| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #12026 |
 | What if it was Thompson against... John Edwards? |
| 495 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 | Asian/Ot | 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 | Western | Eastern | Metro Se | |
| Thompson | 32% | 32% | 33% | 28% | 32% | 37% | 32% | ** | ** | 35% | 67% | 6% | 35% | 66% | 25% | 12% | 57% | 20% | 39% | 27% | 30% | 34% | 22% | 68% | 11% | 49% | 35% | 32% | 28% | 33% | 47% | 27% |
| Edwards | 57% | 60% | 55% | 58% | 59% | 54% | 57% | ** | ** | 61% | 22% | 89% | 52% | 22% | 65% | 82% | 32% | 71% | 51% | 63% | 61% | 56% | 70% | 20% | 82% | 39% | 56% | 59% | 44% | 55% | 46% | 63% |
| Undecided | 10% | 8% | 12% | 14% | 9% | 9% | 11% | ** | ** | 4% | 12% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 6% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 28% | 12% | 8% | 10% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 51% | 49% | 26% | 43% | 30% | 83% | 3% | 4% | 9% | 27% | 37% | 31% | 24% | 52% | 19% | 34% | 62% | 43% | 54% | 29% | 70% | 74% | 20% | 42% | 50% | 23% | 70% | 6% | 26% | 21% | 53% |