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New York Survey of 500 Likely Voters August 23, 2005
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August 26, 2005--If Jeanine Pirro emerges as the Republican challenger to Hillary Clinton, famous husbands will be a topic in the campaign. Hillary Clinton, holding a 24-point lead over Pirro, also has the political edge in the husband's category. Former President Bill Clinton is viewed favorably by 59% of this blue state's voters and unfavorably by 29%. It is interesting to note that Hillary Clinton is viewed favorably by 63% of New York voters, four points better than her husband. For Al Pirro, the numbers are a dismal 8% favorable and 46% unfavorable. Even among Republicans, just 14% have a favorable opinion of Pirro.
[More Below] The only silver lining for Pirro is that just 20% of voters believe that women running for office should have to answer for what their husband's have done. Seventy-two percent (72%) say women candidates should not bear that burden. Bill Clinton and Al Pirro have both been involved in extra-marital relationships and other entanglements. However, during the survey, no mention was made of any allegations against either man. The intent was to measure existing perceptions of each man. The margin of sampling error for the full survey sample is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information. Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome. During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined. Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade. To keep up with our latest releases, be sure to visit the Rasmussen Reports Home Page.
The telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports August 23, 2005. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence (see Methodology) |
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