August 01, 2007 11:19 PM UTC

More Presidential Polling Info

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• by: Colorado Pols

The Washington Post blog “The Fix” discusses a comprehensive Gallup poll rating the Presidential candidates on various issues. There’s a lot of interesting information here, but this section really stood out:

Let’s look at Democrats on Iraq — far and away the most important voting issue in next year’s primaries. Although Clinton has been pilloried for her vote in favor of the 2002 use of force resolution and refusal to apologize for that vote, it doesn’t appear to be affecting her among Democrats. Seventy-nine percent of Democrats in the Gallup sample expressed either a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in Clinton’s ability to do the right thing on the issue. That total is virtually identical to the 78 percent who have expressed confidence in Obama and slightly higher than the 73 percent who say the same of Edwards.

Clinton also scores well on the confidence meter among independents when it comes to Iraq, with 55 percent saying they put a great deal/fair amount of trust in her judgment on the issue — the highest of any candidate, Democrat or Republican. Clinton is also the most trusted candidate among independents on the economy (60 percent great deal/fair amount) and health care (66 percent great deal/fair amount).

On terrorism, Giuliani is most trusted by independents, with 63 percent expressing a great deal or fair amount of confidence in him. McCain is right on Hizzoner’s heels, however, with 62 percent, while Clinton is within shouting distance at 56 percent.