Floridians Want Rudy Versus Hillary

The Associated Press reports that a survey conducted by the Quinnipiac Polling Institute found that former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was the favorite among Republicans and U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton were Floridians top choices for the 2008 presidential race.

The random telephone survey of 1,197 Florida residents included 1,039 registered voters and was conducted between November 30 and December 5.

Quinnipiac Polling Institute assistant director Clay Richards said:

We basically just tested the names of people who already have some name recognition.

In the survey Floridians were asked whether they wanted each of the following to run for president in 2008:

• 48 percent of voters, including 68 percent of Republicans, want Giuliani;
• 45 percent of voters, including 67 percent of Democrats, want Sen. Clinton;
• 44 percent of voters, including 44 percent of Republicans, want Sen. John McCain;
• 36 percent of voters, including 60 percent of Democrats, want John Edwards;
• 35 percent of voters, including 58 percent of Democrats, want Sen. John Kerry;
• 31 percent of voters, including 53 percent of Republicans, want Jeb Bush;
• 20 percent of voters, including 25 percent of Republicans, want Schwarzenegger, if the Constitution were amended to allow a foreign-born U.S. citizen to run

More on the survey is available here.