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Hillary Meter: Support Falls to 2005 Low
Rasmussen Reports ^

Posted on 11/30/2005 6:05:16 AM PST by slowhand520

November 30, 2005--If Hillary Clinton runs for President in 2008, just 25% of Americans say they would definitely vote for her. That's down five points over the past two weeks. It's also the lowest level of support measured for the former First Lady in 2005. (Review Trends).

Forty percent (40%) would definitely vote against Senator Clinton. That's little changed from two weeks ago. Rasmussen Reports has conducted a Hillary Meter poll every other week since April. Only once has the number who say they would definitely vote against Clinton been higher than it is now.

Demographic Cross Tabs are available for Premium Members.

Forty-five percent (45%) now see Clinton as politically liberal. Over the past seven months, the number viewing her as politically liberal has ranged from a low of 42% to a high of 48%, often settling around the current level of 45%.

Thirty-five percent (35%) view New York's Junior Senator as politically moderate while 6% say she's conservative.

Collectively, today’s Hillary Meter places Senator Clinton a net 56 points to the left of the nation's political center. Two weeks ago, she was 53 points to the left of center

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, 6% conservative minus 45% liberal equals a net minus 39. The minus 39 reading for Senator Clinton is 56 points away from the plus 17 reading for the general public.

Nationally, 38% of Americans have a favorable opinion of New York's junior Senator while 43% hold an unfavorable view. Demographic Cross Tabs are available for Premium Members.

Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Americans say New York's junior Senator is "very likely" to win the Democratic nomination in 2008. Another 26% say she is "somewhat likely" to be the party's nominee. Senator Clinton leads the pack among Democratic Primary voters, attracting more votes than the next three candidates combined.

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, December 14. 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.

Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information.

Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome.

During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined.

Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.

To keep up with our latest releases, be sure to visit the Rasmussen Reports Home Page.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillary2008; hillarymeter; jezebel
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To: slowhand520
Forty percent (40%) would definitely vote against Senator Clinton.

"Names!!! I want their NAMES!!!!!"

 


21 posted on 11/30/2005 6:19:09 AM PST by Fintan (Seriously, it's only a fever blister.)
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To: Red Badger

Berkley


22 posted on 11/30/2005 6:19:42 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: slowhand520
If Hillary Clinton runs for President in 2008, just 25% of Americans say they would definitely vote for her.

Bwaaaaaaahaha!!
Those are lower than MY poll numbers.



(okay.. I polled my family, but that's not important)

23 posted on 11/30/2005 6:21:12 AM PST by Condor51 (Leftists are moral and intellectual parasites - Standing Wolf)
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To: freekitty
I wonder how she is going to cheat, lie, steal and scratch her way to the WH?

She'll get the sympathy vote, and all kinds of good press, when Bill suddenly dies. ;^)

24 posted on 11/30/2005 6:21:31 AM PST by airborne (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't!)
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To: Just mythoughts
She is doing to much bobbing and weaving looking like a female John Kerry. There are many sound bites out there that the RNC can use of her that would make "I actually did vote for the 87 Million before i voted against it" seem like a simple mistake. You know she is losing it when she says "we need a wait and see strategy". If that is not weather vane politics then I don't know what is.
25 posted on 11/30/2005 6:22:38 AM PST by slowhand520
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To: slowhand520

The last hope for the democratic party going down in flames? Am I dreaming?


26 posted on 11/30/2005 6:24:14 AM PST by McGruff (losers cut and run, winners don't!)
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To: Red Badger

Berkley


27 posted on 11/30/2005 6:27:43 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: Red Badger

I am a conservative republican and that is how I vote UNLESS there is a good person running against someone I do not agree with or I dislike. I have voted democrat one time (for kennedy) and later on regretted it. Joe Leiberman should run against hillereee...he would leave her so far back in the dust she would need a compass (if she knows how to use one) to get back to reality.


28 posted on 11/30/2005 6:27:51 AM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He's done more for our country than we will ever know. He's the man!)
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To: traderrob6

???


29 posted on 11/30/2005 6:28:08 AM PST by Red Badger (There are no female angels..............)
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To: cubreporter

Joe ran in '00 and '04. Not likely he'd run in '08. The BASE elects the nominee in the primaries, and the Dem base is klearly kommie kooks. They'd never select anyone nearly as sane as Joe. Al Gore, Dean, even Michael Moore would have a better chance. As lonag as the Far left is in charge of the votes and the $$$, the Dem Party will maintain it's insanity factor............


30 posted on 11/30/2005 6:32:26 AM PST by Red Badger (There are no female angels..............)
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To: jmaroneps37

You always have to maintain an eye on anyone even remotely in run for the presidency so you aren't caught off guard, but I'm definitely not inclined to think at this time she's going to be the nominee. She has little to recommmend herself outside of the name.


31 posted on 11/30/2005 6:36:05 AM PST by Soul Seeker (Mr. President: It is now time to turn over the money changers' tables.)
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To: Red Badger

Well, maybe one of these days Joe will cross over. Sean Hannity tries now and then to get him to do it. Joe Leiberman is a good, honest, decent man so who knows? Stranger things have happened.


32 posted on 11/30/2005 6:36:24 AM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He's done more for our country than we will ever know. He's the man!)
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To: slowhand520

I guess she peaked too early.


33 posted on 11/30/2005 6:37:06 AM PST by Pete'sWife (Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
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To: cubreporter

Trade Joe for Specter. That'd be a good swap.......for us......


34 posted on 11/30/2005 6:39:20 AM PST by Red Badger (There are no female angels..............)
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To: IncPen

"I won't be satisfied until the day after the 2008 elections and the MSM is full of 'what happened'? stories"

Brother you said it!


35 posted on 11/30/2005 6:40:27 AM PST by DM1
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To: Red Badger

"Must be the San Francisco sample......."

More likely Berkeley


36 posted on 11/30/2005 6:40:59 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: traderrob6

Okay....8^)


37 posted on 11/30/2005 6:42:30 AM PST by Red Badger (There are no female angels..............)
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To: slowhand520

The Hillaryometer is stuck on low? How could this be? I mean didn't I read just yesterday that Hillary is coming out against violence in computer games.


38 posted on 11/30/2005 6:44:44 AM PST by cloud8
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To: slowhand520
"I love the smell of burning Hillary in the morning. It smells like ... Victory"


39 posted on 11/30/2005 6:51:10 AM PST by FormerACLUmember
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To: slowhand520

Meanwhile, as we all wring our hands about Hillary running, the Dems work out who will be the real candidate. She ain't running, and we've fallen right into the trap. 'Look at the left hand, don't pay any attention to what the right one is doing'


40 posted on 11/30/2005 6:51:56 AM PST by BritExPatInFla
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