Nearly six in 10 voters believe that Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the next president.
Just days after she jumped into the race as the first Democrat, Rasmussen Reports found that 57 percent of likely voters believe she will be elected president, including 23 percent who said the chances are “very likely.”
Certainly she is the best known of any of the candidates in the race or eyeing it. Some polls have found that just 4 percent aren’t familiar with her. In addition, she has been in the public eye since the 1980s.
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While voters expect her to win, fewer like her. According to Rasmussen 47 percent view her favorably. And an equal 47 percent have an unfavorable opinion.
And when it comes to strong feelings, the unfavorables still win out: 22 percent have a “very favorable” compared to 36 percent regard her “very unfavorably.”
Rasmussen also asked voters to pick her greatest achievement:
— 33 percent said her role as secretary of State.
— 15 percent her eight years as a U.S. senator from New York State.
— 11 14 percent as first lady from 1993 to 2001
— 9 percent as mother.
— 5 percent as a corporate lawyer.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
