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- Hillary Clinton 49%
- Rudy Giuliani 42%
- Hillary Clinton 47%
- John McCain 45%
- Hillary Clinton 53%
- Mitt Romney 37%
- Hillary Clinton 53%
- Mike Huckabee 36%
Survey of 528 registered voters was conducted November 9-11. The margin of error is +/- 4.4 percentage points. In the 2004 presidential election, Senator Kerry edged President Bush in Wisconsin, 50-49%.
November 17th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
way to make us proud mitt!
November 17th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Didn’t we just have this poll? Surely, nobody was dumb enough to do it twice??
November 17th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
For lesser known candidates, these types of polls are meaningless (unless, maybe, you are seeing how they change over time). The problem with these polls is the built in assumption that the population will not get to know the lesser known candidates any more than they do when the poll was taken. This is absurd, because should the lesser known candidate get the nomination, of course the voting population will get greater exposure to that candidate and will see that candidate perform in debates and advertising.
For better known candidates, however, where the population might not learn all that much more about the candidate this type of polling might be more reflective of what would happen on election day, but even then it’s a stretch.
Moral: If your candidate isn’t doing all that well against Hillary or any other candidate they place in these polls, nothing is set yet and you might even take hope that a new face may be just what this country needs. It is fun to see though.
November 17th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
way to prop your guy up Sampo. You are one nutty chick. Am I suppose to jump off the Romney train heading to the GOP nomination and onto the McCain train, on borrowed fumes, because you reminded me and other Mitt fans that McCain would only lose WI by a mere 2%, a much closer total than Mitt. You, McCain, the Keating five, and the gang of 14 can try to Youtube us to death and post article after article, but you have done McCain no favors on this site. You have made so few points you have probably done him a disservice. I dont think McCain lasts beyond NH, where I expect him to finish a distant 4th behind Mitt, Rudy, and Ron Paul. I do give him some credit though, he is a Huge Suns fan as I am.
November 17th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
Well, I think Giuliani’s name recognition exceeds McCain’s. So with this (combined with previous WI head-to-head polls), I think it is safe to say that McCain’s odds vs Hillary are significantly better than Giuliani’s odds in the general election for WI.
McCain makes a bunch of blue Midwestern (MN, WI, IL, and MI) states purple (and possibly red) in 2008. That is a chunk of electoral change folks. Giuliani does better on the East Coast, but still doesn’t turn NY or NJ purple. Further McCain turns some mid-Atlantic states like VA from blue to red.
I think Republicans need to be disabused of the notion that Giuliani is our best general election candidate.
November 18th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Looks like I should add IA to the list as well. See the link below:
http://www.hedgehogreport.com/index.php/7508
November 18th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Let’s see: Wisconsin is #33 out of 52 state primaries. I wonder if things might change at all after the first half of the nation votes?
November 18th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Currently, McCain attracts people who aren’t Republicans because he has a reputation of being a maverick who isn’t a “real Republican.” The reason he has that reputation is because he ISN’T a real Republican.
November 18th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
8 is your opinion. i dont recall mccain ever trashing his party like mitt and rudy did.
http://pollingreport.com/wh08gen.htm
November 18th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
above url should have been: http://pollingreport.com/images/FOX08.GIF