Hillary Clinton Leads
Democratic Field for President
A
statewide survey of 475 registered
The
survey was conducted January 27, 2007, at
If
the primary was held today, 33 percent of the 341 voters who indicated they
were likely to vote in the 2008 Democratic primary say they will vote for
Hillary Clinton, 15 percent support Barack Obama, 8 percent favor John Edwards,
4 percent want Joe Biden, 2 percent favor Chris Dodd, 1 percent support Bill
Richardson, 1 percent favor Tom Vilsack, and 0 percent want Dennis Kucinich,
and 36 percent are undecided. The margin
of error for this Democratic primary sample is about plus or minus 6 percentage
points.
If
the presidential general election was held today and the nominees were Democrat
Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain, 49 percent they would support
If
the Democratic nominee is Barack Obama and the Republican nominee is John
McCain, 40 percent say they support Obama, 37 percent favor McCain, and 23
percent are undecided. If the GOP
nominee is Giuliani, Obama’s margin is 43 to 38 percent, with 19 percent
undecided. If the Republican candidate
is Romney, Obama holds a 52 to 26 percent advantage, with 22 percent undecided.
Only
16 percent of state voters believe President George Bush is doing an excellent
or good job (down from 22 percent last
September). Sixty percent of
When
asked about the job performance of state officials, 59 percent feel Carcieri is
doing a good job as governor (up from 58 percent in September). Twenty-eight percent believe newly-elected
Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts is doing a good job (with 58 percent unsure).
Forty percent think Attorney General
Sixty-seven
percent say Providence Mayor David Cicilline is doing a good job, up from 58
percent in the last survey. Twenty-six
percent believe House Speaker William Murphy is doing a good job and 19 percent
feel Senate President Joseph Montalbano is doing a good job.
Fifty
percent believe the state is headed in the right direction, while 34 percent
feel it is headed on the wrong track. In
September, 46 percent thought
The
survey press release can be found online at www.InsidePolitics.org. For more information, contact Darrell M. West
at (401) 863-1163.
Survey
Questions and Responses
If the Democratic presidential primary were held today, would
you vote for: 4% Joe Biden, 33% Hillary
Clinton, 2% Christopher Dodd, 8% John Edwards, 0% Dennis Kucinich, 15% Barack
Obama, 1% Bill Richardson, 1% Tom Vilsack? 36% don’t know or no answer (based
on 341 voters who indicated they were likely to vote in the 2008 Democratic
presidential primary)
If the presidential general election were held today,
would you vote for: 36% Republican John
McCain or 49% Democrat Hillary Clinton?
15% don’t know or no answer
If the presidential general election were held today,
would you vote for: 37% Republican John
McCain or 40% Democrat Barack Obama? 23%
don’t know or no answer
If the presidential general election were held today,
would you vote for: 37% Republican Rudy
Giuliani or 49% Democrat Hillary Clinton?
14% don’t know or no answer
If the presidential general election were held today,
would you vote for: 38% Republican Rudy
Giuliani or 43% Democrat Barack Obama?
19% don’t know or no answer
If the presidential general election were held today,
would you vote for: 26% Republican Mitt
Romney or 56% Democrat Hillary
Clinton? 18% don’t know or no answer
If the presidential general election were held today,
would you vote for: 26% Republican Mitt
Romney or 52% Democrat Barack
Obama? 22% don’t know or no answer
How would you rate the job George W. Bush is doing as
president? 2% Excellent, 14% good,
26% only fair, 53% poor, 5% don't
know or no answer
How would you rate the job Jack Reed is doing as
How would you rate the job Sheldon Whitehouse is doing
as U.S. Senator? 7% Excellent, 25%
good, 13% only fair, 10% poor, 45% don't know or no answer
How would you rate the job Patrick Kennedy is doing as
U.S. Representative? 9% Excellent, 42%
good, 23% only fair, 15% poor, 11% don't know or no answer
How would you rate the job Jim Langevin is doing as U.S.
Representative? 16% Excellent, 41% good,
20% only fair, 4% poor, 19% don't know or no answer
How would you rate the job Don Carcieri is doing as
governor? 18% Excellent, 41% good, 23% only fair, 10% poor, 8% don't know or no
answer
How would you rate the job Elizabeth Roberts is doing as
lieutenant governor? 4% Excellent, 24% good,
13% only fair, 1% poor, 58% don't
know or no answer
How would you rate the job
How would you rate the job Ralph Mollis is doing as
secretary of state? 1% Excellent, 18% good, 16% only fair, 7% poor, 58% don't
know or no answer
How would you rate the job Frank Caprio, Jr. is doing as
general treasurer? 3% Excellent, 19% good,
18% only fair, 3% poor, 57% don't know or no answer
How would you rate the job William Murphy is doing as
House Speaker? 2% Excellent, 24% good,
22% only fair, 8% poor, 44% don't know
or no answer
How would you rate the job Joseph Montalbano is doing as
Senate President? 1% Excellent, 18%
good, 22% only fair, 14% poor, 45% don't know or no answer
How would you rate the job David Cicilline is doing as
mayor of
Generally speaking, would you say things in