Gallup reports Even though the next presidential election is more than three years away, those who might pursue the office are already testing the waters in New Hampshire, in Iowa, and at other gatherings where party power brokers are present. The latest Gallup Poll assessed the public's overall views of four possible contenders for the office and tested how they would fare today in a hypothetical election. A majority of Americans say they have favorable views of Republican and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. On the other hand, more Americans view Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., unfavorably than favorably, and his ratings have grown more negative since his loss to George W. Bush in last fall's presidential election. The trial heat matchups show the two possible Republican candidates holding an edge over the two Democratic candidates among registered voters.
It is a bit far into the future for this to mean much, but at least I like the way it looks today.
3 comments:
Of course, neither John McCain nor Rudy Giuliani have a snowball's chance in the Midwest of being the Republican candidate in 2008...
I understand the conservatives dont care for either one, but with Hillary positioning herself so strongly as a centrist, Republicans are not going to be able to defeat her with someone the conservatives would love.
I recall McCain in 2000 had very bad numbers among women. They found him "angry and unstable." He comes off much mellower now.
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