The Voters Speak: Reasons Behind Support for Four Front-runners

Gallup by Frank Newport | Mar. 30, 2007 (Poll)

Gallup asked Republicans to choose between the two front-runners for their party's nomination -- former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Sen. John McCain -- and then asked respondents to explain the reasons for their choice. Gallup asked Democrats to choose between New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and to explain their choice. The results give further insights into the dimensions of the candidates that Americans are ... Full Story »

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by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a well documented survey, but not quite as clean as others from Gallup. By not having an "other candidate" option for the 2-candidate questions, this poll is probably tarnished somewhat by collecting responses from people who do not support either of the "front-runner" candidates. Does not provide evidence to support the choice of front-runners. Categorization of open-ended responses may be subjective. Point spread of open-ended question results due to margin of error makes many of them overlap.