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Rudy Giuliani’s Lead Drops in Latest Poll
Rudolph Giuliani’s lead over his Republican presidential rivals has dropped, according to a new poll – which also showed ominous results for second-place GOP candidate John McCain. A late-February Washington Post-ABC News poll gave former New York City Mayor Giuliani 44 percent of the vote among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. In the new Post-ABC poll, that number has dropped to 33 percent, while Sen. McCain held steady at 21 percent. Giuliani’s drop could be attributed in part to the possible entry of former Sen. Fred Thompson into the race, according to the Post. Thompson ran third in the new poll, with 9 percent, tying him with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich got 6 percent of the vote, down from 15 percent in February. Also, Giuliani has lost support among white evangelical Protestants, women, those over age 45 and veterans.
Story Continues Below The bad news for McCain: A year ago, 28 percent of Americans said they "definitely would not vote” for him. In the new poll, that number soared to 47 percent. And McCain trailed Giuliani badly among Republican-leaning independents, with 14 percent of the vote compared to Giuliani’s 36 percent. The Post notes: "There is fresh evidence in the new survey that [McCain’s] focus on the war and on attracting conservative support have made him more polarizing as a potential general-election candidate.”
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