Thursday, August 16, 2007

National polls don't matter...but trends do!

Alright...so we've argued that National polls aren't significant at this stage of the nominating process. But there does seem to be an upward trend for Governor Romney. Fred Thompson is on the down, McCain is down, and Romney is climbing up in the polls.

What is that on your forehead, Rudy? Is that sweat forming?

Polling Data
If the 2008 Republican primary for president were being held today, and the candidates were (the following), for whom would you vote?


----------------Aug. 2007 --------Jun. 2007 ---------Apr. 2007

Rudy Giuliani--- 28%--------------- 27%---------------- 27%

Mitt Romney ----15%---------------10%----------------- 8%

Fred Thompson- 12%--------------- 15%----------------- 14%

John McCain-----11%--------------- 15%---------------- 19%

Source: Quinnipiac University Polling InstituteMethodology: Telephone interviews with 611 likely Republican voters, conducted from Aug. 7 to Aug. 13, 2007. Margin of error is 4 per cent.

1 comment:

Ryan said...

This is awesome. The Ames victory is starting to grab the attention of the rest of the country!

Bill O'Reilly is conducting a poll, go there and vote for Mitt!

http://www.billoreilly.com