THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans according to USA Today/Gallup Poll
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THE NUMBERS - DEMOCRATS
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 56 percent
Barack Obama, 28 percent
John Edwards, 11 percent
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THE NUMBERS - REPUBLICANS
John McCain, 40 percent
Rudy Giuliani, 21 percent
Mitt Romney, 17 percent
Mike Huckabee, 11 percent
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OF INTEREST: The Republican race, once seen as a Giuliani romp, is still wide open with only 48 percent of the voters surveyed saying they're certain to vote for their candidate — 45 percent said they could still change their mind. Twenty-one percent said they were certain to vote for McCain, compared to 11 percent for Giuliani. On the Democratic side, 70 percent said they had made up their minds compared to 25 percent who could still change their minds. Forty-five percent of Clinton supporters were certain to vote for her compared to 20 percent for Obama.
Thirty-five percent of Democratic voters said bringing new ideas to solve problems was the most important quality in a candidate and 33 percent said being able to get things done in Washington was most important. On both scores, Clinton bested Obama: 42 percent to 37 percent on new ideas and a whopping 71-17 on getting things done in Washington.
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The USA Today/Gallup Poll was based on interviews Jan. 23-26 of 412 registered Republicans and 426 registered Democrats in New York and had a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
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