November 6, 2007
Posted: 09:16 AM ET

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(CNN) — The latest CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, R-New York, leading their respective presidential nomination races.  Bill Schneider reports on the poll numbers and what they might mean for an all-New York match-up between Clinton and Giuliani in 2008.

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Filed under: Hillary Clinton • Poll numbers • Polls • Rudy Giuliani


Jeff, Nashville, TN   November 7th, 2007 2:58 pm ET

I never got to participate in this poll. I am a registered voter and will be voting. My vote is for Ron Paul.

Lee, sf, ca   November 7th, 2007 1:56 pm ET

I am deeply disappointed at CNN for failing to report earlier today that the latest poll from Gallup shows that Hillary Clinton maintains that same large lead of 50% over Obama of 22%, virtually not changed since Gallup's October poll. She is also the most likeable candidate of all democrat candidate.

Bernard Rathmell, Columbus, Ohio   November 7th, 2007 11:02 am ET

In November 2008 we will elect a new person to lead the nation, perhaps, we should name that person "Selected by the RNC or DNC", when that person takes office in January 2009, nothing will change for the DNC and the RNC because that is the plan for America.
The American voter will have hope restored, each morning served a bowl-full of promises for breakfast, leadership with vision comes at a much higher price than part-time interest in CNN, Fox, or Bloomberg news feeds, debates that seem endless as well as pointless, we can only wish in the next twelve months, that "None-of-the-above", will step forward outside the normal political process and lead us into the future. The DNC and RNC have a dismal record of leadership and the future requires vision as well as an energized citizenship, motivated to do more than just turn-off the television to avoid the Hillary-Guilliana-McCain-Biden-Thompson-Edwards-Obama-etc. Show.
Who will be the One?

HC, new york, ny   November 7th, 2007 10:44 am ET

New USA Today/Gallup polling conducted this past weekend shows few signs that front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton’s standing among Democrats nationally was affected by the recent Democratic candidate debate. Clinton’s 50% of the vote, Obama’s 22%, and Edwards’ 15% are virtually unchanged from Gallup’s Oct. 12-14 poll. Clinton continues to have the highest favorable ratings of the three leading candidates

Karen,ny   November 7th, 2007 8:46 am ET

Wayne..yes we all voted yesterday and today it sounded to me like most of the Republicans won. You know when I signed the book and was waiting the man said your #100. I was wondering why he would announce that. I do live in a Republican town. That really made me wonder what was going on there.

Anon   November 7th, 2007 7:23 am ET

To Brendan H., San Antonio, TX :
"Then explain why Hillary has out gained everybody in campaign contributions?"

I think I can answer that.

She can be bought and paid for, and everyone knows it.

Louis, New York   November 7th, 2007 7:17 am ET

To A. Thomas New York, NY;
"Support and vote Hillary to kick Bush out and ensure a dems president!"

Ummm .. talk about someone who has been brainwashed by the Clintons.

Just in case you didn't know. No matter who you vote for Bush leaves – this is his last term.

Typical Clintonite propaganda.

Here's a reality, if Clinton wins, we will have a stagnant Government for 4 years. She will never get enough support in the Congress or Senate to do anything.

Even many republicans will vote Obama if nominated. Wake up, don't fall for this Clinton-hype. If you want a democratic president who can unite the parties, the only choice is Obama.

Bill is even now separating party lines defending his wife's waffling over the I.D. issue at the debate. He will do this the whole time she is in office. She can't make a decision until she sees the polls and knows what you want to hear.

Sophie, Dallas TX   November 7th, 2007 1:34 am ET

BOGUS POLL.

Don't you get it CNN? You are perpetuating stupidity.

People should vote for who they believe in, who they think will be able to fix this country–or try anyway

We should never vote for someone because of their "electability"

Poll numbers are bogus. I am never polled, so they don't affect me. I think they don't affect most people.

FV, Tampa, FL   November 7th, 2007 1:05 am ET

She'll win because she's the best person for the job.
+ Yes, Bill WILL be right behind her….

Why WOULDN'T a sane person vote for Hillary?

Kathleen Calef, Mooresvile, NC   November 6th, 2007 9:36 pm ET

What I don’t understand about the press coverage and the voter’s reaction to the candidates is that we make all this fuss about Mitt’s religion as being a cult, and no one ever focuses on the fact that Barack Obama is a Moslem. I suppose it could be good to have him as VP – I don’t think he has the experience or the political finesse to be the president at this time. Like a fine wine, he needs a little more aging to be at the top of his game. But as a VP, he might help us build better relationships and outcomes with Moslem countries, and of course help Moslem countries to get to a democratic way of life a little sooner.

d   November 6th, 2007 9:25 pm ET

That's right people Hillary Clinton is your next President. Get use to it!

MS Johnson City, TN   November 6th, 2007 7:12 pm ET

Anyone who believes that Giuliani would win the Republican nomination and Hillary would win the general election lives in a paradise – CNN's paradise!

North Carolina   November 6th, 2007 6:46 pm ET

Hillary Clinton should definitely be our next President. Rudy G. shouldn't even be taken seriously. He is a joke! The only requirement he meets for being President is being at least 35 years old, and then some, and then some, and then some. LOL Go home Rudy and LET'S GO HILLARY 2008!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU HILLARY

Honest Man Dallas, Texas   November 6th, 2007 5:10 pm ET

Clinton or Guiliani.

These are not two choices I would like to see, and I am growing weary of voting for the lesser of two evils every four years.

Hopefully, some of the "lesser knowns" will rise up at the last hour.

Brian, Garnerville, NY   November 6th, 2007 5:08 pm ET

I do not understand why or how anyone can vote for Hillary. The dynamic between her and her rivals is uncomparable. She doesn't answer questions directly, is clearly unsure of her policies…and more than anything…given her track record as a Senator in NY isn't in a hurry to do anything to fix up this country. We need someone who will move and move quickly…we're racing against the clock here.

Jun, Los Angeles, CA   November 6th, 2007 4:33 pm ET

Giuliani needs to stop pushing the snooze button on his 9/11 fame…period!

Troy Olroyd Phoenix, Az   November 6th, 2007 4:08 pm ET

Thank you, for reporting on Ron Paul and his Nov. 5th record donations of four million plus raised in 24 hours. It's just the beginning of how much support we the people are going to contribute to his win!

Barbara Doyle Cape Coral, FL   November 6th, 2007 3:55 pm ET

I'm at the point of almost wanting four more years of George, the Idiot, rather than one day of Rudy – and I'm a former New Yorker.

RMRN.Y.   November 6th, 2007 3:32 pm ET

Simply put Obama has the excitment, and 40% of the voters are still undecided – mainly the busy working class who will break for Obama and Edwards. Obama getting the lions share tipping him to
wins in the early primary states of Iowa,
South Carolina and New Hampshire.

The Billary camp also know that she has peaked and America loves the underdog.

I have never been wrong with my political analysis in 40 yrs. I have made much coin and lost only once
on the Kerry defeat (because I failed to factor in electronic voting corruption) – that election was stolen.

JS Binghamton, NY   November 6th, 2007 3:26 pm ET

Your Ron Paul headline links to a Clinton story!?!? Fix it!

mike steinbach eli Israel   November 6th, 2007 3:22 pm ET

Guiliani is the candidate to finish off once and for all the international jewish problem When he was mayor he was not only tough but vicious as well. He for instance made tehn candidate for governor Pataki wait until midnight before finding time to interview him and then made him wait an additional 30 minutes.

Brendan H., San Antonio, TX   November 6th, 2007 3:07 pm ET

To Lance in Monrovia, CA:

Then explain why Hillary has out gained everybody in campaign contributions?

Now, put your foil hat on before answering!

Brendan H., San Antonio, TX   November 6th, 2007 3:05 pm ET

To Wayne in Greenville, TX:

And how did your reverend suggest you vote?!

Brendan H., San Antonio, TX   November 6th, 2007 3:03 pm ET

To Bob in Seattle:

It also helped that there hijinks in the Ohio voting, too!

nelson colorado springs co   November 6th, 2007 3:03 pm ET

on your last cnn/opinion research corporation poll of register voters how many people was polled and many was man, woman, black white and so on. this very miss leading to america. A lot of people could say they didn't ask me.

Brendan H., San Antonio, TX   November 6th, 2007 3:02 pm ET

Just wait until Rudy has to sell the South on voting for a pro-choice, New York-Italian, Catholic!!!

Of course, this is the same GOP crowd that will convince you that CONDI-2008 was real, and all the Southerners would just stampede to the polls to vote for a Black woman!

Dan La Porte, Indiana   November 6th, 2007 2:56 pm ET

Keep in mind people that CNN obviously wants Clinton to be the Nominee for the Dems with all the articles and comments suggesting her being the leader. We are a loooooong ways away from the election. Games are not won in the first quarter, but they can be lost. Arrogance is exactly what can lose it for her.

ANYONE but Hillary in 08!!!!

Farrell, Houston, Tx   November 6th, 2007 2:55 pm ET

I'm not sure we're ready for Hillary but I'm sure we don't need Giuliani to start World War III that he and Bush have probably discussed.

Ray, Rochester   November 6th, 2007 2:44 pm ET

Hillary Clinton has absolutely no chance of winning the presidency despite what CNN's poll says…a Democrat leading a poll conducted by CNN??!! Shocker.

They must have polled Chinese dishwashers and Norman Hsu's extended "family".

rk,newark,de   November 6th, 2007 2:33 pm ET

How can the new nominee for AG say waterboarding is repugnant if he after claims he knows nothing about the practice? Sounds like the previous AG Gonzalez, no memory.
Oh, CNN stopped me from blogging last night. Is this sensorship?

Posted By Rose Hann New London, CT : November 6, 2007 11:55 am

All I posted last night too wasn't posted….I don't know what's up with this Clinton News network

A. Thomas, New York, NY   November 6th, 2007 2:27 pm ET

I find amusing that the supporters of the losing candidates are in denials. They give reaons that:

a) 100% my friends do not support Hillary. My comment to you is to have more friends, not just talk to people inside your repub or obama/edwards party houses.

b) About 50% of the voters not decided. My comment to you is that the 50% will never decide on the day of election, about 58% of the eligible voters did not vote in the 2004 election as they will never decide.

Being in denial is bad for your mental health.

RD   November 6th, 2007 2:23 pm ET

Hillary will not stand a chance against any Giuliani or Mitt Romney. Dems across the country better vote for Edwards he is the only chance dems have.

R. C. NY   November 6th, 2007 2:08 pm ET

Hillary all the way to The White House.

Ron, TX   November 6th, 2007 2:01 pm ET

Obama's closing the gap. Hillary Clinton went from a 30% lead to a 20% lead. That's HUGE. The Obama-train is startin' to move! And when the train starts a-movin'… the train doesn't stop!

Obama '08!

byrdlegs   November 6th, 2007 1:45 pm ET

With only 25% of the people associating themselves as republicans, with 76% of the country thinking that we are headed in the wrong direction and wanting change, and with 50% of those claiming to be republicans thinking the same, this Presidential contest should be a cakewalk for the Democrats. Besides, the Hillary machine will destroy Rudith, especially if he choses to wear his pink chaffon dress to the debates.

William   November 6th, 2007 1:44 pm ET

And how many straw polls has Giuliani won compared to the others? He is near the bottom. Ron Paul is out paceing all of them. Do not believe corperate polls. They are telling us what to think. Corperate meadia and polls are part of the problem.

AJ; Montpelier, VT   November 6th, 2007 1:41 pm ET

Hopefully Clinton wont be a leader much longer. Hopefully other democrats will realize that her support for illegal immigration makes her unfit to lead this country. I have always been a supporter of Sen. Clinton. I am so disappointed. I guess the Latino vote is more important than doing what is right.

RK   November 6th, 2007 1:17 pm ET

And clinton News network continues the game! It is like we are already in the Presidential bid!

Shawnie - Grants Pass, OR   November 6th, 2007 1:16 pm ET

It's interesting how CNN skips over the fact that national polls don't predict who wins the primaries….. What is CNN's agenda?

Bob, Seattle, WA   November 6th, 2007 12:48 pm ET

Kerry felt pretty smug with his continuous lead in the polls. Until of course, election day.

annefrank   November 6th, 2007 12:29 pm ET

These polls are wrong, John Edwards is really winning on the Democratic side. You just wait and see people do not like Hillary and she is a woman!

Wayne, Greenville TX   November 6th, 2007 12:26 pm ET

When is CNN going to start polling registered voters? You know, those people that actually vote..

Posted By demwit : November 6, 2007 12:01 pm

Incidentally, today happens to be Election Day. Have you voted yet? (I'm going to vote during my lunch break – I had to get to the office this morning before the polls opened.)

Lance in Monrovia CA   November 6th, 2007 12:19 pm ET

I just got an email from the data coordinator for Obama in my district. She's going over all the nationwide canvassing data on the thousands of canvasses already held. The results are consistant. 40 percent of Democratic voters undecided. 30 percent of Democratic voters leaning toward Obama. 7 percent of Dem voters leaning toward Hillary.

That is from many thousands of samples, not 220 people polled in some Mark Penn PR trip.

That's the real information. Sorry Hill.

Obama 08

truth squad Cleveland, OH   November 6th, 2007 12:16 pm ET

Two New Yorkers?

Hillary Clinton is not really a New Yorker.

As First Lady, she had her options- she could have run for the Senate from Arkansas.

She could have run from Illinois.

She could have fun for the Senate from Florida (she and Bill could have gotten a nice condo in Palm Beach- much more pleasant in the winter time!)

But, no- after shopping around for a state, she chose one of the bluest states in the country- where Al Gore and John Kerry both received 60% of the vote- where Elliot Spitzer was elected governor with 72% of the vote as a non-incumbent.

She'll feel the misery out in the heartland once the general election begins and the Republicans have 10 months to highlight her flip-flops and her dubious experience as first lady.

Just saying the word "Hillary" will motivate a lazy neanderthal in rural Ohio to become a first-time voter, pulling the lever for the GOP.

That's what will happen if she wraps up the nomination by February 5.

A. Thomas, New York, NY   November 6th, 2007 12:06 pm ET

While Hillary has slipped in the latest national poll from that of last month, her lead over Obama and Edwards has increased, from 6 months ago.

As she leads, and as the nomination days draw near, the losing dems and repub candidates will keep bashing her, as she has been bashed for the last 16 yrs by the republicans. She will chew them all and spit them out.

It is important to note that Hillary is the only dems candidate that can beat the leading republican candidate (Giuliani) in the three important swing states – Florida, Ohio and PA. – that John Kerry lost to Bush. She only needs to win one more state than John Kerry to become the next president, and it looks very promising, comparing to Obama or Edwards.

Support and vote Hillary to kick Bush out and ensure a dems president!

Tom, ALBUQUERQUE, NM   November 6th, 2007 12:04 pm ET

HILLARY CLINTON'S ELECTION AS PRESIDENT IS A FAIT ACCOMPLI'. GET READY FOR THE INEVITABLE…AIN'T NO STOPPING HER NOW.

demwit   November 6th, 2007 12:01 pm ET

When is CNN going to start polling registered voters? You know, those people that actually vote..

ronnie - knoxville tn   November 6th, 2007 11:56 am ET

Lots o' people are predicting Clinton vs. Guiliani. Will Ron Paul or any renegade guys still run independently is the quesiton.

Rose Hann New London, CT   November 6th, 2007 11:55 am ET

How can the new nominee for AG say waterboarding is repugnant if he after claims he knows nothing about the practice? Sounds like the previous AG Gonzalez, no memory.
Oh, CNN stopped me from blogging last night. Is this sensorship?

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