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DEL.ICIO.USAn SV poll on ‘08, Bush, Sunday booze, and Genarlow Wilson
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Another Strategic Vision poll is out, and again Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani are the leaders in the ’08 race for president in Georgia — but Barack Obama has made great gains on the Democratic side.
In the same survey, President Bush has a 46 percent overall disapproval rating in Georgia — which rises to 50 percent when it comes to Iraq. That is stunning.
On the alcohol front, 53 percent favor the sale of beer and wine on Sunday.
And 42 percent favored a bill to permit a judge to adjust the 10-year sentence given to Genarlow Wilson, a Douglas County teenager, for consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old. A third of voters said no, and 23 percent were undecided.
The poll parameters: Conducted Feb. 23-25, of likely voters, with a 3 percent margin of error. And keep in mind that SV is a Republican-leaning public affairs firm. Georgia Digest has the entire Strategic Vision release here.
The numbers among Republicans: Giuliani at 28 percent; John McCain at 21 percent; Newt Gingrich at 14 percent; Mitt Romney at 8 percent; Tom Tancredo at 4 percent; Mike Huckabee at 3 percent; Sam Brownback, 2 percent; Chuck Hagel, Jim Gilmore, Duncan Hunter, all at 1 percent.
That leaves 16 percent undecided — one year out.
Among Democrats: Clinton, 28 percent; Barack Obama; 25 percent; John Edwards, 18 percent; Wesley Clark, 5 percent; Joe Biden, 3 percent; Bill Richardson, 2 percent; Chris Dodd and Dennis Kucinich, 1 percent.
And 17 percent undecided.
On Iraq: While Georgia voters disapproved of Bush’s handling of Iraq, they’re not ready to side with Democrats. A firm 58 percent said Democrats in Congress had no better plan to resolve the occupation.
And 53 percent said they would oppose cutting off funding to send additional troops into the Middle East.
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