Shock Poll: Hillary Can No Longer Beat Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton trails five top Republican presidential contenders in general election match-ups, a drop in support from this summer, according to a poll released on Monday.
Clinton’s top Democratic rivals, Barack Obama and John Edwards, still lead Republicans in hypothetical match-ups ahead of the November 4, 2008, presidential election, the survey by Zogby Interactive showed.
Clinton, a New York senator who has been at the top of the Democratic pack in national polls in the 2008 race, trails Republican candidates Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, John McCain and Mike Huckabee by three to five percentage points in the direct matches.
In July, Clinton narrowly led McCain, an Arizona senator, and held a five-point lead over former New York Mayor Giuliani, a six-point lead over former Tennessee Sen. Thompson and a 10-point lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Romney.
She was not matched against the fast-rising Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, in the July poll.
The results come as other national polls show the race for the Democratic nomination tightening five weeks before the first contest in Iowa, which kicks off the state-by-state nomination battles in each party.
Some Democrats have expressed concerns about the former first lady’s electability in a race against Republicans. The survey showed Clinton not performing as well as Obama and Edwards among independents and younger voters, pollster John Zogby said.
“The questions about her electability have always been there, but as we get close this suggests that is a problem,” Zogby said.
Obama, an Illinois senator, and Edwards, a former North Carolina senator, both hold narrow leads over the Republican contenders in the hypothetical 2008 match-ups.
“It all points to a very competitive general election at a time when many people think the Democrats are going to win the White House,” Zogby said.
The poll of 9,355 people had a margin of error of plus or minus one percentage point. The interactive poll surveys individuals who have registered to take part in online polls.
(To read more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters “Tales from the Trail: 2008″ online at http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/)
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Sad day, bitches husband will be out husseling for votes.
November 26th, 2007 at 9:23 pmYup, he’s been her bitch since he fucked up.(repeatedly)
November 26th, 2007 at 9:28 pmLet’s review the accuracy of a Zogby poll. I believe all he ever got right was the Carter election. During 2004 on election night he had GW down by 11 points. GW won by 3 points. So Zogby was off by 14 points.
So how far is he off the mark on this poll? Could the Hildabeast be so far off the charts, that she is really down by double digits in a verses Republicans? I think so.
The important comment that I heard the other day came from Bob Bechtel. The Demoid “strategist” said that if Dhimis feel that she can’t beat the Repubs in 2008, then the party will abandon her…BillyBob not withstanding.
Love to see it happen. The other Demoid clowns are worse picks than she is.
My point is. Zogby hasn’t been right on anything in 30 years. Why pay attention to him now. It’s the talk on the street that is more interesting than a Zogby poll. And from what I’m hearing the Hildabeast and her fellow Dhimis are in big trouble at the moment.
Don’t let the MSM or Zogby fool you. There are still Demos with common sense out there. And they don’t vote party.
The Dhimis need 40% of the Republicans to vote for them. And at least 90% of their party to vote for them. It ain’t going to happen.
Zogby’s numbers are too skewed to trust. He’s right on one thing…the value of the Hildabeast as a vialable candidate in 2008 is dropping like a rock.
November 27th, 2007 at 5:14 amThis is not the time to be too cocky about her poll ratings. We still have 11 months to go and anything could happen. Remember this you are not dealing with a moron. You are dealing with a cold calculating politician with a agenda at hand. Another words she not stupid. Many people, (including myself) have made that mistake so the old saying “No Thy Enemy” is the BEST way to defeat her. Don’t use bomb throwing techniques for they won’t WORK! But use TRUTHFUL FACTS and you will see how she fail time after time. This is how you defeat her.
November 27th, 2007 at 6:35 amSSgduke54 is spot on. use facts not bomb throwing. She has a ton of skelletons in her closet and a long list of failures that need to be exposed.
What will be really interesting is watching is all the BS she will put out when she’s down in the polls.
November 27th, 2007 at 10:34 am