| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #12021 |
 | What if it was Thompson against... John Edwards? |
| 504 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: ± 4.4% | 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 | NYC | NYC subu | Upstate | |
| Thompson | 29% | 32% | 26% | 23% | 33% | 28% | 32% | 11% | 32% | 21% | 54% | 14% | 30% | 56% | 28% | 10% | 45% | 22% | 40% | 26% | 25% | 31% | 22% | 59% | 21% | 37% | 37% | 27% | 15% | 21% | 34% | 34% |
| Edwards | 59% | 59% | 58% | 62% | 56% | 59% | 56% | 74% | 55% | 59% | 33% | 75% | 58% | 35% | 61% | 78% | 40% | 68% | 51% | 61% | 66% | 55% | 66% | 34% | 69% | 50% | 53% | 60% | 64% | 62% | 56% | 56% |
| Undecided | 13% | 9% | 16% | 15% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 16% | 12% | 20% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 15% | 10% | 9% | 13% | 9% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 10% | 13% | 10% | 12% | 22% | 17% | 11% | 10% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 48% | 52% | 28% | 40% | 32% | 67% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 29% | 49% | 19% | 25% | 40% | 21% | 30% | 64% | 20% | 78% | 34% | 64% | 76% | 17% | 45% | 47% | 23% | 71% | 6% | 42% | 26% | 32% |