Tennessean:
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani continues to lead the Republican field in the USA Today/Gallup Poll, but former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, who hasn’t yet formally entered the race, for the first time edges into second place over Arizona Sen. John McCain.
The results show a Republican race that could be roiled by Thompson, who […]
Lincoln Tribune:
While Rudy Giuliani is still in first place in the race for the Republican preference for President, he has dropped by eight points from last month and former Senator and television star Fred Thompson is catching up. Three in ten adults who say they will vote in a Republican primary or caucus say they […]
NY Press
Though he remains in the catbird seat among Republican contenders, a new Harris Poll released this morning finds former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s lead has slipped to just eight points. Who’s gaining? Actor/statesman Fred Thompson, who trails Giuliani 30-22 in the poll.
John McCain remains steady in the poll at 18%, and Mitt Romney is up […]
LA Times:
Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani holds first place in the survey, with support from 27% of the Republicans and independents who said they plan to vote in the party’s 2008 primaries.
But Thompson, an actor who played a prosecutor on NBC’s “Law & Order,” runs just behind, with 21%. Indications are he will […]
Fox News:
Rudy Giuliani isn’t alone anymore in the leading spot for Republican White House contenders since being joined this week by former Sen. Fred Thompson in the latest Rasmussen Reports favorability poll.
Twenty-four percent of Republican voters support both Giuliani and Thompson. Last week, the former New York City mayor led Thompson by 6 percentage points, […]
LA Times:
Fred Thompson’s expected entry into the tight Republican presidential race is drawing crucial strength from conservatives and older men, vaulting him into the thick of the nomination fight, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll says.
The survey shows the top Democratic contender, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has twice the support from women as her nearest rival, Barack Obama, […]
WRAL:
According to a recent survey, Fred Thompson, who has not yet announced his presidential candidacy, has jumped into the lead in the North Carolina Republican primary.
The survey, released by Public Policy Polling, shows 37 percent of likely Republican primary voters would vote for the former senator from Tennessee — a 12 percent increase from May.
Actor and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson is second with 17 per cent, followed by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney with 15 per cent, and Arizona senator John McCain with 14 per cent.
37% of Republican-leaning voters say there is a “good chance” they will support Fred Thompson according to Pew Research:
Former Sen. Fred Thompson has broad potential appeal among Republican voters even before his expected entrance into the presidential race. Thompson is not nearly as well known as former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani or the […]
Fred Thompson apparently will joined Rudy Giuliani and John McCain and skip the Iowa straw poll in early August:
With Guiliani and McCain quitting the straw poll - and with former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson expected to soon enter the presidential race, also likely to bypass it - that would leave only Mitt Romney among the […]