Question: If the 2008 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Hillary Clinton the Democrat and Rudy Giuliani the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                        Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom
Clinton                 44%      7%     84%     37%     38%     50%
Giuliani                45      88      12      47      50      41
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          1       -       -       2       2       1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         2       -       1       4       3       2
DK/NA                    7       4       3       9       6       7

If the 2008 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Barack Obama the Democrat and Rudy Giuliani the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                        Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom
Obama                   40%      6%     73%     36%     36%     44%
Giuliani                49      88      20      49      54      45
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          1       -       1       1       1       1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         4       1       3       6       4       3
DK/NA                    7       5       4       8       6       8

If the 2008 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were John Edwards the Democrat and Rudy Giuliani the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                        Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom
Edwards                 39%      5%     71%     38%     35%     42%
Giuliani                50      90      20      47      55      44
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          1       -       -       1       1       1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         3       1       4       4       3       3
DK/NA                    7       4       4       9       5       9

If the 2008 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Hillary Clinton the Democrat and John McCain the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                        Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom
Clinton                 46%     10%     84%     40%     38%     53%
McCain                  41      83       8      42      47      35
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          2       1       1       2       2       1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         4       2       3       8       6       3
DK/NA                    7       4       3       9       6       7

If the 2008 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Barack Obama the Democrat and John McCain the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                        Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom
Obama                   44%      9%     79%     38%     40%     47%
McCain                  41      81      12      41      46      37
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          1       -       1       2       1       2
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         5       4       3       8       6       4
DK/NA                    9       6       5      12       7      10

If the 2008 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were John Edwards the Democrat and John McCain the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                        Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom
Edwards                 44%      9%     79%     41%     39%     49%
McCain                  40      80      10      40      47      34
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          2       2       1       2       2       2
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         5       3       5       7       6       5
DK/NA                    9       5       5      11       7      10

If the 2008 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Hillary Clinton the Democrat and Fred Thompson the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                        Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom
Clinton                 48%     11%     88%     42%     40%     57%
Thompson                36      79       4      35      42      30
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          3       1       3       5       5       2
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         4       2       3       7       6       3
DK/NA                    8       8       3      11       8       9

If the 2008 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Barack Obama the Democrat and Fred Thompson the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                        Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom
Obama                   49%     12%     83%     46%     44%     53%
Thompson                34      75       6      29      40      28
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          2       1       2       2       2       2
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         5       3       3       8       5       5
DK/NA                   11       9       6      15       9      13

If the 2008 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were John Edwards the Democrat and Fred Thompson the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                        Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom
Edwards                 48%     15%     78%     46%     40%     55%
Thompson                34      72       8      31      43      26
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          3       2       3       2       3       2
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         5       3       4       8       5       5
DK/NA                   11       9       7      13       9      13

If the 2008 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Hillary Clinton the Democrat and Mitt Romney the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                        Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom
Clinton                 52%     14%     89%     47%     45%     58%
Romney                  33      75       3      32      39      27
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          3       2       2       5       4       3
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         5       2       3       8       6       4
DK/NA                    7       7       3       9       6       9

If the 2008 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Barack Obama the Democrat and Mitt Romney the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                        Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom
Obama                   51%     16%     82%     50%     48%     54%
Romney                  31      71       4      27      37      26
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          2       1       2       3       2       2
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         5       3       2       8       5       5
DK/NA                   11       9       9      13       8      14

If the 2008 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were John Edwards the Democrat and Mitt Romney the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                        Tot     Rep     Dem     Ind     Men     Wom
Edwards                 51%     15%     84%     51%     46%     56%
Romney                  30      70       4      25      36      23
SMONE ELSE(VOL)          2       1       -       4       2       2
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)         6       3       5       9       7       5
DK/NA                   11      11       7      11      10      13

Poll Demographics

About this Poll
From September 18 - 23, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,230 New Jersey voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points. The survey includes 408 Republicans, with a margin of error of +/- 4.8 percentage points, and 406 Democrats with a margin of error of +/- 4.9 percentage points.