Senator John McCain (R) would defeat Senator Hillary Clinton (D) 48% to 43% in the 2008 Presidential Election if it were held at this time. A match-between Clinton and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani would be a toss-up with each candidate earning 46% of the vote (see crosstabs).

Interestingly, while McCain does better than Giuliani in this match-up, Giuliani holds an initial lead over McCain in the race for the GOP nomination. For the Democrats, Clinton is the frontrunner. She is trailed fairly closely by another freshman Senator, Barack Obama (D). The party primary match-ups will be updated daily along with new general election match-ups.

Clinton is viewed favorably by 52% of voters, unfavorably by 48%. For McCain, the numbers are 56% favorable and 36% unfavorable. Giuliani earns favorable ratings from 64% and unfavorable opinions from 27%.

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted November 4-5, 2006 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

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