USA TODAY/Gallup Poll: Significant drops in support for Clinton & Giuliani

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

The trend continues. Clinton losses do not benfit Obama, who has a hard ceiling over him. Undecideds gain.

The national telephone poll was taken Friday through Sunday. There were 425 Republicans and "leaning" Republicans surveyed, and 494 Democrats and "leaning Democrats." Each number has a margin of error of +/- 5 percentage points. The results:

Republicans.

• Giuliani: 25%; vs 28% in the previous survey, taken Nov. 11-14; and 34% in a Nov. 2-4 survey. So, his support has fallen 9 percentage points in a month.
• Mike Huckabee: 16%; vs. 10% in the previous survey; and 6% before that. His support has risen 10 percentage points in a month.
• Fred Thompson: 15%; vs. 19% in the previous survey; and 17% before that.
• Sen. John McCain: 15%; vs. 13% in the previous survey; and 18% before that.
• Mitt Romney: 12%; unchanged from the previous survey; and 14% before that.
No other GOP candidate was above 4%.

Democrats.

• Clinton: 39%; vs. 48% in the previous survey; and 50% before that. Her support has fallen 11 percentage points in a month.
• Sen. Barack Obama: 24%; vs. 21% in the previous survey; and 22% before that.
• John Edwards: 15%; vs. 12% in the previous survey; and 15% before that.
No other candidate was above 4%.

[Taverner]

1. What this poll tells me

People are sick of all the campaigning!

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

4. Early buyers' remorse for Clinton. Obama is a niche candidate. Some second tier guy will emerge.

[BeyondGeography]

10. Yeah, he's stuck in that I have more Iowan voters than anyone else niche

:eyes:

[Kahuna]

14. ...

:applause:

[rinsd]

16. People in Iowa voted?

:evilgrin:

[calteacherguy]

15. I don't see the evidence that he's a "niche" candidate.

I think the undecides are just that...undecided. They want to learn more about all the other candidates whose last name is not Clinton.

[aquart]

7. Yeah. Hopefully this scares future candidates into legislation

LIMITING THE LENGTH OF CAMPAIGNS!!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!!

[rinsd]

2. Hmmm I wonder if undecideds went up or the lower tier grabbed the Clinton support.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

5. Gotta be undecideds. Nobody outside the top three pulled 5%

[rinsd]

8. Other/Undecided/None was at 6 their last poll early in Nov.

Also to the USAT/Gallup polls have been of those over 18 and not likely voters in the past.

I would assume that would be true of this poll.

How different are national heats; just adults vs. likely voters?

Of course that keeps in mind that likely voter definitions are varied.

[polichick]

3. I think more people are starting to pay attention now...

For a long time it was just about name recognition.

[Quixote1818]

9. It will largely be about name recognition until the last week before voting

Thats when a lot of people actually take the time to start reading up on the candidates.

[asdjrocky]

6. We are-

The little campaign that could.

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[ilovesunshine]

12. I'm already experiencing battle fatique... nt

[Kahuna]

13. Gore shoulda run...I told him this would happen..

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[Guaranteed]

19. You took my thought. nt

[Colobo]

17. Gobama!

[suston96]

18. Link?

Usually plenty of other stuff in these polls.