USA Campaign 2008 - Giuliani et Clinton en tête des sondages pour la course à la présidentielle de 2008
On reviendra un peu ce soir sur la passionnante élection présidentielle américaine qui se profile en regardant de plus près un sondage très intéressant publié ce soir par yahoo-Associated Press. On y apprend que Mme Clinton (Démocrate) et M.Giuliani (Républicain) ont en tête par rapport à leur concurrents respectifs mais que les jeux sont loin d'être fait puisque la moitié des démocrates et les 2/3 des républicains peuvent encore changer d'avis sur leur vote en ce qui concerne les primaires bien sûr. J'aurais l'occasion de revenir sur le mode de scrutin dans un prochain billet pour bien expliquer le fonctionnement et le déroulement de cette élection si particulière. Nico
source AP-Yahoo nov 2007
Which candidate is the most likable? On the Republican side, Giuliani gets the nod, both from GOP voters and among voters overall. None of the Democratic candidates has a clear advantage among Democratic voters, with Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards running about even. But in a sheer popularity contest, pitting the most likable Democrat vs. the best-liked Republican, it would be Obama over Giuliani, 54 percent to 46 percent.
An in-depth survey of more than 2,000 people offers a window into the thinking of Americans as they look far beyond electability in making their choices for presidentgrappling with matters of personality, policy and religion in sorting through the candidates.
The survey by The Associated Press and Yahoo! News is a departure from traditional polling in that it will track the opinions of the same people across the country as their beliefs develop and change through the campaign.
Overall, the poll finds, Democrats are weighing personal traits more heavily than policy positions this election season; Republicans are putting greater emphasis on policy.
The interplay of the personal and the political doesn't always make for neat and tidy decision-making.
Take self-described die-hard Republican Donald Stokes. The 48-year-old steelworker from Waterbury, Conn., would pick Edwards if he could take a candidate along on his family vacation. He likes Edwards' personality and his family values. But he supports Giuliani for president, largely because of the former New York mayor's leadership after the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001.
"I'd rather have a president that's going to get in somebody's face if he's got a problem with them or another country," says Stokes.
Ask voters which qualities are most important, though, and they put likability well down the list. They attach far more importance to being honest, ethical, decisive and strong.

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