In the article, "Poll: Most Democrats Are Ready For Hillary" (link to article) it expalins that a recent poll indicates that 57 percent of Democrats and independents who lean towards the Democratic party are in favor of Hillary Clinton as a 2016 presidential candidate. Also, 80 percent of Democrats believe that Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination and 77 percent think that she will win the presidency. Hillary Clinton's popularity among the Democrats this year is much different from Barack Obama's back in 2007, for a poll from that time found that only 20 percent of Democrats supported the current president while he was campaigning.
While I am not completely sure if I would be willing to support Hillary Clinton for president in 2016, this poll is indicating that Clinton has a pretty good shot of at least getting the Democratic nomination. I think that if only 20 percent of Democrats in 2007 supported Barack Obama, and he became president, Clinton definitely has a good shot. However, this poll only shows the amount of support from the Democratic party. I am sure that if someone was to poll Republicans or both Republicans and Democrats at the same time, the number of supporters for Hillary Clinton would be much less. It will be interesting to see how these numbers change throughout the duration of her campaign.
To be honest, I don't know much about Hillary because my family voted for Obama instead. I do remember thinking it was really big of her to pull out of the race and tell her supporters to vote for Obama so the Democratic party wouldn't be split though. I don't know if that maybe that accounts for the 20% fact. I have to say, having the first black president and the first woman president be elected back to back in my lifetime would be incredible.
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