Gallup PollRudy has a huge favorable vs. unfavorable spread. He's the most well-known and well-liked and least un-liked candidate so far... at least according to Gallup.
Fred has some work to do. It'll be interesting to see what changes in the next month or two.
And as pointed out in the write-up, Ron Paul who got a lot of money in September also got virtually NO extra support in the polls. I bet you can trace some of his money right back to MoveOn.org and George Soros.
Lastly, one surprising thing was this statement at the end:
Half of Republicans say the U.S. economy is getting worse rather than better. Although this is significantly more positive than the views of Democrats, it still indicates that the average rank-and-file Republican has failed to accept the Bush administration contention that the economy is doing well at this point. |