate races making up the Election 2008 Presidential competition: the race for the Democratic nomination, the race for the Republican nomination, and the general election. All three share one unifying theme—Hillary Clinton.

                    <img src="https://www.rasmussenreports.com/var/plain/storage/images/_aliases/wide_266/public_content/politics/election_2008/election_2008_edwards_vs_giuliani_and_thompson/63735-1-eng-US/election_2008_edwards_vs_giuliani_and_thompson.jpg" />
                
                            October 28, 2007Giuliani Tops Edwards by One Percentage Point; Thompson Lags by Nine
  
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani holding a statistically insignificant one-point lead over former North Carolina Senator John Edwards.
October 28, 2007Poll Matching Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul Tells A Lot About Clinton, Little About Paul
  
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.
October 28, 2007Both Giuliani, Thompson Now In Toss-ups with Clinton
  
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.
October 28, 2007Clinton Wins Republican Women But Loses Democratic Men
  
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. 
October 27, 2007New Hampshire: Clinton 38% Obama 22%
  
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%.
October 26, 2007New Hampshire: Romney 28% Giuliani 19% McCain 16%
  
Mitt Romney has re-asserted his lead in the New Hampshire
     Republican Presidential Primary. 
October 24, 2007North Carolina: Easley 50% Dole 42%
  
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. 
October 24, 2007Comedian Colbert Reaches Double Digits As Third-Party Candidate
  
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. 
October 23, 2007Illinois: Obama Dominates GOP Hopefuls, Clinton Not as Strong
  
Favorite son Barack Obama dominates Republican challengers in the state of Illinois. 
October 23, 2007Michigan: Clinton Soars, Granholm Struggles
  
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.
October 23, 2007Michigan: Clinton Soars, Granholm Struggles
  
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.
October 23, 2007Ohio: Giuliani 45% Clinton 43%
  
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. 
October 23, 2007North Carolina: Clinton Even with Giuliani, Thompson, McCain
  
No Democratic Presidential candidate has won North Carolina’s Electoral Votes since Jimmy Carter’s victory more than three decades ago.