Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has the most heavily trafficked Web site of all the presidential candidates, pulling in nearly three-quarters of a million visitors in the month of July. 
The Nielsen Company, which released its NetRatings on Thursday, says Obama’s tally of 717,000 visitors easily outpaced Hillary Clinton’s 437,000 and John Edwards’ 348,000.
Fred Thompson’s Web site was the most heavily trafficked among Republican contenders for the presidency, even though he was still only testing the waters in July and didn’t actually jump in the race until Wednesday night.
Rudy Giuliani’s Web site drew 124,000 visitors, while Mitt Romney’s attracted 116,000, Ron Paul’s got 113,000 and John McCain’s received 104,000.
Although Giuliani’s Web site drew only about a third as many visitors as Thompson’s, the former New York City mayor and Republican front-runner may not be terribly worried. His visitors spent an average of 7 minutes, 33 seconds browsing his site, while Thompson’s guests spent only 1 minute, 35 seconds. Romney’s Web site guests spent even less time visiting him — an average 49 seconds.
The timing numbers have to be taken with a grain of salt, though.
Carolyn Creekmore, a senior director of media analytics with Nielsen, says some candidates house bulky content like video images on other Web sites. Visitors who click on video on the Romney site, for example, may be transferring to another site to watch it.
Democrats, who are more established online than Republicans at this point, were generally better at keeping their guests on their sites. Obama’s visitors lingered for 7 minutes, 53 seconds, Clinton’s stayed 8 minutes, 17 seconds and Edwards remained 3 minutes, 43 seconds, Nielsen said.
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Thompson’s site pulls well because it addresses a variety of different Web 2.0 Personality Styles. You can track how to approach people on the web by their Learning Styles. More here:
http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/09/ 07/twitter-and-fred-thompson-leverage-we b-20/
- Posted by Bob WarfieldAmerica may have to prepare for President Giuliani because he seems to be the only republican candidate whose campaign is strong and who is perceived by Americans as winnable.
- Posted by secret33.com, on accidentsSUMMARY: Unless something changes, Clinton will win the Democratic party nomination, Romney (!) will win several states that vote in January, but Super Tuesday (Feb. 5), which includes California and New York (Giuliani strongholds) will probably decide the Republican party nomination (Thompson is an X-factor).
I think Iowa (Jan. 14), Michigan (Jan. 15), South Carolina (Jan. 19/29), Nevada (Jan. 19), New Hampshire (Jan. 22, but could move up), Florida (Jan. 29), California (Feb. 5) and New York (Feb. 5) will likely determine the Presidential candidates for November 2008. The Georgia Republican and Democratic primaries are February 5, 2008, and could be key in the GOP nomination. The Virginia and D.C. Republican and Democratic primaries are February 12, 2008, and may be a factor in the GOP nomination if Super Tuesday doesn’t produce a front-runner. The Massachusetts and Texas Republican and Democratic primaries are March 4, 2008.
I have been following the state-by-state polling using a Wikipedia site that collects and tracks such data (sources for all polls are fully attributed). (FYI, I’m the “chart guy” on these sites.) I provide my personal observations of the trends for each race below.
REPUBLICANS
====Iowa====
Romney has a solid 15 point lead on everyone else, and about 30-35% of voters are still undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Republican_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #Iowa
====Michigan====
Romney has a solid 9 point lead on everyone else, and about 30% of voters are still undecided and Thompson is showing strength.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Republican_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #Michigan
====South Carolina====
Thompson (strengthening) and Giuliani (weakening) are the front-runners each having about 20-25% of the vote, and over 30% remain undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Republican_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #South_Carolina
====Nevada====
Romney has a 5 point lead on Thompson and they are running neck-in-neck, and about 25% of voters are still undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Republican_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #Nevada
====New Hampshire====
Romney has a 10 point lead on everyone else, and about 20% of voters are still undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Republican_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #New_Hampshire
====Florida====
Similar to South Carolina, Thompson (strengthening) and Giuliani (weakening) are the front-runners each having about 20-30% of the vote, and over 25% remain undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Republican_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #Florida
====California====
Giuliani (weakening) maintains 30% support, and Thompson (strengthening) has nearly crossed the 20% mark, and about 20-25% remain undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Republican_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #California
====New York====
Giuliani (weakening) maintains 45% support, and Thompson (strengthening) has crossed the 10% mark, and about 25% remain undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Republican_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #New_York
DEMOCRATS
====Iowa====
Clinton is slowly building and recently passed Edwards. Obama is within 5 points and keeping pace with Clinton. 30% remain undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Democratic_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #Iowa
====Michigan====
Clinton commands a 15-20% lead on Obama with 20-25% undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Democratic_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #Michigan
====South Carolina====
Clinton leads Obama by about 5 points. About 20-25% remain undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Democratic_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #South_Carolina
====Nevada====
Clinton commands a 15-20% lead on Obama with about 30% undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Democratic_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #Nevada
====New Hampshire====
Clinton has expanded her lead to about 15 points on Obama with about 20-30% undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Democratic_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #New_Hampshire
====Florida====
Clinton commands a 20% lead on Obama with about 25-30% undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Democratic_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #Florida
====California====
Clinton has a 30% lead on Obama with about 20% undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Democratic_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #California
====New York====
- Posted by RobClinton has a 30-40% lead on Obama with about 20% undecided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_pol ling_for_the_Democratic_Party_%28United_ States%29_presidential_primaries%2C_2008 #New_York