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hack89

(39,171 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 11:30 AM Mar 2015

Franklin Pierce-Herald poll: Hillary Clinton holds `unprecedented' lead

Source: Boston Herald

Granite State voters stand solidly behind Hillary Clinton's likely presidential run despite questions about her private email account and a progressive push to draft U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren into the race, a new Franklin Pierce University-Boston Herald polls reveals.

The former Secretary of State, whose comeback win in the 2008 New Hampshire primary kept alive her White House hopes, now shows overwhelming support in the first-in-the-nation primary state, according to the poll.

A whopping 84 percent of likely Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire have favorable views of Clinton, while 68 percent say her use of a private email server while working at the State Department is "not that serious," the poll shows. Just 6 percent of voters call the email controversy a "very serious" problem.

In a trial 2016 matchup, Clinton leads Warren by a 47-22 percent margin, according to the Franklin Pierce-Herald poll of 417 likely Democratic primary voters.

Read more: http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2015/03/franklin_pierce_herald_poll_hillary_clinton_holds



Things are looking good for Hillary in New Hampshire.
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Franklin Pierce-Herald poll: Hillary Clinton holds `unprecedented' lead (Original Post) hack89 Mar 2015 OP
Looking good, indeed! leftofcool Mar 2015 #1
How dare you post this positive news about Hillary! hrmjustin Mar 2015 #2
As no Democrat has declared they're running yet, polls are highly unrepresentative. Fearless Mar 2015 #3
Hillary haters will be here in 3...2...1 cosmicone Mar 2015 #4
I echo your post. randome Mar 2015 #5
I'm not a Hillary hater. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #6
No reason not to respect your position cosmicone Mar 2015 #7
Then they are idiots. Really idiots. Elmer S. E. Dump Apr 2015 #22
Polling at this point just means someone knows who she is JonLP24 Mar 2015 #8
They are Democrats. There is, as yet, no other obvious candidate. Larry Engels Mar 2015 #9
Likely primary voters were given a choice of 6 Democrats hack89 Mar 2015 #10
Name recognition. Larry Engels Mar 2015 #12
Except that undeclared candidates have been visiting New Hampshire for awhile now hack89 Mar 2015 #15
Too early. Larry Engels Mar 2015 #17
Senator Warren Is Not Running, However She Is Open To Play A Role In A Clinton Administration... Corey_Baker08 Mar 2015 #11
It would be nice to have a link for this, just to read more about it. Larry Engels Mar 2015 #13
Link To Interview In Which Senator Warren Expresses Interest In Being Hillary Clinton's Treasury Sec Corey_Baker08 Mar 2015 #14
"Would love to be" misstates it. Larry Engels Mar 2015 #16
Would Love To Does Misstate It, But It Doesn't Make The Context Of My Post Untrue... Corey_Baker08 Mar 2015 #18
Looks like she has Joementum n/t nichomachus Mar 2015 #19
Proof that even 2000's election theft had its silver lining RufusTFirefly Mar 2015 #20
Not surprising. Beacool Mar 2015 #21

Fearless

(18,421 posts)
3. As no Democrat has declared they're running yet, polls are highly unrepresentative.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 11:37 AM
Mar 2015

Consider how Barack Obama was polling at this point in 2003.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
4. Hillary haters will be here in 3...2...1
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 11:38 AM
Mar 2015

and tell us why we shouldn't believe the polls and that the support for Warren and Sanders is far far more because droves of Hillary supporters will leave her.

I used to laugh at Faux's echo chamber which made repukes believe that Romney was going to win.

I can't laugh at DU's echo chamber....

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
5. I echo your post.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 11:40 AM
Mar 2015

[hr][font color="blue"][center]No squirrels were harmed in the making of this post. Yet.[/center][/font][hr]

 

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)
6. I'm not a Hillary hater.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 11:46 AM
Mar 2015

I like Hillary. She comes across as very likeable to me. I just want someone more progressive. If I can't have that, then I will vote for Hillary. Not voting is tantamount to voting for the second coming of the Dark Ages.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
7. No reason not to respect your position
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 11:51 AM
Mar 2015

Unfortunately, there are many here who have vowed to not vote for Hillary under any circumstances. I wonder if they'd rather have Jeb Bush, Scott Walker or (ohgawdno) Ted Cruz elected.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
8. Polling at this point just means someone knows who she is
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 11:52 AM
Mar 2015

A candidate who isn't Hillary just needs to get their name out there and keep plugging, if they are in a primary then the media will start focusing a little more. Its just too early to tell but I will say she has the best odds.

 

Larry Engels

(387 posts)
9. They are Democrats. There is, as yet, no other obvious candidate.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 12:22 PM
Mar 2015

So they are going to vote for a Democrat. That's all this poll shows. Democrats vote for a Democrat. Usually.

hack89

(39,171 posts)
10. Likely primary voters were given a choice of 6 Democrats
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 12:32 PM
Mar 2015

so of course they were going to pick a Democrat. The issue is who they picked and the overwhelming support they gave that pick.

 

Larry Engels

(387 posts)
12. Name recognition.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 01:39 PM
Mar 2015

The other candidates were not "obvious candidates" in the sense I mean.

The point is that they voted for her because she is the only Democrat that they recognized on the list.

hack89

(39,171 posts)
15. Except that undeclared candidates have been visiting New Hampshire for awhile now
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 02:06 PM
Mar 2015

that is how they determine whether they have a chance or not. They are not strangers to Democratic voters in New Hampshire.

 

Larry Engels

(387 posts)
17. Too early.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 02:13 PM
Mar 2015

Nobody has done any real campaigning yet. All these polls are too early to be meaningful.

Corey_Baker08

(2,157 posts)
11. Senator Warren Is Not Running, However She Is Open To Play A Role In A Clinton Administration...
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 12:41 PM
Mar 2015

In a November 3, 2014 interview in People Magazine Senator Warren again says that she will not run for President in 2016.

However Senator Elizabeth Warren admits that she would love to be Treasury Secretary In a Hillary Clinton Administration.

Corey_Baker08

(2,157 posts)
18. Would Love To Does Misstate It, But It Doesn't Make The Context Of My Post Untrue...
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 05:51 PM
Mar 2015

You also quote the article as saying "she belted out a big belly laugh" when to be 100% accurate the article says "she belted out a big, Clinton-caliber belly laugh"

I get the feeling that because she laughed when being asked if she would like to play a role in a Democratic Administration you think that she is being sarcastic, when in fact Elizabeth Warren is the only one who brought up playing a role in a Hillary Clinton Administration. If you had the actual magazine you would see where it shows the reporter asking a question with a Q: then below the question would be Senator Warren's Answer with an A:

The online article only sums up the interview making it sound like she was asked if she would play a role in a Hillary Clinton Administration when in fact the interviewer asks the question If not Commander in Chief Would You Consider Playing a role in the Next Administration.


"So, if not chief executive, how would Warren feel about being Treasury Secretary under a President Hillary Clinton? Warren belts out a big, Clinton-caliber belly laugh. "Well, THAT'S a fun thought!"

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
21. Not surprising.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 08:38 PM
Mar 2015

The Clintons have been popular in NH ever since Bill ran for president in 1992. Hillary won the NH primary in 2008.


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