| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #12017 |
 | OK, now, think about Fred Thompson. If there were an election for President of the United States today, and the only 2 names on the ballot were Republican Fred Thompson and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, who would you vote for? |
| 545 Registered Voters | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Abortion | Gun Ownership | Labor Union | Global Warming | Support Same Sex | Does The U.S. Need a Dra | Region | |||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.2% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Yes | No | Yes | No | Real | Made-up | Support | Oppose | Needs a | Does Not | Not Sure | W/Centra | Boston A | SE MA an | |
| Thompson | 31% | 35% | 27% | 17% | 34% | 39% | 32% | ** | ** | 16% | 76% | 9% | 37% | 65% | 32% | 6% | 47% | 25% | 43% | 29% | 23% | 35% | 24% | 59% | 13% | 55% | 39% | 30% | 16% | 30% | 30% | 34% |
| Clinton | 60% | 54% | 66% | 71% | 59% | 52% | 58% | ** | ** | 80% | 14% | 82% | 54% | 29% | 59% | 85% | 42% | 67% | 53% | 62% | 68% | 57% | 68% | 34% | 79% | 36% | 58% | 60% | 67% | 62% | 62% | 52% |
| Undecided | 9% | 11% | 7% | 12% | 8% | 9% | 10% | ** | ** | 5% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 6% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 4% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 4% | 10% | 17% | 8% | 8% | 14% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 47% | 53% | 29% | 41% | 30% | 85% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 15% | 39% | 43% | 18% | 51% | 24% | 24% | 72% | 16% | 81% | 26% | 72% | 79% | 14% | 52% | 42% | 24% | 68% | 7% | 25% | 56% | 20% |