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http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/poll-hillary-clinton-2016-113632.html?hp=l4_4

Poll: Voters cool to a Hillary Clinton campaign


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Voters are sharply divided about a Hillary Clinton run for the White House, although she still has sizable advantages over other potential Democratic and Republican candidates, a new poll shows.

Fifty percent of those surveyed said they could support Clinton, and 48 percent said they would oppose her potential presidential bid, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Wednesday.

Clinton’s tenure with the Obama administration could also work against her, as 71 percent said they want the next president to take a different approach than the current occupant of the White House. Showing further voter fatigue, 40 percent said they want to see a Republican elected, whereas 38 percent prefer a Democrat.
Nevertheless, Clinton’s numbers are still strong compared with those of the GOP hopefuls.

Only 31 percent said they could support former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who announced Tuesday he is actively exploring a bid, while 57 percent said they couldn’t see themselves supporting him. Thirty-three percent said they would back Mitt Romney, and 60 percent said they would not. Only 27 percent said they would back a run by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Fifty-three percent said they’d oppose him.

Democratic voters also continue to swarm to Clinton, with 82 percent saying they would support her bid. Fifty-one percent would back Vice President Joe Biden, and 37 percent said they’d support Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

On the GOP side, Romney comes out on top of possible contenders, with 63 percent of Republican voters saying they would back another bid by the 2012 GOP presidential candidate. Fifty-five percent would favor a Bush bid, 47 percent would back former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and 47 percent said they would support Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul if he were to run. More Republicans would actually oppose a Christie bid — 43 percent — than the 40 percent who said they would support him.

The NBC/WSJ poll was conducted Dec. 10-14 and included 1,000 adults. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, and a margin of error among all 836 registered voters of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.

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