Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Chris Christie leads GOP pack by wide margin in Newsmax-Zogby presidential poll

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Poll included 'likely GOP primary voters.' Sarah Palin 2nd.

3/29/11, "Newsmax/Zogby Poll: Christie Leads GOP Pack," Newsmax.com, D. Patten

"An exclusive Newsmax/IBOPE Zogby International poll shows New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie so dominates the GOP field for 2012 that he garners
  • more than twice as many votes as his nearest Republican competitor.
The new poll reflects growing momentum for Christie, despite his repeated insistence that he’s not ready to be president and has no intention of running.

Christie’s strong showing is likely to further encourage those Republicans who are actively engaged in mustering support for a campaign to draft him to run.
  • Supporters launched a DraftChristie2012 website last October.
The Newsmax/IBOPE Zogby survey shows Christie to be the choice of 23.6 percent of likely GOP primary voters. That dwarfs the 10.3 percent for second-place finisher Sarah Palin....

Others rounding out the field in the survey:
  • Newt Gingrich — 7.9 percent
  • Mitt Romney — 7 percent
  • Ron Paul — 7 percent
  • Michele Bachmann — 6.9 percent
  • Mike Huckabee — 6.8 percent
  • Tim Pawlenty — 5.9 percent
  • Donald Trump — 5.1 percent
  • Mitch Daniels — 2.6 percent
  • Haley Barbour — 1.5 percent...
This is a year for Republicans when I think being a fresh face may count for more than anything else – much the same way as it happened for Democrats three years ago,” he (Zogby) tells Newsmax. “It’s fluid, very fluid.”

Zogby said Christie, who shocked pundits by defeating then-incumbent Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine in November 2009,
The Newsmax/IBOPE Zogby international poll was conducted March 25 through March 28. Data on the GOP field was based on 1,030 online surveys of likely GOP primary voters. It has a margin of error of plus/minus 3.1 percent."


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