| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #12017 |
 | What if it was Thompson against... John Edwards? |
| 540 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 | 25% | 29% | 22% | 15% | 26% | 33% | 26% | ** | ** | 24% | 57% | 11% | 29% | 47% | 27% | 9% | 36% | 21% | 36% | 23% | 19% | 28% | 19% | 52% | 12% | 43% | 32% | 26% | 3% | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| Edwards | 61% | 60% | 62% | 62% | 63% | 57% | 60% | ** | ** | 68% | 30% | 77% | 56% | 35% | 63% | 79% | 42% | 68% | 56% | 63% | 65% | 59% | 66% | 44% | 73% | 45% | 55% | 61% | 78% | 64% | 60% | 58% |
| Undecided | 14% | 12% | 16% | 23% | 11% | 10% | 14% | ** | ** | 7% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 18% | 10% | 13% | 23% | 11% | 8% | 14% | 17% | 12% | 14% | 4% | 15% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 18% | 11% | 15% | 16% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 47% | 53% | 28% | 42% | 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% | 19% |