| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #12009 |
 | What if it was Thompson against... John Edwards? |
| 502 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: ± 4.5% | 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 | Northern | Southern | |
| Thompson | 44% | 51% | 38% | 48% | 41% | 45% | 55% | 11% | ** | ** | 74% | 10% | 49% | 70% | 32% | 22% | 55% | 32% | 49% | 36% | 41% | 46% | 32% | 74% | 34% | 49% | 51% | 42% | 45% | 48% | 38% |
| Edwards | 42% | 36% | 48% | 32% | 47% | 45% | 36% | 63% | ** | ** | 16% | 70% | 41% | 22% | 57% | 50% | 31% | 56% | 39% | 49% | 46% | 41% | 54% | 22% | 58% | 38% | 42% | 42% | 37% | 40% | 47% |
| Undecided | 13% | 13% | 14% | 20% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 26% | ** | ** | 10% | 19% | 10% | 8% | 12% | 28% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 15% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 4% | 8% | 13% | 7% | 15% | 19% | 12% | 15% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 47% | 53% | 26% | 41% | 34% | 74% | 22% | 1% | 2% | 39% | 37% | 20% | 40% | 39% | 13% | 54% | 41% | 65% | 32% | 22% | 77% | 63% | 24% | 14% | 79% | 29% | 65% | 6% | 61% | 39% |