Clinton Edges Ahead Of Giuliani For First Time, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds

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Source: Quinnipiac University National Poll

August 15, 2007 - Clinton Edges Ahead Of Giuliani For First Time, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But She Still Has Biggest Negatives Of Any Candidate

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has eked out a 46 - 43 percent lead over her chief Republican rival in the 2008 presidential race, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and has improved her favorability among American voters, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.


This compares to a 45 - 44 percent Clinton lead in a June 13 poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University, and a 49 - 40 percent Giuliani lead May 3. In other head-to-head matchups in the current survey:
Clinton leads Arizona Sen. John McCain 47 - 41 percent;
Clinton tops former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson 49 - 38 percent;
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama ties Giuliani 42 - 42 percent;
Obama beats McCain 43 - 39 percent, and tops Thompson 46 - 35 percent;
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards gets 43 percent to Giuliani's 42 percent;
Edwards tops McCain 45 - 37 percent and Thompson 49 - 32 percent.

"The movement is glacial, but for Sen. Hillary Clinton it's in the right direction. She holds her double-digit lead among Democrats and edges up a smidgen against Mayor Rudolph Giuliani," said Maurice Carroll, Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

"But the 'Hillary hostility' factor is constant and feeds doubts about whether she can win in November 2008. That polling perennial - her unfavorability factor - remains high."

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Bush also clocks in at 29% in this poll

[dtotire]

1. Hillary's Negatives

Because of her high negatives she would energize Republicans to come out in force and might cause some independents to stay home instead of voting for a Democrat who had higher favorability ratings. In the primary, we should consider someone else.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

2. yawn......

[William769]

3. You really need a new meme, that one is really old and not working anymore.

[blayne]

12. Thanks for pointing that out.

I had to look up meme on Wikipedia, but I learned a new word and got a good laugh. I guess that's why obnoxiousdrunk was yawning, but I didn't fully understand till now.

[rinsd]

7. LOL, you have your memes mixed in a blender.

One meme is that she will energize the GOP

The other meme is that her high negatives prevent her from getting elected.

[_Wayne_]

10. OH GOD STFU

Do you just repeat everything you hear on AM Talk Radio? Or can you think for yourself? I'm growing very sick of this nonsense.

[aquart]

16. Nothing is going to energize the Republicans.

Not this year. Not in 2008. It's only going to get worse for them. There isn't the tiniest chance it will get better.

[William769]

4. I can see more exploding heads on DU.

[ovidsen]

5. Fair weather friends

Too early to tell, but I betcha betcha the Hillary backers surveyed in this poll barely handed enough energy to anwswr the phone. Tripping over the empty beer cans littering the plywood floor didn't help, either.

In case you haven't guessed, I'm a charter member of the ABH (Anybody but Hillary)carel.

Though I concede that, given the positions of all the GOP candidates out there, I'd voe for Hillary a year from his November. Holding my breath and plugging my nose.

[William769]

6. So Hillary backers are alcoholics? And trailer trash?

Inquiring minds want to know!

[aquart]

17. How nice of you to insult your fellow Democrats more than Hillary.

I'm sure that impresses all of us.

[txaslftist]

8. Ron Paul could beat Hillary. No other GOPr has a chance.

[Tempest]

9. So you might as well coronate Hillary now

Paul will be lucky to get out of the primary with his dignity, let alone with the nomination.

[_Wayne_]

11. I coronated her months ago. So did many others (including her enemies)

[txaslftist]

20. Maybe.

But Ron Paul stands higher in the polls right now than Jimmy Carter did at this point in the run up to 1976. Of course, Carter didn't have the entire leadership of his party gunning for him, and that makes a difference.

Not saying he's got an even chance or even a good chance, but he's got a chance. I'm a lifelong democrat, and I prefer him to Hillary.

[jmmartin]

13. Ron Paul Beat Hillary?

Good idea, but not likely. My guess is that no Republican can take office in January, 2009. The public may be wary of Hillary and less than enthusiastic about her manner, but the memory of Bush will leave a bad taste in our mouths for decades on. Admittedly, it is also true that the public is upset with Congressional failure to act on the clear mandate of the last elections (booting the macaca-baiters and their ilk): end the Iraq War at any price, no matter what. But Hillary's only real opponent is a fellow New Yorker with so much baggage in the social sphere he can't win the evangelical vote or, for that matter, enough GOP votes to overcome the Dem advantage. Hillary's negatives cannot be minimized. One sees bumper stickers insisting "ANYONE BUT HILLARY!" but they're on the backs of gas-guzzling SUV'S driven by die-hard Neo Con types who wouldn't vote for *any* Democratic candidate. Presumably, they're still supporting Bush and his war. Nope, it's Giuliani vs. Clinton in '08, and, if anything, Rudy has more baggage than Hillary does. What's more, she's brainier and will demolish him in the debates. But I have a strategy that does involve a Ron Paul vote. I plan on giving him my primary selection, then voting for the Democratic candidate in the Fall. That way, I can express my utter contempt for the suits (like that halfwit, Romney) and the crypto-fascists (like that fool Tancredo) and draw votes away from them and from Giuliani, too. Then, when November rolls around, I can vote for Clinton (or not, just in case a good independent joins the fray). The only thing Ron Paul and George Bush have in common is that they're both Texans. But one is a village idiot; the other, a libertarian intellectual. The choice should be easy enough.

[AndyTiedye]

14. It's Nice that Hillary is Ahead of the Ghoul, But…

…only by 3 points?!

With the Ghoul loudly supporting a hugely unpopular war and an equally unpopular pResident.

And this before the Mighty Slime Machine gets cranked up into high gear.

And Diebold.

[txaslftist]

21. Ron Paul can split the antiwar vote away from Hillary.

Like it or not, the growth in the D side of the aisle of late has been largely a result of our disgust with Iraq, GOP corruption, various other things of this nature. Ron Paul is a GOP outsider, and the GOP leadership (known largely for their pedophilia, whoremongering and bribe-taking) is going after Paul, giving him an even fresher look. On the other side of it is Hillary, and the "anybody but Hillary" crowd is a large part of the electorate.

Thus, Ron Paul is really the only GOP candidate who can steal the independent vote from lackluster Hillary, steal the anti-war vote from hawkish Hillary and retain the classical conservatives. One wonders what the neocons and fascists would do in a match up between Paul (whose ideas they loathe) and Hillary, who is a Democrat (and thus loathed by default). Could Ron Paul split the neocon vote? Doubtful. I think they'd go for Hillary.

But Rudi vs. Hillary? Gimme a break. She'd eat his single-issue lisping cross-dressing ass for breakfast.

[natrat]

15. she's a fucking crook like the rest of the dlc/gop --wake the fuck up

[BootinUp]

18. I'm really looking forward to another nail biter

:sarcasm:

[hollowdweller]

19. At this point I think that Hillary stands a good chance of winning however

While I would vote for her and I think she would be a competent president I believe that she is too conservative to bring about the change in direction that this country needs.

That will take a president with a lot of brains AND charisma in order to bring some of the people riding the fence over.

[opihimoimoi]

22. Hillary will win in the end...its her DESTINY and it is BEST FOR AMERICA