Question:

Poll Demographics

Among the Palmetto State’s conservative Primary voters, Thompson leads Giuliani by seven. Among the smaller number of moderate and liberal voters, it’s Giuliani 31%, McCain 21%, and Thompson 13%.

Thompson does better among men while Giuliani has the edge among women.

Giuliani is viewed favorably by 76% of Likely Primary Voters, Thompson by 68%.

Fifty-seven percent (57%) have a positive assessment of McCain while 53% say the same about Romney. As has been seen in national polling, the number with unfavorable opinions of these candidates is dangerously high. Among Republican primary voters, 33% have a negative view of Romney and 38% hold such a view about McCain.

About this Poll

This state telephone survey of 841 Likely Republican Primary Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports August 20, 2007. The margin of sampling error for the survey is between +/- 3.4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.