Democrats carried the day in Election 2006, and the 2008 campaign has already begun. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani leads the GOP field and is supported by 24%. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in second with 18% support.
In the most recent Rasmussen Hillary Meter survey, former First Lady Hillary Clinton has shifted three points to the left on the ideological continuum to 58 points left of the nation’s political center.
In the final full month before Election 2006, the number of people identifying themselves as Republicans has fallen to its lowest level since we began reporting this measure of partisan trends in January 2004.
The latest Hillary Meter finds that 43% of Americans view the former First Lady as politically liberal. Another 30% say she’s a moderate and 10% see her as conservative.
Party Affiliation Trends highlight the difference between Election 2006 and Election 2004.
Just 23% of Americans now believe that Senator Hillary Clinton is "very likely" to be the Democratic Presidential nominee in 2008, a decline of ten percentage points over the past year and a half.
According to public perceptions, Senator Hillary Clinton has moved 5 points closer to the nation's political center over the past two weeks. The latest Hillary Meter finds that 41% now label the former First Lady as politically liberal.
Our latest Hillary Meter survey shows little change in perceptions of the New York Senator. Thirty-seven percent (37%) of voters say they would definitely vote against the Senator if she were nominated for President.
During the month of June, 37.0% of Americans identified themselves as Democrats, up from 36.4% in May. Only once in the past year have a larger share of American adults identified themselves as Democrats.
Governor George Pataki, Senator Hillary Clinton, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani are all thought to be dreaming of a Presidential campaign in 2008. If the party's both nominated a New Yorker, Senator Clinton is poised to win the home state bragging rights (and Electoral Votes).
If the next Presidential Election were held today, 46% of voters would vote for a generic Republican candidate over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 39% of voters would cast their ballot for Senator Clinton.
Forty-two percent (42%) of Democrats say New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would be the party's strongest Presidential candidate in 2008.
