Kucinich Trails Giuliani by 14 Points, Thompson by Nine

[draft_mario_cuomo]

Not as bad as I thought, especially since Kucinich likely has no name ID.

==The first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey gauging the general election appeal of Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D) finds him trailing the top GOP candidates for the presidency. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani leads Kucinich 48% to 34%. Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson leads Kucinich 43% to 34%.

Given these choices, the number of voters who would prefer Some Other Candidate jumps to double digits. Thirteen percent (13%) select that option when Giuliani is the GOP candidate. Fourteen percent (14%) prefer a third option with Thompson matched against Kucinich. More voters are Not Sure whom to pick when considering a Kucinich-Thompson contest (9%) than when pondering Kucinich-v.-Giuliani (5%).

Giuliani and Thompson share the top tier in polling on the race for the Republican Presidential nomination. Kucinich is a long-shot candidate for the Democratic nomination, currently attracting support in the very low single digits.

Congressman Kucinich can't match the performance of top-polling Democratic candidates like Senator Hillary Clinton and especially Senators John Edwards and Barack Obama. See a summary of match-ups and other key indicators for all Republican and Democratic Presidential candidates.==

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/kucinich_trails_giuliani_by_14_points_thompson_by_nine

[AndyTiedye]

1. We Know He Can't Win, But We Still Love Him

[sueh]

2. Keep it up, Kooch. I'l pulling fer ya!

[LordJFT]

3. I'd be curious what a kucinich vs. brownback, huckabee or tancredo matchup would look like

[Colobo]

4. I have my doubts about those numbers; no way Dennis polls so well.

I like the guy, but he and Gravel are the Pauls and the Tancredos of the Democratic Party- lots of noise, but...