January 15, 2008 - 6:00am
In New Jersey, McCain and Giuliani in a dead heat; Clinton over Obama by 12
By EditorJohn McCain leads Rudy Giuliani 29%-25% among likely Republican primary voters – a statistical dead heat – in a new Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll released this morning. Mike Huckabee follows in a distant third place with 11%, followed by Mitt Romney at 9%, Fred Thompson at 5%, and Ron Paul at 4%.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama by twelve percentage points – 42%-30%, among Democratic likely voters surveyed. John Edwards is at 9%, with Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel barely a blip on the screen.
“Senator Obama’s early win in Iowa has swung some previously undecided New Jersey voters into his camp, but Senator Clinton’s support among rank and file Democrats here remains strong,” commented Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute. “It appears that Mayor Giuliani’s strategy to ignore the early states may have taken him off the radar screen here. Many of his supporters have now moved to Senator McCain, which, ideologically, is probably an easy switch for New Jersey Republicans. Without a major win between now and Super Tuesday, Giuliani may have to spend precious resources in New Jersey simply to remind voters that he’s still in the running.”
The poll also asked all registered voters in the state – including those not voting in the upcoming February 5th primary – whether selecting a candidate who can bring about needed change or someone who has the right experience is more important to them in this year’s race for the White House. Overall, New Jersey voters are split – 39% are looking for change and 37% prefer experience. Another 18% volunteer that they value both qualities equally and 6% have no opinion. Democrats (41%) and independents (51%) are more likely to value change while Republicans tend to go for experience (53%).
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Wow.....
Did Baroni sign a deal with the devil? Nothing goes wrong for this guy.....
Rudy
Rudy and McCain are currently running neck and neck in Florida. Once Rudy really starts firing on all cylinders down there and pulls out the victory, he'll regain his footing everywhere else.
Ronald Reagan actually DID amnesty. I think he would be in one of Mitt's negative commercials! - Rudy Giuliani
This whole things about momentum...
This is unbelievable...
(too busy hoping for good results tonight in Michigan and Saturday in South Carolina to say anything else)
Romney in Michigan
McCain certainly has some great momentum going for him, but I still think Romney is going to take Michigan. That's been my feeling for a while. We'll see though... I bet Hillary's going to take Michigan, too. ;)
Michigan
If Romney wins Michigan, he will most likely win Nevada as well which will further complicate things.
As a Rudy supporter who believes that he has the right strategy to win, I can only hope for this scenario.
The funny thing about this race so far is that if you look at the delegate count as of now, Mitt Romney is in the lead.
Ronald Reagan actually DID amnesty. I think he would be in one of Mitt's negative commercials! - Rudy Giuliani