Clinton Would Beat Giuliani in New York

According to a recent poll, Senator Hillary Clinton would defeat Rudy Giuliani in New York in a Presidential contest, 53%-32%.

And further, if the contest was with John McCain, she would beat him 55%-26%.

The poll was conducted between January 22-25 of 600 voters in New York, by Crains New York Business.

If Giuliani was to be the nominee, Republicans would expect him to make that state red, given his strong popularity as Mayor.

However this poll shows a strong support for Hillary Clinton, who has just come off the back of a big win in the mid terms. While these are early figures, its a good start for Clinton who would be arguing that she is the only one who can beat Giuliani in New York, should he be the candidate.

And given Giuliani will be filing a Statement of Candidacy tomorrow, and is leading in most of the GOP polls, that's a real possibility.

The same poll also has Clinton leading fellow Democrats as preffered nominee.

Hillary Clinton 55%, Barack Obama 18% and John Edwards 5%.