June 22, 2007

53

To me that's the most interesting number in Gallup's mid-June poll testing how the leading Democrats and the leading Republicans would fare in head-to-head match-ups. In all pairings, the Democrat wins. However it's interesting to look at how the Democrats do in individual races. Basically, Edwards and Obama crush Romney, and because of that, the numbers they get vary widely, depending on their opponent. Clinton's numbers though vary very little. And even against Romney, the weakest Republican in these match-ups, she only gets 53% support. Is this more evidence that Clinton's vote ceiling is pretty low?

Posted by armand at June 22, 2007 01:29 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics


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Andrew Sullivan says that nothing would re-unite and energize the right wing like a HRC candidacy, and I think he's right. I think the only way the GOP wins in 08 is if she runs (and if the GOP has the sense to nominate someone even marginally palatable, which isn't exactly a sure thing).

Posted by: jacflash at June 22, 2007 03:23 PM | PERMALINK

I tend to agree. Which is interesting since 1) she's a heavy favorite to get the nomination at this point (so is the much discussed issue of "electability" that important?), and 2) I think she'd likely be the most status-quo oriented and least "liberal" of the major Democrats in the White House.

Posted by: Armand at June 22, 2007 03:31 PM | PERMALINK
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