Question:
“If the Republican primary for president were being held today,
and these were the candidates, who would you vote for?”
Ideology Gender Republican primary
likely voters only
All Likely
Voters Conservative Other Men Women
John McCain 29 22 42 28 31
Mitt Romney 17 19 14 18 17
Rudy Giuliani 10 10 11 13 8
Mike Huckabee 10 12 6 9 11
Fred Thompson* 10 13 4 9 10
Ron Paul 5 6 4 6 4
Duncan Hunter* 2 3 1 2 2
Someone else 3 2 4 2 4
Don’t know 14 13 14 13 13
* Thompson and Hunter recently ended their presidential bids.

Poll Demographics

About this Poll
This edition of the PPIC Statewide Survey is part of the Californians and Their Government series and is
supported by funding from The James Irvine Foundation. The survey is intended to raise public
awareness, inform decisionmakers, and stimulate public discussions about the social, economic, and
political trends that influence Californians’ public policy preferences and ballot choices. Findings are
based on a telephone survey of 2,000 California adult residents interviewed between January 13 and
January 20, 2008. Interviews were conducted in English or Spanish. The sampling error for the total
sample is +/- 2% and for the 1,099 likely voters is +/- 3%. The sampling error for the 543 Democratic
presidential primary likely voters is +/- 4% and for the 348 Republican presidential primary likely voters is
+/- 5%. For more information on methodology, see page 25.