{"id":3568,"date":"2007-10-11T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-11T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/51-of-republicans-see-thompson.html"},"modified":"2007-10-11T17:46:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-11T17:46:00","slug":"51-of-republicans-see-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/51-of-republicans-see-thompson.html","title":{"rendered":"51% of Republicans See Thompson as Conservative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only 51%<\/a>? That should be higher.
\nI’m surprised that 26% think that Giuliani’s conservative (they must be Sean Hannity listeners) and I’m amused by the fact that only 30% thought McCain was. This is what you get for ticking off the conservative base: <\/p>\n

During Fred Thompson’s first month as a formal candidate for the Republican Presidential Nomination, Republican voters continue to see him as the most conservative candidate in the field. Fifty-one percent (51%) of Republican voters now see the former Tennessee Senator as politically conservative. That’s up from 48% a month ago.
\nPerceptions of Mitt Romney have moved in the opposite direction. Thirty-six percent (36%) now see him as politically conservative. That’s down from 42% a month ago and little changed from two months ago.
\nJust 30% of Republican voters see John McCain as politically conservative, down from 33% a month ago. Twenty-six percent (26%) hold that view of Giuliani, little changed over the past month. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Only 51%? That should be higher. I’m surprised that 26% think that Giuliani’s conservative (they must be Sean Hannity listeners) and I’m amused by the fact that only 30% thought McCain was. This is what you get for ticking off the conservative base: During Fred Thompson’s first month as a formal candidate for the Republican…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,13,43,14,71],"class_list":["post-3568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-under-the-sun","tag-fred-thompson","tag-politics","tag-polls","tag-presidential-election","tag-republicans"],"yoast_head":"\n51% of Republicans See Thompson as Conservative - Reformed Chicks Blabbing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/51-of-republicans-see-thompson.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"51% of Republicans See Thompson as Conservative - Reformed Chicks Blabbing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Only 51%? 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