| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #12493 |
 | What if it was Republican Fred Thompson against Hillary Clinton? |
| 544 Registered Voters | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Abortion | Global Warming | Does The U.S. Ne | Member Of Milita | Region | |||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.3% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Real | Made-up | Needs a | Does Not | Yes | No | Southeas | Rest of | |
| Fred Thompson | 45% | 53% | 37% | 46% | 48% | 39% | 47% | ** | ** | ** | 79% | 16% | 50% | 75% | 38% | 23% | 69% | 29% | 35% | 73% | 42% | 46% | 55% | 43% | 46% | 44% |
| Clinton | 48% | 41% | 54% | 48% | 43% | 55% | 45% | ** | ** | ** | 15% | 81% | 41% | 19% | 55% | 71% | 26% | 65% | 59% | 21% | 54% | 46% | 39% | 50% | 46% | 50% |
| Undecided | 7% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 7% | ** | ** | ** | 7% | 3% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 6% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 48% | 52% | 28% | 42% | 30% | 91% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 27% | 36% | 30% | 32% | 41% | 19% | 44% | 52% | 70% | 25% | 25% | 73% | 26% | 73% | 49% | 51% |