Marist Poll: Hillary Dominates Dems
Some interesting results from the most recent Marist Poll on the 2008 election. Hillary leads big (40% of Democrat-leaning respondents would support her as the nominee), with John Edwards second at 16% (Al Gore moves into second if he’s included, with 17%, and Hillary drops back to 33%). More than half of Democrats say they like Clinton more than they did two years ago.
Mark Warner, who I’ve played up as the anti-Hillary, comes in at a measly 2%. Name recognition probably accounts for that poor showing, though he is running behind Evan Bayh at 3%. Of the people who fare better than Warner, only Hillary, Bayh, and John Edwards have any realistic chance of actually getting the nomination.
However, by 51-47%, the respondents would prefer that she not run (yet 65% say she will run), and though 45% think Hillary’s political stance is ‘about right’, 42% say she is too liberal. In hypothetical matchups, Hillary leads Rice 49-44, barely loses to Rudy G. 48-47, and gets trounced by McCain 52-42.Of the second tier, 44% want Edwards to run, while 41% do not; for Kerry, 35% say run, 62% say forget it; for Al Gore, it’s 29% run, 68% don’t.
More later on the Republican results from the same poll…
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I’m curious as to the historical angle here – has any potential candidate have as high of a negative rating as Hillary does at this point? I’m thinking of Goldwater, but it would seem that his negatives didn’t come into play until the campaign was joined in earnest.
I’m hoping that Gov. Richardson will emerge from the bottom of the pack soon. Hopefully his reelection campaign will garner him some good news coverage this year.
Kerry. We know him.
Wesley Clark 2008 is the true Dark Horse in the Running.