Posted on 05/14/2015 12:09:36 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
Michelle Obama for president? What if she ran against the seemingly impregnable Hillary Clinton?
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 14% of Likely U.S. Voters think the first lady should run for president. Seventy-one percent (71%) disagree, but another 15% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Among black voters, however, 40% think Obama should run, and only 41% disagree. One-in-five (18%) is undecided. Seventy-eight percent (78%) of whites and 59% of other minority voters oppose a presidential bid by the first lady.
In a hypothetical matchup with Hillary Clinton, the putative Democratic presidential nominee in 2016, Obama earns 44% support from black voters to Clinton’s 36%.
Among Likely Democratic Voters, it’s Clinton 56%, Obama 22%. That appears to be a better showing against Clinton than Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the only other announced Democratic presidential candidate, makes at this point.
Among all voters, Clinton earns 37% support to Obama’s 17%. A sizable 40% prefer some other candidate.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
Seriously, are there any indications that this is even a remote possibility?
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