Posted on 09/07/2005 3:23:20 PM PDT by Nascardude
September 7, 2005--Twenty-seven percent (27%) of Americans say they will definitely vote for Hillary Clinton if she runs for President in 2008. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll for the Hillary Meter finds that 38% will definitely vote against her.
Those figures are little changed from our last poll, but are a bit more pessimistic for the former First Lady than poll results from earlier in the year. Related surveys have shown Clinton leading Condoleezza Rice and Laura Bush in hypothetical 2008 match-ups while trailing Rudy Giuliani and John McCain.
Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Americans say New York's junior Senator is "very likely" to win the Democratic nomination in 2008. That's up from 24% two weeks ago but down from 33% a month ago. (review trends).
Forty-seven percent (47%) say that Clinton is politically liberal. That's unchanged from two weeks ago and up from 42% a month ago. Twenty-nine percent (29%) view her as politically moderate while 7% say conservative.
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Collectively, today’s Hillary Meter places Senator Clinton a net 57 points to the left of the nation's political center. Two weeks ago, she was 56 points to the left of center.
[Explanation of the political center and more data below]
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The political center is calculated by subtracting the number of liberals from the number of conservatives among the general public (35% conservative, 18% liberal for a net +17). For the Senator, 7% conservative minus 47% liberal equals a net minus 40. The minus 39 reading for Senator Clinton is 57 points away from the plus 17 reading for the general public.
Hillary's reputation as a polarizing figure remains intact. Nationally, 40% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Hillary while 41% hold an unfavorable view.
The Hillary Meter is a twice monthly measure of Senator Hillary Clinton's effort to move to the political center. The next update is scheduled for Wednesday, September 21. For as long as the former First Lady is a viable candidate for the White House, Rasmussen Reports will monitor public perceptions of her political ideology.
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If she keeps up with the gum-flapping, she's going to lose some of my yellow-dog democrat relatives...she's making them crazy!
These are pretty crappy looking numbers for somebody who's suppose to be a shoe-in for the Democratic Nomination.
She is a shoe-in for the Democratic nomination. Which one of those little pipsqueaks is going to stop her, especially with 50% of the party being dingbat women who would vote for anybody in a dress? She has all the money and all the mojo in that arena.
Her problem is that she has to deal with voters who aren’t Democrats in the big show.
I'm sure she is "saddened!"
I make 39%.
I am in that 38%
Yeah..so?
27% of the citizens of this country are Stepford Citizens.
I'm not surprised.
She is finished
She is nothing
She is stale
She is musty
She is a leftover
She can't answer off the cuff questions
She loses her cool
She SCREECHES LIKE A BANSHEE
She is NOT SMART ENOUGH
Repeat after me....
She is NOT Presidential Fodder
Thank you for the laugh. Picture is just too funny for words.
All those descriptions could be said of Sheehan too. Maybe that's what has turned people away from supporting her.
Could be but when she said America was not worth defending and then used her son's death to further her activist agenda...that was it for me and a lot of people.
Hillary's chances of even being nominated fall with every day that passes. I've stated before I'm inclined to believe the nominees of both parties won't be the people most spoken off to date. Still think that has a good shot at being true.
....but sure flings a mean ashtray........
..............and the HEAD BOBBING...........
Run Hillary! We want to trounce you. And we want to see that bulldyke haircut on our 61 inch widescreens whilst it's on fire.
she can fling ashtrays all she wants...she's not going to be President and she can't tell the Gov of LA(although I wish someone would) what to do. hillereee is all mouth and self promoting. just like willie. nobodies and always will be.
For you people who are worried about the beast, please take note: For four straight surveys over 6 months she has had the same 38 to 40% who say they would never vote for her. NO ONE CAN WIN BY GIVING UP 4 of 10 voters before you start your campaign. Period!!!!!! Game over beast, go home and bake cookies to impress Celsea's new eurotrash boyfriend.
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