by Frank James
Here’s good news from Gallup’s pollsters for the presidential campaigns of Republicans Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney.
PRINCETON, NJ — Even though Rudy Giuliani’s views on some issues are out of step with most members of his party, nearly three quarters of Republicans say the former New York City mayor would be an acceptable presidential nominee to them, far more than say this about any other Republican candidate. Meanwhile, roughly 8 in 10 Democrats say each of the three leading contenders for their party’s nomination — New York Senator Hillary Clinton, Illinois Senator Barack Obama, and former North Carolina Senator John Edwards — would be acceptable to them. There has been relatively little change in Democrats’ opinions compared with this time a year ago, but many more Republicans now say that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney would be an acceptable presidential nominee…
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When comparing the most recent 2007 survey to one conducted in 2006, Giuliani was up three percentage points year-to-year to 74 percent while Romney was up 27 percentage points to 53 percent. Arizona Sen. John McCain’s acceptability rating was flat at 57 percent, year to year, further underscoring his problems in getting the nomination.
On the Democratic side, Sen. Clinton’s acceptability rating was up 11 percentage points to 82 percent. John Edwards was up 8 percentage points to 69 percent.
Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptability rating came in at 78 percent. There was no year-to-year comparison for Obama because Obama wasn’t included in Gallup’s poll last year.