Many have wondered how Hillary Clinton would be able to fare against a tough Republican candidate, such as Guiliani, in a general election. The original consensus was that Clinton was too divisive and Obama would be a much stronger general election candidate than Hillary. The CNN/Research Corporation Poll, however has something different to say about that:
Hillary now beats Guiliani 50-46, up 3 points from June when she only beat him by one point, 49-48. Obama, however, has fallen when matched up with Guiliani. He now loses to Guiliani, 45 -49, while in June he only lost by 2 points, 46-48. Hillary has also greatly widened her lead over Fred Thompson, now 55-42, when back in June it was only 50-46. Obama and Thompson have stayed basically at a stand still, with it being 52-40 in favor of Obama in June, while now it is 53-41, still in favor of Obama.
This goes along with what I've been saying. Hillary is widening her appeal. The fact is, like her personally or not, she is the candidate who is most in touch with the American people as far as her ideas and policies are concerned. She, unlike many would suggest, is not some wacky liberal. She is indeed very mainstream and centrist in her views. Once people get to see the real Hillary, they like her more and more. No longer are they seeing what the GOP conservatives what them to see of her; they are seeing the truth.
This poll also shows something I've pointed out. Obama's inexperience is catching up to him. He several "slip-ups" in recent months have hurt him. Americans are looking for a leader, someone who has the experience to make the change happen. And I think, as the latest polls are beginning to show, Americans are turning towards Hillary to make that change and lead this country into the future.
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Being as all of the numbers add up to be in the mid-90s, I'm assuming that those percentages are only of voters who have already decided and don't include undecideds. If so, those numbers merely represent party affiliation. As in every election, the real election is for the undecideds. It'd be interesting to see what percentage of voters are yet to commit to a candidate.
Are you a conservative, liberal or moderate? Take the test. Myself, I am a a moderate (3.4 points left of center) with libertarian leanings(4.2 points below center.
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^wow, very interesting, according to the survey, I am 2 points left of center with libertarian leaning, 4 points below center.
I'm not sure as that is the way I would describe myself, but interesting none-the-less.
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