Gallup Poll: Giuliani Support Strong Among Moderate, Conservative Republicans
There’s yet more good news for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, according to the latest Gallup Poll:
With the 2008 Republican presidential field beginning to come into shape, there are still questions and apparent opportunities for a favorite “conservative” candidate to emerge. The three leading announced contenders — Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Mitt Romney — have taken stances in the past that are out of step, if not unpopular, with conservative voters, although all have taken recent steps to try to reassure conservatives. The key question is whether conservatives will be able to look past any differences they may have with these candidates and support one of them for the nomination — or hope that a more solidly conservative candidate emerges from the back of the pack or enters the race.An analysis of Republicans’ primary nomination preferences in recent Gallup Polls show that while conservative Republicans are less likely to support Rudy Giuliani than liberal or moderate Republicans, the former New York City mayor is the clear leader among both groups. John McCain, who is in second among both groups, also fares slightly better among moderates than conservatives. Though well behind the two leaders, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are much more likely to be supported by conservatives than moderates and liberals. At the same time, conservative and moderate Republicans’ basic favorable ratings of Giuliani are highly positive and similar between the two groups, as are their ratings of McCain. Romney’s favorable ratings are better among conservatives than moderate and liberal Republicans.
And Giuliani’s margin over the other candidates is impressive as well. This means Giuliani is going to be challenged vigorously for support among Conservative GOPers. It could be a brutal campaign…
6 Responses to “Gallup Poll: Giuliani Support Strong Among Moderate, Conservative Republicans”
Hmmm, so I’m thinking of changing my voter registration from D to R to vote in the Republican Primary for Giuliani.
I did it before in 2000 to vote for McCain, then switched back to vote for Clark in 2004. In 2000 I probably would have voted for McCain over Gore (although that has changed now), and I certainly would have liked to see Clark over Bush, so those choices seem quite valid.
However, this time I would be hard pressed to vote for Giuliani over Obama, or probably even Hillary (at least how things stand now, I haven’t made up my mind yet) but I would certainly be much more happy with Guliani than Romney.
I was curious, do people see this as some sort of dirty political trick, or a viable, fair means of political expression?
More solidly conservative? Who’s more conservative than Sen. Sam Brownback? Or what about former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee? Both are already in the race, and you don’t get more socially conservative than those two. This line about “no conservatives in the race” that the media keeps spewing is tripe.
Giuliani is a foreign-policy conservative and a domestic lib Repub like Chafee and the two Maine maiden senators.
Call Giuliani a RINO, but Rino Repubs vote in the primaries in the blue states and RG now has begun to grow a pair in the eyes of conservative Repubs in the red states.
I’m ideologically Brownback, but I have to go with a winner. If McCain’s numbers continue to stagnate, perhaps he could be persuaded to be a VP for RG at the top of the ticket.
It’s more important to win the White House than to go under the waves with all flags flying.
Rudy is no Chafee. Rudy has said he’ll appoint judges like Alito; Chafee wouldnt even vote to confirm him. Rudy cuts taxes; Chafee opposes tax cuts. Rudy is a “team player,” stumping for Republicans, even those he doesnt agree with on a lot of things, bc they do agree on one big thing: the terrorists want to kill us no matter what we say or do, so no point in appeasing; Chafee thinks Abu Ghraib is of the same degree as terrorist beheadings.
And finally: Rudy has a pair; Chafee does not.
What a lousy field. No wonder Gingrich is thinking of running.
“President Clinton.” “President Clinton.” “President Clinton.”
I won’t like it, but I certainly won’t be surprised by it.
Giuliani doesn’t seem to have any independent views on foreign policy at all. His official web site doesn’t even mention it, which is astounding considering 9/11 is the single reason anyone considers him a credible candidate. He literally parrots the president’s policy on foreign policy – yes to the surge, no to the ISG report recommendations and, by the way, we need to consider attacking Iran and Syria.
I’ve never seen him speak knowledgeably on foreign policy. In interviews, he uses very vague language to describe the threat against us, never defines who he thinks the enemy is or what the best defense strategy is, and literally guarantees that America “will be struck again” in a war lasting decades.
If you can point to any speech, interview or press release where he does more than that, I’d love to see it.