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December 15, 2007Florida: Clinton 45% Obama 17% Edwards 14%
  
New York Senator Hillary Clinton continues to hold a huge lead in Presidential Primary. 

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                            December 14, 2007Florida: Huckabee 27% Romney 23% Giuliani 19%
  
Mitt Romney’s strategy for winning the Republican nomination was to win the early states and build momentum. Rudy Giuliani’s plan was to accept defeats in the early states and come back strong on January 29 in Florida and in many large states on February 5.
December 14, 2007Obama Ties Giuliani 43% to 43%, Leads Romney by Four
  
Senator Barack Obama and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani are now tied in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey, with each drawing 43% of likely voters. 

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                            December 14, 200747% Say White House Knew About CIA's Torching of Torture Tapes
  
The issue of torture has again jumped to the fore with the revelation that in 2005 the Central Intelligence Agency destroyed videotapes of interrogations of terrorism suspects, some three years after the interrogations were conducted. 
December 13, 2007New Hampshire: Romney 33% McCain 18% Giuliani 15%
  
Huck-a-mania has not made its way to New Hampshire. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the state shows former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney with 33% support and a fifteen point lead. That’s the third straight Rasmussen poll to show Romney leading by at least fifteen points in the Granite State. 
December 12, 2007New Hampshire: Obama 31% Clinton 28%
  
In the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, New Hampshire has joined Iowa in the too close to call category.

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                            December 12, 2007Paul Still Lags Top Dems by Double Digits
  
The campaign of Congressman Ron Paul, the Texas libertarian and Republican, continues to generate prolific media coverage about its prolific fundraising, enthusiastic supporters, innovative Internet and other strategies, and its candidate's willingness to sharply differentiate himself from the GOP mainstream.
December 12, 2007Iowa: Clinton 29% Obama 26% Edwards 22%
  
Despite all the hoopla and negative campaigning and Oprah, the Democratic race in Iowa remains pretty much the same as its been for the past month—way too close to call.
December 11, 2007Iowa: Huckabee 39% Romney 23% No One Else in Double Digits
  
It was just two weeks ago that Rasmussen Reports released the first Iowa Caucus poll showing Mike Huckabee with an advantage over Mitt Romney.
December 11, 2007Who Seems the Most Presidential?
  
Intangibles matter in campaigns and 26% of Americans believe that Hillary Clinton seems to be the most Presidential of the Democratic candidates. 
December 11, 200757% Want Troops Home From Iraq Within a Year
  
Twenty-three percent (23%) now want the troops brought home immediately. That’s down three points from a week ago and five points from the week before. 
December 11, 2007In Massachusetts, Clinton Leads GOP Candidates—Even Former Governor Mitt Romney
  
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney may have the "home state" advantage in Massachusetts, where he's lived only a few years.
December 10, 2007In Utah, Romney and Other GOP Contenders Rout Democrats
  
In his home state of Arizona, a resurgent Senator John McCain is now toppling top Democratic opponents by 20%+ margins.
December 10, 2007Among Democrats, Some Things Remain the Same but the Race is Entirely Different
  
In some ways, the Democratic Presidential Nomination is the same as it’s been all year. Hillary Clinton is the frontrunner, Barack Obama is a serious challenger, and John Edwards is somewhat in the running. 
December 10, 2007Five Paths to the Republican Presidential Nomination
  
For months, Rasmussen Reports has used words like fluid, murky, and muddled to describe the state of the race for the Republicans Presidential nomination. Those words still apply today.

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                            December 10, 200740% of Voters Don’t Know Which Republican Gave Speech on Faith and Religion
  
While pundits and analysts have pored over the details of Mitt Romney’s speech last week, nearly half the nation’s voters could not identify which Republican had given a major speech on faith and religion.
December 9, 2007Do Obama and Huckabee Create Bigger Opening for Bloomberg?
  
As Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee have gained ground in recent polling, some pundits have speculated that the nomination of these once long-shot candidates might provide a real opening for Michael Bloomberg.
December 8, 2007Michigan: Huckabee 21% Romney 20% Giuliani 19%
  
Mike Huckabee’s surging campaign has created a three-way toss-up in Michigan’s Republican Primary. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Huckabee earning 21% of the vote.
December 8, 2007Edwards Ties Giuliani, Leads Huckabee by Four
  
Former Senator John Edwards is in pitched battles with each of two top GOP candidates in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
December 7, 2007Just 18% Believe Iran has Stopped Nuclear Weapons Development Program
  
Just 18% of American voters believe that Iran has halted its nuclear weapons program. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 66% disagree and say Iran has not stopped its nuclear weapons program.