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.
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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.
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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.
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There will be a lot of headlines about this news in the next few days with a lot of analysis about why her numbers are at record lows.
Run, Hillie, run...
I won't be satisfied until the day after the 2008 elections and the MSM is full of 'what happened'? stories.
6% say she's conservative? Must be the San Francisco sample.......
The worst thing any politico can do to themselves is to believe their own propaganda............
I wonder how she is going to cheat, lie, steal and scratch her way to the WH?
I hope this continues.
If everyone is concentrated in The Beast, someone else may slip in and take us unawares.........
In 2008, when all is said and done... this gender-challenged socialist will get the same support as the spine-challenged socialist did in 2004.
I just wish everyone on this site would pay attention to these numbers and stop talking about her as a threat. These numbers have shown up in other polls as well. She CAN'T WIN giving up 4 of 10 voters before she starts.
Today, Hillary! is returning to offend-nobody, focus-tested "Small Ball" initiatives like regulating violence in video games and pork projects like extending the clean-up zone at Ground Zero into Long Island. The great themes of War and Peace and National Security have been lost to the President.
But the days of Sistah Souljah and mandatory bicycle helments for kiddie-poos are over. People aren't going to fall for that sort of window-dressing anymore. Unless Hillary! can come up with credible solutions to the big issues, she is toast.
The irony here is that she has tried to given the appearance of a hawk on the war debate. I wonder what this means for the shrill defeateist dems?
Bottom line: Don't want to risk having another Toon in the WH, don't vote Dem or RINO (in the primaries).
The Beast will be nobody's second banana.........(pun intended)......
Not for long, anyway. That's the problem.
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