| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #12009 |
 | OK, now, think about Fred Thompson. If there were an election for President of the United States today, and the only 2 names on the ballot were Republican Fred Thompson and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, who would you vote for? |
| 510 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 | Northern | Southern | |
| Thompson | 49% | 55% | 43% | 49% | 44% | 55% | 61% | 12% | ** | ** | 82% | 10% | 54% | 79% | 33% | 21% | 60% | 35% | 55% | 37% | 41% | 52% | 39% | 76% | 29% | 56% | 58% | 46% | 50% | 52% | 45% |
| Clinton | 44% | 38% | 50% | 42% | 51% | 39% | 34% | 78% | ** | ** | 12% | 85% | 37% | 16% | 63% | 71% | 33% | 61% | 38% | 59% | 53% | 41% | 54% | 22% | 67% | 38% | 38% | 47% | 38% | 44% | 45% |
| Undecided | 6% | 7% | 6% | 9% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 10% | ** | ** | 6% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 4% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 12% | 4% | 10% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 48% | 52% | 27% | 40% | 33% | 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% |