Thursday, January 10, 2008

McLead in SC   [David Freddoso]

Rasmussen has McCain jumping ahead of Huckabee for the Jan. 19 South Carolina primary...

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows McCain at 27% and Huckabee at 24%.

That’s a significant change since last Sunday. Just before the New Hampshire vote, Huckabee was leading McCain 28% to 21%. In mid-December, Huckabee and Romney were tied for the lead with 23% of the vote while McCain was well off the pace at 12%.

Romney is at 16 percent, Thompson at 12, Giuliani at 6, Paul at 5. If Romney drops out after Michigan, does that suddenly make Thompson viable? Does it give Huckabee or McCain a boost?

UPDATE: An interesting finding re: who's a conservative:

Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee are viewed as politically conservative by most South Carolina Primary Voters—Thompson by 57% and Huckabee by 51%. Forty-two percent (42%) say Romney is politically conservative, 36% hold that view of McCain, and 33% believe Paul is a conservative. At the bottom of the list is Rudy Giuliani, just 10% view him as politically conservative while 85% say moderate or liberal.

01/10 10:26 AMShare