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Line 192: − A big concern in the Hillary Clinton camp is whether or not she is electable. An Electability Poll in which the participants are asked in no certain order, a list of candidates from both parties, whether they would vote for candidate X or prefer someone else. Recent polling has revealed, of all major presidential candidates from both parties, Hillary Clinton is the only candidate to whom a majority of 52% would not vote for, or would prefer someone else. <ref>[http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/28/248165.aspx Poll: Is Hillary Electable?], by Mark Murray, ''NBC News'', June 28, 2007. Retrieved from MSNBC.com June 29, 2007.</ref> + − The poll results show majorities would consider voting for all other major presidential candidates or possible candidates: + − {| style="background:white; color:blue" border="1" class="wikitable"+ − |+ Electability Poll − |''Who would you vote for, the <br>candidate or somebody else?'' − |- − ! Candidate − ! Results − |- − | Rudy Giuliani − | 64% - 36% − |- − | Fred Thompson − | 62% - 38% − |- − | Michael Bloomberg − | 61% - 39% − |- − | Barak Obama − | 60% - 40% − |- − | John Edwards − − |- − | John McCain − | 58% - 42% − |- − | Joseph Biden − | 57% - 43% − |- − | Bill Richardson − | 57% - 43% − |- − | Mike Huckabee − | 56% - 44% − |- − | Mitt Romney − | 54% - 46% − |- − | Hillary Clinton − | 48% - 52% − |} − − The poll also revealed that Hillary Clinton is the only candidate to whom more voters view her unfavorably than favorably. 39% say they recognize Clinton favorably, while a larger number of 42% say they recognize her unfavorably. By contrast, every other candidate has a net-positive favorable rating: − − {| style="background:white; color:blue" border="1" class="wikitable" − |+ Favorability Poll − |''Do you view the candidate <br>favorably or unfavorably?'' − |- − ! Candidate − ! Results − |- − | Rudy Giuliani − | 43% - 17% − |- − | Barack Obama − − |- − | John McCain − | 33% - 28% − |- − | John Edwards − | 32% - 28% − |- − | Fred Thompson − | 25% - 12% − |- − | Mitt Romney − | 24% - 20% − |- − | Joseph Biden − | 21% - 20% − |- − | Michael Bloomberg − | 20% - 18% − |- − | Bill Richardson − | 19% - 15% − |- − | Mike Huckabee − | 16% - 12% − |- − | Hillary Clinton − | 39% - 42% − |} − − The poll has a margin of error of +/- 4%.
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==Opinion polling==
==Opinion polling==
CNN's current "Poll of Polls", an average of four national polls (Gallup, CNN, CBS, and Cook Political Report) currently has [[Barack Obama]] leading [[John McCain]] 47%-43%. [http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/]
Real Clear Politics, which uses the average of the above four national polls, in addition to Rasmussen, IBD, and USA Today, has [[Barack Obama]] leading [[John McCain]] 47%-42.7%. [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html]
In addition, Real Clear Politics uses the average of Rasmussen, CBS News, Pew Research and Newsweek to track favorable/unfavorable ratings for the two candidates. [[John McCain|McCain]] currently has a favorable/unfavorable rating of 47%-41%, a +6 spread.[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/mccain_favorableunfavorable-642.html] [[Barack Obama|Obama]] currently has a rating of 51.5%-37.8%, a +13.7 spread. [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/obama_favorableunfavorable-643.html]
| 59% - 41%
| 36% - 21%
==Primaries and Caucuses==
==Primaries and Caucuses==