27% of Republicans would vote third party rather than for Ghouliani

[jefferson_dem]

Bwhahahahahahah...:evilgrin:

27% of Republicans Would Vote for Pro-Life Third Party Instead of Giuliani
Thursday, October 04, 2007

If Rudy Giuliani wins the Republican nomination and a third party campaign is backed by Christian conservative leaders, 27% of Republican voters say they’d vote for the third party option rather than Giuliani. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that a three-way race with Hillary Clinton would end up with the former First Lady getting 46% of the vote, Giuliani with 30% and the third-party option picking up 14%. In head-to-head match-ups with Clinton, Giuliani is much more competitive.

Over this past weekend, several Christian conservative leaders indicated they might back a pro-life, third-party, candidate if Giuliani wins the nomination.

The latest poll highlights the potential challenges for Giuliani, but the numbers must be considered in context. A generic third-party candidate may attract 14% of the vote in the abstract at this time. However, if a specific candidate is chosen, that person would likely attract less support due to a variety of factors. Almost all third party candidates poll higher earlier in a campaign and their numbers diminish as election day approaches. Ultimately, of course, some Republicans would have to face the question of whether to vote for Giuliani or help elect a Democrat.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/27_of_republicans_would_vote_for_pro_life_third_party_instead_of_giuliani

[dmallind]

1. Oh please let them be that stupid.....

....and let the far left Dems not be - in the likely circumstance they lack an ideal major candidate.

[jmp]

4. I am not far left.

I won't vote for Hillary.

[dmallind]

6. So you won't vote for her because she is too left wing then?

I mean it has to be one way or the other - either she isn't sufficiently left for you or isn't sufficiently right. Since she continually garners liberal voting records in the mid 90s there's not a huge amount of room for it to be the former for someone who isn't by definition far left (which is not an insult by the way - on certain issues I take a far left stance myself).

[YOY]

2. Sweet Jebus this makes my day

n/t

[TwilightGardener]

3. Oh please, PLEEEEEZE let Rooody be the nominee! I want to see

the spine-snapping contortions of the GOP monster going into its death throes!

[Buzz Clik]

5. Ok. Rudy must be the nominee, and we need a viable 3rd party right winger.

Buchanan? Gingrich? Michelle Malkin?

[patricia92243]

7. Huckabee should run third party. Then we would of course WIN!

[riqster]

8. Poetic justice

The Reeps paid Nader to suck away votes from the Dems in 2000 and 2004, after all. Serves them right.