Question
Which one of the following Republican candidates would be your first choice for president? (Among those who don't volunteer a first choice) Toward which candidate would you say you are leaning, or would say you support the most? And who would your second choice be?

John Cox. Rudy Giuliani. Mike Huckabee. Duncan Hunter. Alan Keyes. John McCain. Ron Paul. Mitt Romney. Fred Thompson.

Huckabee 32%
Romney 26%
McCain 13%
Paul 9%
Thompson 9%
Giuliani 5%
Hunter 1%
Keyes 1%
Not Sure/Uncommitted 4%

About this Poll
The Iowa Poll, conducted for The Des Moines Register by Selzer & Co. Inc. of Des Moines, is based on telephone interviews with 800 registered Iowa voters who say they definitely or probably will attend the Democratic caucuses and 800 registered voters who say they definitely or probably will attend the Republican caucuses.

Interviewers contacted randomly selected voters registered as Democrat, Republican or no-party from the Iowa secretary of state's voter registration list.

Percentages based on the full sample may have a maximum margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Republishing the copyrighted Iowa Poll without credit to The Des Moines Register is prohibited.

The poll, conducted Dec. 27-30