by Jill Zuckman
Perhaps this is the equivalent of which presidential candidate you would want to have a beer with. Or maybe it's the 'who do you want in your living room for the next four years' test.
Picking presidents is a highly personal endeavor for most Americans. Now comes a Quinnipiac University national poll examining which presidential candidate would be most welcome as a guest at Thanksgiving dinner.
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) is the top choice for 27 percent of all voters, followed closely by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) with 24 percent.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani weighs in with 22 percent of all voters, followed by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) at 17 percent, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson at 14 percent and finally, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 7 percent.
Among Democratic voters alone, Clinton is still on top, with 42 percent eager to welcome her to their Thanksgiving feast. Obama would yield just half the invitations, with 24 percent of Democrats welcoming him into their homes.
If there is a head-to-head match up in the general election between Clinton and Giuliani, Clinton appears to be ahead according to this turkey poll. Twenty-nine percent of women and 26 percent of men prefer to spend the holiday with Clinton, compared to 25 percent of women and 19 percent of men for Giuliani.
“Sen. Clinton and Mayor Giuliani are the top Democratic and Republican vote-getters. They’re also the people Americans would most welcome to Thanksgiving dinner, the people voters would like to spend time with," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. “Both Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain do better as dinner guests than they do as candidates,” said Maurice Carroll, Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
Sadly, few Americans want to break bread with Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) or Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). Only two percent of voters would want Biden or Kucinich to join them for dinner, compared to just one percent for Dodd.
On the Republican side, voters are least interested in inviting Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) or Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Col.) for Thanksgiving. Three percent of voters would have dinner with Paul and just one percent would like to eat with Tancredo.
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Comments
Ok, we go from babysitting questions to turkey dinner questions. And the media wonders why the average Joe and Jane has a low opinion of you folks?
Anyway, this poll has to be skewed. I can understand folks wanting to eat dinner with Barack Obama. He seems like a nice and affable guy to eat a meal with, have a few beers, etc.
But the Queen B was tops??? Sorry, but I want to eat my Thanksgiving dinner, not throw it up!
How could the candidate with the highest negatives, be tops among those who would like to eat Thanksgiving dinner with a presidential candidate?
Posted by: John D | November 20, 2007 10:08 AM
Ron Paul Wins Blind Zogby W/Religious Voters
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=51643
Check out the article to see what the message does instead of hype from the media. Lets pick someone on principle!
Posted by: rey | November 20, 2007 10:35 AM
The DNC Swamp won't report on a serious poll, such as the latest Gallup poll showing St. Barack trailing 48%-21%, but they do TWO articles on this "turkey" of a poll.
Posted by: Bruce | November 20, 2007 10:51 AM
Geez, RUDY? He's always seemed kind of a blowhard egomaniac to me. (And to the NYFD). On the other hand, he'd probably bring over some real good Italian cooking. BTW, if Dennis Kucinich brings over the wife, it's all good.
Posted by: T.J. | November 20, 2007 11:36 AM
They sure are a bunch of turkeys...
Posted by: lochnessmonster | November 20, 2007 1:08 PM
"Picking presidents is a highly personal endeavor for most Americans."
Indeed. It would be nice if the MSM would kindly, gently interrogate the candidates about the huge gaping flaws in their policies so people could make an informed decision, but that's not going to happen.
So, we have to do it ourselves by going to campaign appearances, asking the questions the MSM won't ask, and then uploading the response to Youtube. Let's make this election about their policies, not their personalities.
Posted by: TLB | November 20, 2007 2:51 PM
I will chalk this up to Ron Paul being the grandfather that you'd have to invite for Thanksgiving despite him being a true outsider that you would only like to fix your car or to talk to.
Posted by: Hmmmm... | November 20, 2007 8:06 PM
this is a shame, i call on every democrat and ron paul supporter to check out dennis kucinich. He's by far the best canadite
Posted by: Roshan | November 20, 2007 9:05 PM