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New Poll: Giuliani's Lead Shrinks, Hillary's Holds

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Wed Apr 18, 2007 at 10:13:56 PM EST
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A new Washington Post - ABC News poll finds Rudy Giuliani's lead shrinking while Hillary maintains her advantage:

Giuliani remained the front-runner in the national poll, but his support has eroded. In a late-February Post-ABC News poll, 44 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents preferred Giuliani for the nomination; that figure is down to 33 percent. Support for McCain held steady at 21 percent.

Giuliani's support dipped in part because of the possible entry of former senator Fred Thompson (Tenn.) into the GOP race. Thompson ran third in this poll, with 9 percent, tying him with former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.

As for the Democrats:

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Among Democrats, Clinton led in the survey with 37 percent support, to 20 percent for Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.). Former vice president Al Gore, who has said he has no plans to run, had the support of 17 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents; former senator John Edwards (N.C.) stood at 14 percent. No other Democrat received more than 3 percent.

In late February, Clinton led with 36 percent to Obama's 24 percent. Since then, Obama has not maintained the momentum he had shown in attracting black support. In the new poll, 43 percent of blacks preferred Clinton for the Democratic nomination and 34 percent preferred Obama.

Democrats are happier with their choices than Republicans:

Fully 80 percent of Democrats said they were very or somewhat satisfied with their choices; 65 percent of Republicans were satisfied with GOP candidates.

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    New Poll: Giuliani's Lead Shrinks, Hillary's Holds | 2 comments (2 topical)

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    Curious About The Black Vote (none / 0) (#1)
    by MO Blue on Wed Apr 18, 2007 at 10:27:46 PM EST
    I know that African Americans really liked Bill Clinton, but what has Hillary done to garner that much support from them?

    IMO, the black vote will close behind BO. n/t (none / 0) (#2)
    by dkmich on Thu Apr 19, 2007 at 05:36:07 AM EST


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