Bill Clinton didn't appear in the Gallup archives about the DNC primaries until February 1991.
| Question qn36_1 (February Wave 3) | 2/14/1991-2/17/1991 |
| I am going to read through the list of names once more, this time please tell me which one of these persons you would like to see nominated as the Democratic Party's candidate for President in 1992 -- Lloyd Bentsen, Senator from Texas; Bill Bradley, Senator from New Jersey; Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas; Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York; Richard Gephardt, Congressman from Missouri; Albert Gore, Senator from Tennessee; Jesse Jackson, non-voting Senator from the District of Columbia; Robert Kerrey, Senator from Nebraska; George McGovern, former Senator from South Dakota; George Mitchell, Senator from Maine; Sam Nunn, Senator from Georgia; Jay Rockefeller, Senator from West Virginia; Douglas Wilder, Governor of Virginia? [FIRST CHOICE] (1635 answered question) | |
| Other (specifiy) (0.82%), Don't know (14.29%), Refused (1.51%), None (22.81%), Lloyd Bentsen (14.21%), Bill Bradley (9.71%), Bill Clinton (3.03%), Mario Cuomo (17.42%), Richard Gephardt (17.27%), Albert Gore (12.70%), Jesse Jackson (16.59%), Robert Kerrey (2.70%), George McGovern (14.07%), George Mitchell (7.04%), Sam Nunn (11.46%), Jay Rockefeller (9.03%), Douglas Wilder (4.04%) | |
| Question qn35c (February Wave 3) | 2/14/1991-2/17/1991 |
| I'd like your opinion of some Democrats who might run for president in 1992. As I read off each Democrat's name, please tell me whether you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of him. You will probably have never heard of some of them. Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of...Bill Clinton, Governor or Arkansas? (1635 answered question) | |
| Favorable (10.02%), Unfavorable (12.28%), Heard of but no opinion (17.28%), Never heard of (60.09%), Refused (0.33%) | |
The rest is history.