Rasmussen reports that nearly 30 percent of Republicans would bolt the party and vote for a pro-life challenger if the GOP nominated Rudy Giuliani. The poll pitted the former New York City mayor against Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) in the general election.
Eric Kleefield of TPM Election Central:
The hypothetical three-way race shows Hillary with 46% support, Rudy at 30%, and the third-party conservative with 14%. Among self-described pro-life voters, Rudy gets only 36% support, with the third-party candidate at 29% and Hillary with 23%. Not just that, but Rudy gets only 25% of pro-choice voters, with Hillary still walking away comfortably with 65%.
Attention Mitt Romney campaign: Beat Giuliani over the head with this. In recent weeks, Giuliani has played up his candidacy on something other than fear: electability. Should these numbers be more than just empty threats, this makes him unelectable.
4 Responses to “Poll: Third-Party Snags 27% of GOP Vote”
thing is, as soon as you insert a name into that slot, like say alan keyes, the number for the third party candidate drops.
and mitt should keep quiet, because i wouldnt doubt that he would finish behind the 3rd party mythical candidate were it to be polled.
the religous rights’ leaders are losing power, rudy is gaining, and they are getting desperate, but it wont be enough. with falwell dead, billy grahman out of it, and robertson being pragmatic, the second tier religous leaders are powerless to stop rudy.
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[...] as Matt Ortega has reported, a recent poll indicated that such a campaign could pull away more than a quarter of the Republican [...]
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Just for fun, I move every state nineteen points to the left (changing a 3-point GOoPer win to a 16-point defeat), and added a five-point buffer.
Result: Democrat 385 EV, Republican 44 EV, Tossup 109 EV.
Left by Brian Jenkins
October 4, 2007 at 6:03pm