Richard Tafoya
Jul 17th, 2007, 10:48 PM
USA Today:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/07/in-ap-ipsos-pol.html
"And the leading Republican presidential candidate is ... none of the above," the Associated Press writes today (http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-07-17-none-of-the-above_N.htm).
According to the latest AP-Ipsos national poll:
• Among Republicans surveyed, 23% "can't or won't say which candidate they would back," from their party's contenders, "a jump from the 14% who took a pass in June." Rudy Giuliani leads the list of those who are chosen, with 21% support. Fred Thompson is second, at 19%. Sen. John McCain's support stands at 15% and Mitt Romney's is 11%.
• Among Democrats surveyed, "13% declined to back a candidate." Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was the choice of 36%. In second: Sen. Barack Obama at 20%. Third: John Edwards, at 11%.
University of Iowa political scientist David Redlawsk tells AP that "Democrats are reasonably comfortable with the range of choices. The Democratic attitude is that three or four of these guys would be fine. ... The Republicans don't have that; particularly among the conservatives there's a real split. They just don't see candidates who reflect their interests and who they also view as viable."
The AP-Ipsos results aren't backed up by the latest numbers from the Gallup Poll (http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=28144). Today, Gallup's Lydia Saad reports that 10% of Republicans responded with "none" or "no opinion" when Gallup asked which of the GOP candidates they support. In Gallup's latest survey, Giuliani leads among Republicans with 30%. Thompson is second, at 20%. Gallup, like AP-Ipsos, has Clinton ahead on the Democratic side.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/07/in-ap-ipsos-pol.html
"And the leading Republican presidential candidate is ... none of the above," the Associated Press writes today (http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-07-17-none-of-the-above_N.htm).
According to the latest AP-Ipsos national poll:
• Among Republicans surveyed, 23% "can't or won't say which candidate they would back," from their party's contenders, "a jump from the 14% who took a pass in June." Rudy Giuliani leads the list of those who are chosen, with 21% support. Fred Thompson is second, at 19%. Sen. John McCain's support stands at 15% and Mitt Romney's is 11%.
• Among Democrats surveyed, "13% declined to back a candidate." Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was the choice of 36%. In second: Sen. Barack Obama at 20%. Third: John Edwards, at 11%.
University of Iowa political scientist David Redlawsk tells AP that "Democrats are reasonably comfortable with the range of choices. The Democratic attitude is that three or four of these guys would be fine. ... The Republicans don't have that; particularly among the conservatives there's a real split. They just don't see candidates who reflect their interests and who they also view as viable."
The AP-Ipsos results aren't backed up by the latest numbers from the Gallup Poll (http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=28144). Today, Gallup's Lydia Saad reports that 10% of Republicans responded with "none" or "no opinion" when Gallup asked which of the GOP candidates they support. In Gallup's latest survey, Giuliani leads among Republicans with 30%. Thompson is second, at 20%. Gallup, like AP-Ipsos, has Clinton ahead on the Democratic side.