December 14, 2007
Diageo/The Hotline Survey: Huck On Top in Iowa, HRC/BHO Tied
The numbers:
Dems
Hillary Clinton 27%
Barack Obama 27%
John Edwards 22%
Bill Richardson 8%
Joe Biden 5%
Chris Dodd 1%
Dennis Kucinich 1%
GOP
Mike Huckabee 36%
Mitt Romney 23%
Rudy Giuliani 12%
Fred Thompson 8%
John McCain 5%
Ron Paul 5%
Tom Tancredo 1%
Interesting notes ...
On the Republican side, 23% of voters said Romney would be their second choice if the caucuses were held today. Huck would be the runner up for 21% of voters.
Among the Democrats, meanwhile, Edwards is the favorite second choice pick, with 25% of voters' support. Obama would be No. 2 for 23% of those polled, while Clinton is the back-up selection for 18% of voters.
Democratic voters said overwhelmingly that Clinton has the experience to be president (an approximately 30 percentage point spread over her leading rivals). But by the converse margin, they said they believe Obama to be the more inspirational leader (45% for BHO to Clinton's 20%).
The all important question of who can really provide change ...
Answering an inquiry about who will "lead the country in a new direction" ... ?
Obama, 38%, Clinton, 27%, and Edwards, 16%. Score one big one for Obama, right? But wait, voters believe Clinton has the best chance of winning the general, 41% to Obama's 28 percent and Edwards' 16%.
Republican voters give Giuliani, Romney and Huckabee nearly comparable reviews when asked who has the best shot at winning the general (29%, 28%, 25% respectively) and who has the most experience necessary to be president. But voters believe strongly that Huck is the most inspirational candidate in the bunch (36% to Romney's 21% and Rudy's 19%).
The survey was conducted from Dec.7-12. Margin or error for Dems polled is 4 percent; GOP margin is 4.5 percent. Sample size was 1,105 likely Iowa caucus voters, 569 of whom are Dems, 446 are Republicans.
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Posted at 12:55 PM
Comments
I prefer Rudy over all of them. If we are going to vote for a liberal lets vote for one that is honest about his liberal views unlike the others who have faked their positions. Or else vote for the only real conservative in the bunch. Alan Keyes.
Dennis D | 12.14.07 07:29 PM
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Only real conservative????
The only real conservative is Ron Paul.
Kyle H | 12.22.07 03:12 AM
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