Poll: Huckabee Largely Unfamiliar

THE HORSERACE, THE DEMOCRATS

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 47 percent

Barack Obama, 25 percent

John Edwards, 13 percent

THE HORSERACE, THE REPUBLICANS

Mike Huckabee, 22 percent

Rudy Giuliani, 21 percent

John McCain, 14 percent

Mitt Romney, 13 percent

Fred Thompson, 11 percent

— THE WAY THEY WERE

In November, Giuliani had 27 percent, Thompson 17 percent, McCain 15 percent, Romney 11 percent and Huckabee 9 percent. The Democratic race has barely moved.

— MIKE AND MITT, WE HARDLY KNOW YE

Fifty percent of all voters and 40 percent of Republicans say they don't know enough about Huckabee to say if they like him or not. Forty-one percent of voters and 32 percent of Republicans are clueless about Romney, while 15 percent overall and 8 percent of Republicans don't know enough about Giuliani to venture an opinion.

— ISN'T HE CUTE?

About one in five considers Huckabee attractive, including 18 percent of Democrats and 30 percent of Republicans. Sixty-five percent of men and 59 percent of women say not really. Overall, a quarter consider him refreshing, and more than a third think he is likable, honest and ethical.

— AND THE WINNER IS ...

Six in 10 Democrats say Clinton has the best chance in their party of winning the presidency. More than four in 10 Republicans name Giuliani. None of the other candidates comes close.

— LOOKING FOR ANOTHER OPTION ...

A third of voters say they would seriously consider voting for a third party candidate. That includes 26 percent of Democrats, 31 percent of Republicans and 49 percent of independents.

— DEVOUT FOLLOWERS

About seven in 10 Huckabee supporters are evangelicals, roughly double Giuliani's percentage and triple Romney's.

— I KNOW HER. SHE'S ... SHE'S ...

One fourth did not know Condoleezza Rice is secretary of state. One in seven did not know Clinton represents New York in the Senate.

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The Associated Press-Yahoo News survey of 1,821 adults was conducted from Dec. 14-20, and had an overall margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points. Included were interviews with 847 Democrats, for whom the margin of sampling error was plus or minus 3.4 points, and 655 Republicans, with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.8 points. The poll was conducted on the Internet by Knowledge Networks.

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