Obama vs Giuliani 2008

[Thunderbird is the word]

how would an Obama vs Giuliani race have gone down? I'm thinking that under OTL 2008 conditions he probably would have lost by a wider margin then McCain due to social conservatives staying home or voting third party and his perception as a Wall Street aligned Republican after the economic collapse.

[NHI]

Obama: 427 (54%)

Giuliani: 111 (43%)

Third Party: 3%

[dbone828]

On the contrary, I have often felt that Giuliani was probably the only Republican in 2008 that could have possibly given Obama a run for his money.  I think a lot of people who were sick of the Bush administration in 2008 were still impressed by how Giuliani handled the events of 9/11.  I still think that Obama would have won, but I think it would have been closer.  Although you do make a good point about his social views potentially preventing a lot of conservatives from even voting.

[Pericles]

Giuliani did horribly in early matchup polling and was loathed by social conservatives. Then again, same for Donald Trump.

[GoTfan]

Giuliani would struggle hard to shake off the Rockefeller Republican image, having been brought up and been an attorney in New York.