Cook Political Report/RT Strategies Poll, December 8-11, 2005

N=380 Republicans/Republican leaners nationwide. MoE (unknown)

The percentages below represent answers to the following question:

“I am going to read a list of people who might seek the Republican nomination for president in 2008, and I will read the list twice. I would like you to tell me who would be your first choice for the nomination:

• John McCain, the senator from Arizona
• Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City
• Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House
• Bill Frist, the senator from Tennessee
• Rick Santorum, the senator from Pennsylvania
• Mitt Romney, the governor of Massachusetts
• George Allen, the senator from Virginia
• George Pataki, the governor of New York
• Mike Huckabee, the governor of Arkansas
• Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina
• Chuck Hagel, the senator from Nebraska
• Sam Brownback, the senator from Kansas
• Tim Pawlenty, the governor of Minnesota?”

Names of nominees were rotated throughout the poll.

25% - John McCain
25% - Rudy Giuliani
12% - Newt Gingrich
05% - Bill Frist
04% - Rick Santorum
04% - Mitt Romney
03% - George Allen
03% - George Pataki
02% - Mike Huckabee
02% - Mark Sanford
02% - Chuck Hagel
01% - Sam Brownback
00% - Tim Pawlenty
14% - Unsure

Without Giuliani (recalculated, based on second choice of Giuliani voters):

30% - John McCain
16% - Newt Gingrich
07% - Bill Frist
06% - George Pataki
05% - Mitt Romney
05% - Rick Santorum
05% - George Allen
02% - Chuck Hagel
02% - Mike Huckabee
02% - Mark Sanford
01% - Sam Brownback
00% - Tim Pawlenty
18% - Unsure

Without McCain (recalculated, based on second choice of McCain voters):

33% - Rudy Giuliani
15% - Newt Gingrich
07% - Bill Frist
06% - Rick Santorum
06% - Mitt Romney
05% - George Pataki
04% - George Allen
03% - Mike Huckabee
02% - Mark Sanford
02% - Chuck Hagel
02% - Sam Brownback
00% - Tim Pawlenty
17% - Unsure

See also

• 2005 12/6-8 Zogby
• 2005 12/9-11 CNN
• 2006 02/13-15 WNBC
• 2006 02/9-12 CNN

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