| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #12479 |
 | What if it was Republican Fred Thompson against Hillary Clinton? |
| 536 Registered Voters | All | Gender | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Abortion | Global Warming | Does The U.S. Ne | Member Of Milita | Region | |||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.3% | Male | Female | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Real | Made-up | Needs a | Does Not | Yes | No | Northern | Southern | |
| Fred Thompson | 49% | 54% | 44% | 58% | 21% | ** | ** | 80% | 13% | 58% | 74% | 36% | 15% | 59% | 34% | 39% | 72% | 57% | 46% | 42% | 55% | 51% | 44% |
| Clinton | 47% | 43% | 51% | 37% | 77% | ** | ** | 16% | 83% | 36% | 21% | 61% | 78% | 36% | 63% | 57% | 26% | 38% | 51% | 54% | 41% | 44% | 52% |
| Undecided | 4% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 2% | ** | ** | 4% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 2% | 6% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 47% | 53% | 74% | 23% | 1% | 1% | 35% | 38% | 23% | 41% | 35% | 12% | 58% | 39% | 67% | 27% | 28% | 69% | 41% | 59% | 59% | 41% |