Sen. Hillary Clinton has widened her lead in New Jersey over Sen. Barrack Obama, and Rudy Giuliani though he’s slipped a bit still leads Sen. John McCain by a wide margin, according to a newly released Quinnipiac University poll.
The poll also found Rudy and Hillary tied in a head-to-head presidential showdown: Clinton gets 45 percent to Giuliani’s 44 percent, unchanged from a 44 – 44 percent tie October 17, the poll found.
“New Jersey voters know the girl and boy next door, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and apparently are sticking with them,” Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a press release. “There’s no Oprah bump in Sen. Barack Obama’s numbers, and the Huckabee factor is minor in the Republican race, where Sen. John McCain is the second place contender.”
From the Quinnipiac press release:
Among Democrats, Sen. Clinton leads Illinois Sen. Barack Obama 51 – 17 percent, with 7 percent for former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards. This compares to a 46 – 20 percent Clinton lead over Obama in an October 17 poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University.
Giuliani leads Arizona Sen. John McCain 38 – 12 percent, with 8 percent for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, 7 percent for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and 4 percent for former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson. This compares to a 48 – 12 percent Giuliani lead over McCain October 17…
“But Giuliani has slipped 10 points among Republicans and those votes seem to have bypassed McCain and gone to Gov. Huckabee.”
Rumson’s Mickey Gooch is Rudy’s finance chairman for New Jersey.
