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PoliticsNJ.com
Giuliani,
Clinton have big leads
in Feb. '08 N.J.
primary
By Editor,
PoliticsNJ.com from the Web, September 26, 2007
Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani
continue to be in a statistical dead heat for New Jersey’s fifteen electoral
votes, with Giuliani leading 45%-44%, according to a new Quinnipiac University
poll released this morning. Clinton and Giuliani continue to hold huge
leads in the February 5, 2008 presidential primaries.
On the Democratic side, Clinton leads Barack Obama by a 46%-15% margin, with 11%
for Al Gore and 7% for John Edwards. In the GOP primary, Giuliani leads
Fred Thompson, 45%-12%, with John McCain at 8% and Mitt Romney at 6%.
”It’s going to be hard for any other candidates to beat the two New Yorkers in
the Garden State,” said Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac
University Polling Institute.
President George W. Bush has an upside-down 27%-68% approval rating in New
Jersey -– just slightly better than his 21%-74% showing in a July Quinnipiac
poll.
Giuliani is the only Republican who leads head-to-head general election matchups
in New Jersey. Clinton beats McCain (46%-41%), Thompson (48%-36%), and
Romney (52%-33%). While Giuliani has a nine-point lead over Obama
(49%-40%), Obama leads the other GOP candidates: McCain (44%-41%),
Thompson (49%-34%) and Romney (51%-31%). Edwards also runs ahead of every
GOP candidate but Giuliani.
By a 56%-27% margin, New Jersey voters believe Giuliani makes decisions based on
his principles rather than on what the voters think is best. Voters say
that Clinton votes based on voter opinion rather than her principles by a
42%-41% margin.
“New Jersey voters say Sen. Hillary Clinton is more ‘political,’ while Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani is more ‘principled.’ But Sen. Clinton has been gaining
steadily on the Republican front-runner,” said Richards.
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