Question: Next year will be elections for President of the United States. I know it's early, but which candidate would you be most likely to support? (National sample: all voters)

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All

Men

Women

Dem

Indp

Rep

Lib

Mod

Cons

Right
Track

Wrong
Track

Hillary Clinton

19

15

23

33

9

5

29

20

12

6

24

Barack Obama

14

13

14

21

16

4

22

18

6

8

16

Bill Richardson

2

2

1

2

1

1

3

2

1

1

2

Rudi Giuliani

8

9

8

3

6

17

5

8

12

19

5

John Edwards

5

5

6

8

7

1

7

6

4

1

7

John McCain

6

8

4

1

6

13

2

4

10

10

4

Mitt Romney

4

4

4

0

5

9

0

5

7

7

2

Fred Thompson

6

7

5

0

4

16

0

2

14

14

3

don't know

35

35

34

27

45

35

28

32

34

33

34

someone else

2

3

2

3

2

1

4

3

0

1

3

Question: Next year will be elections for President of the United States. I know it's early, but which candidate would you be most likely to support? (NJ sample: all voters)

[Rotate names]

All

Men

Women

Dem

Indp

Rep

Lib

Mod

Cons

Right
Track

Wrong
Track

Hillary Clinton

19

12

24

31

14

4

31

13

11

8

23

Barack Obama

11

13

8

16

10

3

18

9

7

8

12

Bill Richardson

0

1

0

1

0

0

2

0

0

0

1

Rudi Giuliani

17

20

15

6

11

40

6

24

23

28

15

John Edwards

5

7

4

7

4

4

10

5

3

1

7

John McCain

5

6

4

2

4

11

4

3

8

11

3

Mitt Romney

3

4

2

2

1

5

0

3

6

5

2

Fred Thompson

2

3

1

0

3

4

0

2

4

6

1

don't know

37

33

41

35

50

28

29

40

37

33

35

someone else

1

1

1

1

3

1

0

2

1

0

1

Question: Next year will be elections for President of the United States. I know it's early, but which candidate would you be most likely to support? (National Sample: Major Candidates Only)

All

Dem

Lean Dem

Indp

Lean Rep

Rep

Hillary Clinton

Unprimed

23

39

30

10

12

4

Primed

17

31

23

8

4

4

Barack Obama

Unprimed

13

19

26

10

0

4

Primed

15

20

23

21

4

5

Bill Richardson

Unprimed

1

2

0

0

4

0

Primed

2

4

2

2

0

1

Rudy Giuliani

Unprimed

7

1

8

5

12

14

Primed

10

4

2

8

13

22

John Edwards

Unprimed

6

10

8

5

4

0

Primed

4

6

6

8

0

0

John McCain

Unprimed

5

1

2

5

8

12

Primed

6

1

0

6

4

16

Mitt Romney

Unprimed

3

0

0

3

8

9

Primed

5

0

2

8

35

5

Fred Thompson

Unprimed

6

0

0

8

12

15

Primed

6

0

0

2

9

18

Don't Know

Unprimed

35

26

26

54

38

44

Primed

29

30

26

38

30

26

Question: Next year will be elections for President of the United States. I know it's early, but which candidate would you be most likely to support? (NJ Sample: Major Candidates Only)

All

Dem

Lean Dem

Indp

Lean Rep

Rep

Hillary Clinton

Unprimed

17

33

10

11

5

2

Primed

20

37

23

15

4

8

Barack Obama

Unprimed

10

13

19

9

5

4

Primed

11

19

13

11

13

0

Bill Richardson

Unprimed

1

2

0

0

0

0

Primed

0

1

0

0

0

0

Rudy Giuliani

Unprimed

15

6

10

15

24

30

Primed

21

3

7

8

48

49

John Edwards

Unprimed

7

9

3

4

5

9

Primed

4

4

10

6

0

0

John McCain

Unprimed

5

1

3

4

0

15

Primed

5

2

0

4

0

14

Mitt Romney

Unprimed

1

0

3

2

0

2

Primed

5

1

13

0

9

8

Fred Thompson

Unprimed

1

0

3

0

5

2

Primed

3

0

0

6

9

5

Don't Know

Unprimed

43

36

48

56

57

36

Primed

28

30

33

45

17

16

Question: In general, do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as President?

National

NJ

Dem

Ind

Rep

May

Mar

Jan

Nov

Oct

Aug

Approve

29

24

  5

20

51

28

33

30

32

34

35

Disapprove

64

68

90

66

38

65

61

60

63

59

57

DK/mixed

  7

  8

  4

13

11

 7

5

10

  5

  7

  7