GOP voters most frightened by Hillary Presidency, Dem voters most excited by Hillary Presidency

Page 2 & 4 of the link - http://www.gallup.com/poll/103396/Hillary-Clinton-Electable.aspx#1

And only 13% afraid of Huckabee? Thats seriously fucked up.

who the nominees are.

voters into voting AGAINST her regardless of who their nominee is. If this had been a poll of who the RNC was afraid of, meaning they don't want to run against her because they think she'd win, your point would be made.

Here are Gallup's conclusions

"Taking the results of trial-heat general election questions at face value, Clinton looks as electable as anyone running for president today, if not more so. She appeared particularly strong vis-à-vis the Republicans in November, beating Giuliani and other Republican candidates by significant margins. In more recent polling, she does no worse than tie Giuliani. Additional assurances about her electability can be found in Gallup data showing that while Republicans may be more motivated to get out and vote on Election Day with Clinton -- rather than Obama -- on the ticket, Democrats are as well, thus nullifying any likely effect on the outcome.

Still, the 62% of Republicans who are fearful of a Clinton presidency is a startling figure. Without an equal proportion of Democrats counterbalancing that somehow, there is at least the potential for a substantial Republican effort in the general election to keep Clinton out of office, whether that means unprecedented levels of donations, volunteer work, or turnout on Election Day."

Notice the word potential vs the certainty reflected in your statement.

From your article: "Still, the 62% of Republicans who are fearful of a Clinton presidency is a startling figure. Without an equal proportion of Democrats counterbalancing that somehow, there is at least the potential for a substantial Republican effort in the general election to keep Clinton out of office, whether that means unprecedented levels of donations, volunteer work, or turnout on Election Day."

Of course the word "potential" is used. And did you see the words "at least"? It's all speculation. And based on the poll numbers in YOUR link, it backs up what I and others have been saying for months.

"It's all speculation. And based on the poll numbers in YOUR link, it backs up what I and others have been saying for months."

Not really, most of the time your claims are exaggerrated. Record GOP turnout and other such bullshit has been bandied about here for months without a shred of evidence.

Now we have evidence and the evidence says most GOP could give tow shits.

Oh BTW, here's the other component of this poll.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3868580&mesg_id=3868580

I'm referring to the poll in your OP that showed a much greater disdain for Hillary than Obama.

But now that you have reviewed that data as well, what do you see?

Dems. seem eager to vote for Hillary (which I selectively choose not to believe). :D

"She appeared particularly strong vis-à-vis the Republicans in November, beating Giuliani and other Republican candidates by significant margins. "

what kind of questions were these? Were they Hillary vs Rudy, then Hillary vs Mitt, then Hillary vs Huckabee? Or was it, several Dems vs several Reps, and you only get to pick one? In broad choices, Hillary-hate will not have much effect, cuz each Hillary hater just chooses someone other than Hillary, and they all spread out. But pairing up Hillary with individual Republicans would show Hillary-hate, cuz people would be forced to choose between the she-devil and some he-devil on the right.

I think they're fucking with us. Every one of these polls can be tampered with by adjusting the wording. Results change by percentage points due to seemingly trivial differences. Then they only publish the polls that produce the answers they want.

Not all Dem voters on this board.

I *knew* it! I *knew* it!

I'm excited about anyone but Hillary, to be honest.

...not something anyone that loves this country can afford to let happen...

Dam she's pretty

You have a misleading OP.

Swing and a miss!

Both of whom are voter demographic groups who will not support Clinton II presidency.

While I agree Obama has more support among indies, do you have anything to back up that indies will not support Hillary?

I could give two shits about GOPers.

Every single poll internal that breaks down independent preferences among the top-tier Democrats shows Obama ( and to a lesser extent, Edwards)
having significantly more independent crossover appeal than Hillary. Also, Obama draws crossover votes from disaffected Republicans more than
either Hillary or Edwards.

All this poll says is that right now during a primary that statistic is extremely close. Once campaigning in a GE gets under way it would change quite dramatically anyways.

Well, I'm "afraid" of a Hillary president, but I'm a registered Dem and I'll vote for her if she's the Dem candidate. I'm afraid she'll be too conservative. I'm afraid she won't try to prosecute Bush admin people when she gets behind the wheel. OK so my "afraid" opinion gets mixed in with hardcore Hillary haters on the right, and someone decides that Hillary shouldn't be the Dem's choices.

Everybody has a vested interest - some want Hillary to be the Dem candidate cuz they think it'll guarantee a Rep victory, some because they think it'll guarantee a Dem victory, and some actually want her to become president. Some want hype to get out all about how people hate Hillary so the Dems will not choose her and will therefore win, others want the Dems to look stupid so the Reps will win. So what are the motivations of these poll takers? And all of the people trying to interpret the poll?

I think these poll questions are designed to be squishy and ambiguous. They don't really get to the question everybody is thinking about. Instead they ask a question that hides what's really going on.

For instance, when they ask if you 'approve' or 'disapprove' of Congress, they're asking for your overall opinion of 550 politicians, some of which you like, some you hate, most you've never heard of. Are they asking you about the Democrats in the House? The Republicans in the Senate? Russ Feingold? The House Judiciary Committee? The recent Farm/mental health/FISA/Katrina/NASA/healthcare bill and how it barely passed/barely got defeated/had more/less support than last time?

Most people can find someone to hate. Typically a human will choose an answer based on whatever's in the news, or in the news that they care about, or one member that's burning in their mind. This is going to change from one person to another and one week to another. But people go around jumping to conclusions that it reinforces their opinion on one specific issue, on both sides.

I suspect that there are a number of Republican women who may not feel very comfortable on the phone saying so (specially if you know who is around) who will enter the voting booth and vote for Hillary Clinton if she is the nominee. Might even be payback for having to put up with FOX TV news and sports most nights, if they are not in control of the clicker.

I suspect there is some truth to it.

back in October which confirms your theory. It also showed that Hillary is admired by some repukes for her work ethic.