Poll: It's Clinton & McCain
Poll: It's Clinton & McCain Most like Rudy, don't know Barack
and name Hillary as fave dinner date BY HELEN KENNEDYDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential juggernaut kept chugging away yesterday with a new poll showing she is not only the overwhelming Democratic favorite, but also the politician that voters would most like to have over for dinner.Moreover, a sizable majority of voters in the Time magazine poll think she can win the White House.
The poll knocks down some negative perceptions about Clinton's likability and electability - the two issues that most concern her supporters.
The Time poll found that if voting began today instead of a year from now, Clinton and Arizona Sen. John McCain would be their parties' front-runners.
And that, head to head, they would run dead even.
Among Democrats, Clinton is supported by 40% of those polled while Illinois Sen. Barack Obama - who is still unknown to half the voters - trails at 21%, followed by former Sen. John Edwards at 11%.
On the GOP side, McCain leads former Mayor Rudy Giuliani 30% to 26%.
Giuliani is easily the most popular of all the candidates, with a whopping 82% saying they have a favorable impression of him, versus only 14% who don't like him. Like other polls, this one showed about 40% don't like Clinton.
But when voters were asked who they'd like to invite home to dinner, Clinton came in No. 1 at 26%, with Obama and McCain second at 15% each.
Much was made in 2000 and 2004 over "likability" polls showing voters would rather have a beer with George W. Bush than Al Gore or John Kerry.
Clinton, McCain, Giuliani and Edwards benefit from being well-known by voters. Clinton, in particular, is familiar to 94% of voters. About 73% are familiar with Giuliani, compared with 66% for McCain and 61% for Edwards.
Obama is still unknown to half the voters, which gives him a lot of people to potentially win over if his opponents don't characterize him first.
National polls - rather than surveys of the early primary states - are usually meaningless this early. But with a messy crush of primaries scheduled earlier-than-ever next year and a push by big states like California to move up their voting dates, early poll strength is crucial because it translates into all-important cash contributions.
Originally published on January 26, 2007 http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/492186p-414467c.html
and name Hillary as fave dinner date BY HELEN KENNEDYDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential juggernaut kept chugging away yesterday with a new poll showing she is not only the overwhelming Democratic favorite, but also the politician that voters would most like to have over for dinner.Moreover, a sizable majority of voters in the Time magazine poll think she can win the White House.
The poll knocks down some negative perceptions about Clinton's likability and electability - the two issues that most concern her supporters.
The Time poll found that if voting began today instead of a year from now, Clinton and Arizona Sen. John McCain would be their parties' front-runners.
And that, head to head, they would run dead even.
Among Democrats, Clinton is supported by 40% of those polled while Illinois Sen. Barack Obama - who is still unknown to half the voters - trails at 21%, followed by former Sen. John Edwards at 11%.
On the GOP side, McCain leads former Mayor Rudy Giuliani 30% to 26%.
Giuliani is easily the most popular of all the candidates, with a whopping 82% saying they have a favorable impression of him, versus only 14% who don't like him. Like other polls, this one showed about 40% don't like Clinton.
But when voters were asked who they'd like to invite home to dinner, Clinton came in No. 1 at 26%, with Obama and McCain second at 15% each.
Much was made in 2000 and 2004 over "likability" polls showing voters would rather have a beer with George W. Bush than Al Gore or John Kerry.
Clinton, McCain, Giuliani and Edwards benefit from being well-known by voters. Clinton, in particular, is familiar to 94% of voters. About 73% are familiar with Giuliani, compared with 66% for McCain and 61% for Edwards.
Obama is still unknown to half the voters, which gives him a lot of people to potentially win over if his opponents don't characterize him first.
National polls - rather than surveys of the early primary states - are usually meaningless this early. But with a messy crush of primaries scheduled earlier-than-ever next year and a push by big states like California to move up their voting dates, early poll strength is crucial because it translates into all-important cash contributions.
Originally published on January 26, 2007 http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/492186p-414467c.html
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