25 Oct
From The Corner at National Review Online:
On the one hand, the results look encouraging for Giuliani – 64 percent said his views on abortion and gay rights would either make them more likely to vote for him or make no difference. But that 21 percent for whom it would make them more likely to vote against him is a pretty big number. And in perhaps the most important finding in the poll, Gallup also asked Republicans and Republican leaners whether Giuliani is “generally pro-life or pro-choice, or are you unsure?” Eight percent said Giuliani is pro-life, 37 percent said pro-choice, and 55 percent said unsure. Those numbers are a change from January, when 16 percent said Giuliani was pro-life, 20 percent said he was pro-choice, and 64 percent weren’t sure. It could be that the voters for whom that matters greatly already know Giuliani’s position, or it could be that that 55 percent includes voters who will turn against him once they learn more about him.
If more than half of Republicans surveyed “don’t know” Mayor Giuliani’s position on life, but will certainly learn as primaries come nearer and nearer, this might explain his commanding lead that is confusing to some, and how easily it can (and will, in my opinion) slip away.
4 Responses for "This Could Explain Rudy’s Lead"
Anyone that doesn’t know that Rudy is not 100% pro-life should not be voting because they obviously have not been paying attention. Rudy is leading because Republicans like me are tired of social conservatives and their my way or no way attitude which is costing us elections.
The GOP used to be inclusive but now in some states if you are not an ardent social conservative, you are not welcome. There are a lot of fiscal conservatives who believe social issues belong at the State level and these people are supporting Rudy and will give him the victory in the spring.
This nonsence I just read has been around for over a year — just wait until they find out. Pro-Life is NOT the #1 issue in America — terrorism is because the terrorists want to kill us.
At the time, I said Rick Perry was not a sellout for endorsing Rudy Giuliani.
My opinion would be substantially different for Sam Brownback.
Interestingly, Rudy’s lead is shrinking dramatically according to the Rasmussen daily polls. Rudy had 30% on 10/14 and yesterday is down to 21%.
Huckabee, by the way, is up to 10%, which is remarkable, but I’m not convinced yet that he has the ability to reach into “first teer” status.
To be fair, Samantha, until around this time the only people paying attention have been political junkies (myself included). Most Americans aren’t going to pay attention to primaries when the general election is over a year away, and are only starting to pay some attention as primaries are now within a few months.
I’m with you on being fiscally conservative and leaving a lot of social issues to the states (I’m a Federalist), but I’m not sure Rudy is. He’s favored partial birth abortion (that’s at the federal level), gun control (an abomination to conservatives at any government level), federal funding for abortion (again, at the federal level), and I could go on.
Don’t get me wrong, I like Rudy a lot more than Romney or McCain because at least I feel that he’s a straight shooter (for the most part, every politician is going to twist their positions at least a little bit). And I, too, am not a fan of the do-or-die attitude of a lot of SoCons who care more for their personal preferences than Federalism or for truly conservative limited government in the fiscal sense.
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