FDT Holds 24 Point Lead in GOP Online Poll

Fred Thompson, former Tennessee senator, holds a commanding lead among the online Republicans, according to a new poll released by GOP Straw Polls.

Thompson recently floated the idea that he was considering a possible run and shows strong support in his second poll.

Of 6,477 ballots cast at press time, Thompson led second place finisher, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, by 24 points.

First Choice:

F. Thompson 2593 (40%)
Giuliani 1037 (16%)
Romney 770 (11.9%)
Gingrich 767 (11.8%)
Hunter 349 (5.4%)
Tancredo 293 (4.5%)
(none) 235 (3.6%)
McCain 154 (2.4%)
Brownback 138 (2.1%)
Huckabee 72 (1.1%)
T. Thompson 44 (0.7%)
Gilmore 15 (0.2%)
Pataki 11 (0.2%)

Thompson’s sharp rise in GOP polling shows a Republican Party in a dire search for a Reagan-esque candidate among a group of posers and right-wing reactionaries. (In recent weeks, glowing video endorsements appeared on YouTube: here, here, here and here.)

Fred Thompson holds a nearly 4,000 vote margin in acceptability, ahead of the next candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, another unannounced candidate.

Candidate Acceptability:

  Net Votes + Votes - Votes
Brownback -606 -9.4%   2198 (33.9%) 2804 (43.3%)
Gilmore -1778 -27.5%   1375 (21.2%) 3153 (48.7%)
Gingrich 2359 +36.4%   4030 (62.2%) 1671 (25.8%)
Giuliani 1568 +24.2%   3602 (55.6%) 2034 (31.4%)
Huckabee -423 -6.5%   2220 (34.3%) 2643 (40.8%)
Hunter 1174 +18.1%   3109 (48%) 1935 (29.9%)
McCain -3454 -53.3%   1118 (17.3%) 4572 (70.6%)
Pataki -4037 -62.3%   551 (8.5%) 4588 (70.8%)
Romney 1779 +27.5%   3649 (56.3%) 1870 (28.9%)
Tancredo 188 +2.9%   2637 (40.7%) 2449 (37.8%)
F. Thompson 3947 +60.9%   4626 (71.4%) 679 (10.5%)
T. Thompson -1469 -22.7%   1658 (25.6%) 3127 (48.3%)

How many hours do you spend reading blogs?

6 to 10 1855 (28.6%)
1 to 5 1637 (25.3%)
11 to 15 1264 (19.5%)
20 or more 865 (13.4%)
16 to 20 762 (11.8%)
(none) 95 (1.5%)

On a scale of 1 to 5, how committed are you to your candidate?

4 2330 (36%)
5 1902 (29.4%)
3 1454 (22.4%)
2 372 (5.7%)
1 303 (4.7%)
(none) 117 (1.8%)

Conservatism from 1 to 10

8 2020 (31.2%)
9 1780 (27.5%)
10 841 (13%)
7 734 (11.3%)
6 428 (6.6%)
5 353 (5.4%)
4 101 (1.6%)
(none) 76 (1.2%)
3 49 (0.8%)
-5 43 (0.7%)
1 31 (0.5%)
2 22 (0.3%)

Note: -5 are lefty trolls.

John McCain, Arizona senator and father of the ’surge,’ held the second widest disparity between positive and negative acceptability. (Former New York Governor George Pataki, who told supporters they were free to find other candidates to back, was worse.)

“Multiple Choice” Mitt Romney, the biggest phony in the race, barely edged out non-candidate Gingrich by a tenth of a percentage point (three votes).

(Hat tip: Jerome Armstrong, MyDD)

Posted by Matt Ortega
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 11:20 pm

6 Responses to “FDT Holds 24 Point Lead in GOP Online Poll”

Wow. I wonder if people actually know anything about Fred Thompson, besides the fact that he’s on TV? I mean, the guy only won one election in his whole life and it was during the 1994 conservative wave.

Left by Matt Browner Hamlin
March 28, 2007 at 7:07am

He won two elections. In 1994 it was a special election and then re-election in 1996. But I agree, there’s no way that many people know that much about Fred Thompson.

Left by Matt Ortega
March 28, 2007 at 7:12am

Whoops, my bust.

Left by Matt Browner Hamlin
March 28, 2007 at 9:52am

more impressive is the rasmussen poll that shows thompson beating clinton…he will make a great vp for rudy

Left by matt
March 28, 2007 at 2:04pm

Your positivity is unshakable. You truly are a role model for us all.

Left by Matt Browner Hamlin
March 28, 2007 at 2:23pm

Positivity? I do believe you mean ‘unfettered delusion void of how primaries actually work.’

Also, Dobson says Giuliani’s popularity will run out. As much as I think Dobson is a scourge, I think he’s right. (It’s about time he was right about something.)

Left by Matt Ortega
March 28, 2007 at 4:31pm

Something to say?