Iowa: Best Candidate In Terms Of Romney Huckabee Giuliani Thompson Accain
Huckabee stands apart from the field when it comes to social issues. He is named by 27% of likely voters as best able to handle social issues like abortion and gay rights, far more than any other candidate. On the other hand, Huckabee is the choice of relatively few as best able to deal with foreign policy and security issues (11% say he is best able to handle Iraq, 11% Iran and 10% terrorism).
Despite trailing Romney and Huckabee in the horse race, Giuliani is named by a plurality of Iowa Republican voters as best able to deal with terrorism (26%) and Iran (22%), and he is in a virtual tie with Romney on Iraq (19% vs. 20%). And Giuliani is mentioned by fully 38% of Iowa voters as the candidate with the best chance of defeating a Democrat next November, though as noted earlier most voters say they prefer a candidate closest to them on the issues rather than the most electable candidate.
Iowa: Best Candidate In Terms Of  | Romney Huckabee Giuliani Thompson Accain  | Taxes  | 23  | 15  | 10  | 21  | 13  | 12  | Immigration  | Electability  | 20  | 10  | 38  | 11  | 20  | 19  | 8  | 15  | Iraq  | Social Issues  | 15  | 27  | 14  | 13  | Terrorism  | 26  | 14  | 10  | 12  | 13 11  | 22  | 14  | Iran  | Based on likely Republican voters 