Hillary Clinton would trounce fellow Democrat President Barack Obama by a 20-percentage-point margin in a head-to-head race for the presidency, according to a Newsmax/SurveyUSA poll conducted after Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Newsmax has conducted the survey to find out how several well-known political and celebrity figures, ranging from Clinton, Sarah Palin and Bill Gates to Warren Buffett, Donald Trump and Glenn Beck, would fare if they ran against Obama for the White House.
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted Nov. 3-4, after Republicans won the House and gained six seats in the Senate — results widely interpreted as a rejection of Obama and raising questions about whom the Democrats might field as a candidate in 2012.
In the poll, respondents were asked: “If there were an election for president of the United States today, and the only two names on the ballot were Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, who would you vote for?”
The poll found that overall, 60 percent of respondents chose Secretary of State Clinton, while 40 percent chose Obama.
There was virtually no difference between male and female respondents in the poll — 60 percent of women and 59 percent of men chose Clinton over Obama.
Older voters were more likely to vote for Clinton — 67 percent of respondents aged 65 and older and 60 percent of those aged 50 to 64 chose Clinton. But even among the youngest age group that was considered solid Obama territory, 18- to 34-year-olds, a majority of 54 percent opted for Clinton.
Clinton also polled strongly among Hispanic voters (55 percent), independents (60 percent), Republicans (74 percent) and conservatives (82 percent).
Obama polled most strongly among blacks (65 percent) and liberals (55 percent).
That's pretty low for both of those demographic groups. It's only a 1000 person survey, but still... The Jackwagon had 90 percent African-American support in 2008 as well as the vast majority of liberals.
Hillary is still on the other side of the world, but I hope one of her trusty aides found these poll results and rushed them over to her.