 <strong>Hillary Posting Big Numbers Among Alabama Dems; Among Republicans, There's 
Significant Strength For Fred Thompson</strong>
<p>(5/2/07) InsiderAdvantage/ Majority Opinion polling conducted April 30-May 
  1 shows Hillary Clinton with the strongest showing in Alabama that we&#8217;ve 
  measured so far in any of the Southern states which are expected to participate 
  in the advanced-date presidential preference primaries. The polling also showed 
  significant strength there for former Sen. Fred Thompson should he enter the 
  race.</p>
<p>We conducted two separate polls &#8211; each 500-sample telephone surveys of 
  registered voters who identified themselves as likely to vote in either the 
  Democratic or Republican presidential primary &#8220;if it were held today.&#8221; 
  The surveys were then weighted for age, race, and gender. Each poll has a margin 
  of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.</p>
<p><strong><font color="#000000" size="2">Democrats:</font></strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Of the following potential candidates, if the primary were held today, 
  which one candidate would you vote for?&#8221;</p>
<p>Clinton: 40%<br>
  Obama: 19%<br>
  Edwards: 18%<br>
  Biden: 5%<br>
  Dodd: 3%<br>
  Richardson: 3%<br>
  Undecided/ Don&#8217;t know: 12%</p>
<p><font size="2"><strong>Republicans:</strong></font></p>
<p>&#8220;Of the following potential candidates, if the primary were held today, 
  which candidate would you vote for?</p>
<p>Giuliani: 21%<br>
  (Fred) Thompson: 19%<br>
  McCain: 15%<br>
  Gingrich: 14%<br>
  Romney: 5%<br>
  Brownback: 2%<br>
  Hunter: 2%<br>
  Gilmore: 2%<br>
  Huckabee: 2%<br>
  Paul: 0%<br>
  Undecided/Don&#8217;t know: 18%</p>
<p>InsiderAdvantage CEO and nationally syndicated columnist (Creators Syndicate) 
  Matt Towery observes:</p>
<p>&#8220;This is the strongest showing for Clinton yet, and it is not really 
  so shocking. Alabama has had a bit more experience with top elected females 
  in the past and among females in the survey, Senator Clinton is 3 points above 
  the magical 40% level she needs to lead solidly in any given state.&#8221; He 
  continues: &#8220;As for the Republicans, you basically have two tiers of top 
  &#8216;potential candidates.&#8217; In Alabama, Giuliani replaces McCain who 
  usually is in the top tier in other states we poll. This is amazing for an unannounced 
  potential candidate. Then the second tier, fairly close behind, is McCain tied 
  with another unannounced potential candidate, Gingrich. This is clearly an unsettled 
  situation and it suggests real room for movement should an alternative to the 
  announced candidates enter the race. At present, the one most likely to attract 
  Alabama voters is Thompson.&#8221;<br>
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