Question:Which of the following Republican candidate are you planning to support at this time? [candidate
names rotated randomly]
Percent
FRED THOMPSON 27.9
RUDY GIULIANI 21.0
JOHN MCCAIN 12.2
MITT ROMNEY 8.4
MIKE HUCKABEE 2.0
RON PAUL 1.4
SAM BROWNBACK 0.4
TOM TANCREDO 0.4
TOO EARLY TO TELL (v) 16.6
DON T KNOW (v) 8.1
OTHER (v) 1.6
Total (222; +/- 6.7) 100.0

About this Poll
The Elon University Poll is conducted using a stratified random sample of households with telephones in the population of interest – in this case citizens in North Carolina. The sample of telephone numbers for the survey is obtained from Survey Sampling International, LLC.

The survey was conducted Monday, September 24th through Thursday, September 27th of 2007. During this time calls were made from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm EST. The Elon University Poll uses CATI system software (computer assisted telephone interviewing) in the administration of surveys. For each working telephone number in the sample, several attempts were made to reach the household. Only individuals in households 18 years or older were interviewed; those reached at business or work numbers were not interviewed. Interviews were completed with 664 adults from households in North Carolina. For a
sample size of 664, there is a 95 percent probability that our survey results are within plus or minus 3.88 percent (the margin of error) of the actual population distribution for any given question. For sub-samples, the margin of error is higher depending on the size of the subsample. When we use a subsample, we identify these results as being from a subsample and provide the total number of respondents and margin of error for that subsample. In reporting our results, we note any use of a subsample where applicable.