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Iowa Poll: John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani Lead

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Rudolph Giuliani continues to lead other Republican presidential hopefuls and John Edwards remains ahead among Democrats in Iowa, site of the first presidential caucuses in 2008, a new poll reveals.

In the survey by Strategic Vision, LLC, 600 likely GOP caucus-goers were asked whom they would support for the Republican nomination. Former New York Mayor Giuliani received 29 percent of the vote, beating out Sen. John McCain of Arizona at 22 percent. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich got 11 percent and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney received 9 percent.

No other potential candidate received more than 5 percent, and 13 percent were undecided.

An earlier Strategic Vision poll reported by NewsMax on Jan. 24 had Giuliani ahead by a smaller margin over McCain, 25 percent to 21 percent.

"At this point, the Republican battle continues to show mounting strength by Giuliani,” said David E. Johnson, CEO of Strategic Vision.

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"Giuliani, despite his liberal stand on social issues, is actually polling better among social conservatives than is McCain.

"The surprise is that Romney received no traction with his announcement and continues to lag behind not only Giuliani and McCain, but also Gingrich.”

Among the 600 likely Democratic caucus-goers who were polled, former Sen. Edwards received 24 percent of the vote, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama both got 18 percent, and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack garnered 14 percent.

No other potential candidate received more than 5 percent, and 14 percent were undecided.

In the January poll, Edwards got 24 percent of the vote, while Obama was in second at 17 percent.

"While Edwards continues to be in front, his lead over Clinton and Obama decreased over the past month,” said Johnson.

"Clinton showed the most movement, going from fourth to second place while Obama’s support was basically unchanged.”

When Republicans were asked if they favored a withdrawal from Iraq in the next six months, 48 percent said yes. Among Democrats, 64 percent favored a withdrawal.

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