According to the New York Times, and the NYT-CBS poll, Republicans nationwide are unexcited by their roster of candidates.
None of the Republican candidates is viewed favorably by even half of the Republican electorate, the poll found. In a sign of the fluidity of the race, one candidate who had barely registered in early polls several months ago, Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, is now locked in a tight contest nationally with Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts.
Democrats like their candidates a lot more. Particularly Clinton.
For all the problems Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York appears to be having holding off her rivals Iowa and New Hampshire, she remains strong nationally, the poll found. Even after what her aides acknowledge has been two of the roughest months of her candidacy, she is viewed by Democrats as a far more electable candidate in the general election than either Senator Barack Obama of Illinois or John Edwards of North Carolina.
As to religion, what the heck is a Mormon, anyway?
Respondents are evenly divided over whether the nation is prepared to elect a Mormon as president. That said, the poll also found that 57 percent of respondents were unable to say what Mr. Romney’s religion was.
