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| Poll: Clinton gets high 'no' vote for 2008 |
| 2006-06-20 |
Respondents also ranked who they were likely to vote for With the presidential election more than two years away, a CNN poll released Monday suggests that nearly half of Americans would "definitely vote against" Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Respondents were asked whether they would "definitely vote for," "consider voting for," or "definitely vote against" three Democrats and three Republicans who might run for president in 2008. Regarding potential Democratic candidates, 47 percent of respondents said they would "definitely vote against" both Clinton, the junior senator from New York who is running for re-election this year, and Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the party's candidate in 2004. (Poll) Forty-eight percent said the same of former Vice President Al Gore, who has repeatedly denied he intends to run again for president. Among the Republicans, Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani fared better than the Democrats, and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush fared worse. Only 30 percent said they would "definitely vote against" Giuliani; 34 percent said that of McCain. As for Bush, brother of the current president, 63 percent said there was no way he would get their vote. The younger Bush has denied interest in running for president in 2008. Among all choices, Clinton had the highest positive number; of those polled, 22 percent said they would "definitely vote for" her. Giuliani was next with 19 percent, followed by Gore with 17 percent, Kerry with 14 percent, McCain with 12 percent and Bush at 9 percent. This telephone poll of 1,001 adult Americans was conducted June 1-6 by Harris Interactive for CNN. The poll had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #14 wonder if McCains negs were mainly Republicans? I have nothing except a huge hunch. Yep. I'll vote for Hillary b4 McCain. He's damn crazy. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-06-20 18:32 |
| #13 My $$$'s are on the Sharpton/Farrakhan ticket. 8-) EU |
| Posted by: Elminerong Uloque4172 2006-06-20 14:30 |
| #12 The Hilderbeast and Rev AL.... an unbeatable combo. Mad Murtha the crazed Marine can be the SECDEF! Jimmah Carter can be SEC State, NO Nagin can head up FEMA.... I'll begin working on the rest of the nominees. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-06-20 12:37 |
| #11 It'll be a new face. Dems never do well with the heir apparent. Think Carter and Clinton - unknown southern governors no one had ever heard of. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2006-06-20 12:33 |
| #10 McCain/Murtha in 08 |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-06-20 12:32 |
| #9 KUCINICH/SHARPTON 2008 |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-06-20 11:30 |
| #8 Nearly half of Americans would vote against Killary Clinton. I'm sure the Hilldabeast wouldn't let that stop her. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-06-20 11:10 |
| #7 This isn't really a very telling stat - since they asked "respondents". It would be more meaningful if they had asked those who consider themselves democrats. 100% of conservatives hate her. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-06-20 11:08 |
| #6 they have NO one. NO one |
| Posted by: bk 2006-06-20 11:03 |
| #5 that gore has higher neg than Clinton, is significant, since the Kossacks will be claiming that hes more electable. That Kerry had just as high a neg as Clinton is hardly surprising. I wonder if McCains negs were mainly Republicans? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-06-20 09:21 |
| #4 Kerry was on Imus this morning (sounding close to sane, even)...and Imus played him into commercial with "You Can Call Me Al" Hmmm, thought I. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-06-20 08:43 |
| #3 Ah, I always knew Dath Vader was eviiil! |
| Posted by: Unock Angaper4671 2006-06-20 08:33 |
| #2 I think the Clinton/Kerry ticket is a winning combination. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-06-20 08:15 |
| #1 Gore and Kerry in '08 = ExcitementPalooza |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-06-20 07:24 |