Giuliani, Clinton Favorites Among Likely NH Voters

Giuliani, Clinton Favorites Among Likely NH Voters

Web Editor: Rhonda Erskine, Online Content Producer
Created: 2/6/2007 7:28:16 PM
Updated: 2/6/2007 8:01:42 PM






A new poll shows that New Hampshire residents likely to vote in the Republican presidential primary a year from now think more highly of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani than any of his rivals.
Giuliani's net favorability rating, the proportion of people viewing him favorably minus the proportion viewing him unfavorably, was 56%, well ahead of Senator John McCain at 32%, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at 26%. That's according to the University of New Hampshire poll.
Former Senator John Edwards and Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had net favorability ratings ranging from 61% to 55%, too close to be statistically significant.
When asked whom they would vote for, 35% of likely Democratic voters picked Clinton, 21% Obama and 15% Edwards. Eight percent chose former Vice President Al Gore, who is not running.
Independents may vote in either primary, and 68% of them indicated they planned to vote in the Democratic primary compared to 32% leaning toward the GOP contest.

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