Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #13272

Geography Surveyed: California
Data Collected: 01/27/2008
Release Date: 01/28/2008 10:30 AM ET
Sponsors: KABC-TV Los Angeles, KFSN-TV Fresno, KGTV-TV San Diego, KPIX-TV San Francisco

In CA, McCain, Once 4th, Now 1st, with Romney on his Tail: John McCain and Mitt Romney, running last and next-to-last as recently as October in SurveyUSA's California polling, today finish 1st and 2nd, according to this latest tracking poll data conducted for KABC-TV Los Angeles, KPIX-TV San Francisco, KGTV-TV San Diego and KFSN-TV Fresno. Rudolph Giuliani, who led in California's Republican Primary by 20 points in August and by 21 points in October, now finds himself leading only Ron Paul. Giuliani today loses 3:1 to McCain, and 2:1 to Romney. Today it's McCain 37%; Romney 25%; Mike Huckabee 14%; Giuliani 12%; Paul 4%. Since SurveyUSA's last poll, released two weeks ago, McCain is up 4 points; Romney is up 12. Romney leads by 4 among Conservatives; McCain leads by 28 among Moderates. One-third of likely Republican primary voters say the economy is the issue the next president should focus on ahead of all others; McCain leads by 11 among those voters. 22% of voters say immigration is the most important issue; Romney leads by 8 among them.

Filtering: 2,100 state of CA adults were interviewed by SurveyUSA 01/27/08. Of the adults, 1,783 were registered to vote. Of them, 506 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote in the 02/05/08 Republican Presidential Primary.