2005 12/8-11 Cook

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