Here are the latest results from the CBS News National Polls poll by CBS News/New York Times Poll published on USAElectionPolls.com:
There were 283 voters polled on 1/9-12.
| CBS News/New York Times Poll Date: 1/9-12 Est. MoE = 5.5% |
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| John McCain | 33% |
| Mike Huckabee | 18% |
| Rudy Giuliani | 10% |
| Mitt Romney | 8% |
| Fred Thompson | 8% |
| Ron Paul | 5% |
| Duncan Hunter | 1% |
| Unsure | 15% |
| Other | 2% |
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In the Republican race, many observers have wondered whether conservatives in the party (who make up the majority of primary voters) would embrace McCain, but in this poll he now leads among self-described conservatives with 31 percent to Huckabee's 17 percent. Among moderates, McCain leads by a similar margin.McCain’s jump in the poll can also be seen in a change in attitudes by Republican primary voters as to who is the most electable in the November general election. In the current poll, 41 percent of Republicans now view McCain as the most electable candidate. Last month, Giuliani led the field in this benchmark with 43 percent, but this month that dropped to 12 percent.
Forty-one percent of Republican primary voters call the Iowa and New Hampshire results important in their own decisions - though few, just six percent, call them “very” important.
However, there are many indications this race is far from settled: 72 percent say they could still change their minds and fewer than half, (43 percent) “strongly” support their candidates. Only 20 percent of Republicans say they like their candidate “a lot better” than the other choices.
Nevertheless, Republican primary voters showed more satisfaction with their nomination choices than they had in previous surveys. Fifty-nine percent say they are satisfied with the choices, compared to 48 percent who said that in October, and just 36 percent in July.
