Georgia Senate: Chambliss Leads Cardwell, Jones, Knight by Double Digits
U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss, the GOP incumbent, enjoys more than 50% support in each of three match-ups with potential Democratic opponents.
U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss, the GOP incumbent, enjoys more than 50% support in each of three match-ups with potential Democratic opponents.
Two narratives of the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination are competing for dominance this week. In one narrative, New York Senator Hillary Clinton has lost support due to her debate gaffe and follow-up efforts. The other is that Clinton is the dominant frontrunner with significant leads just about everywhere.
While the Republican race remains very fluid, voters are starting to pay attention and meaningful trends are starting to take shape. Over the past week, those trends have signaled good news for Mitt Romney, John McCain, and Mike Huckabee while delivering the opposite message to Fred Thompson.
Dennis Kucinich is seen by Democratic voters as the most liberal candidate in their field of potential Presidential nominees. Thirty-five percent (35%) hold that view of the Ohio Congressman. But, an even larger number, 45%, don’t know enough to offer an opinion about him.
During the early stumbles of Fred Thompson’s Presidential campaign, his poll numbers and position in the race were sustained by the perception of Republican voters that he was the most conservative candidate in the Republican field. That is no longer the case.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows that former NYC Mayor Giuliani would be the Republican contender with the best fighting chance to take Connecticut's electoral-college votes away from Senator Hillary Clinton.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Election 2008 shows Arizona Senator John McCain (R) leading New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) by just two percentage points, 47% to 45%. While the “lead” is statistically insignificant, it’s the first time since May that McCain has had any advantage over Clinton.
Thirty-one percent (31%) of Americans say that Vice President Dick Cheney should be impeached and removed from office. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 40% disagree while 29% are not sure.
After a recent tightening of her match-ups with two leading GOP contenders, Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton now enjoys a modest advantage over each. Clinton leads former Mayor Rudy Giuliani 48% to 42% in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Election 2008
Seventy-three percent (73%) of American voters say that when someone is pulled over for a traffic violation, police officers should routinely check to see if that person is in the country legally.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has opened a bigger lead in the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary.
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who recently rose to the top tier of GOP candidates in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, has pulled to within three points of the Democratic frontrunner in a general election match-up.
Senator Hillary Clinton’s lead in the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire Primary has fallen to its lowest level of the season.
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton leads all top Republican candidates in California by at least 14 percentage points.
In Texas, the home state of President Bush, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani leads New York Senator Hillary Clinton by eleven percentage points, 50% to 39%.
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 59% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year.
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of American adults are opposed to making drivers licenses available to people who are in the country illegally.
Senator Hillary Clinton now enjoys only single-digit leads over three leading GOP candidates in Minnesota. She leads Rudy Giuliani 44% to 41%, Fred Thompson 47% to 43%, Mitt Romney 47% to 40%.
When pitted against Democratic comedian Al Franken, Republican Senator Norm Coleman edges closer to 50% support in the most recent Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the Minnesota Senate race.
It may gall Republican voters to even think about the possibility, but Hillary Clinton’s success in the Iowa caucuses may play a decisive role in selecting the 2008 Republican Presidential nominee.