Will Clintons divorce?>Fewer Want Bill Clinton Back in the White House
By Katharine Q. Seelye
newyorktimes.politicalblog.com, Feb 3, 2008
The negative coverage of Bill Clinton over the past couple of weeks seems to have hurt his standing with the public. A new survey finds that fewer voters these days like the idea of the former president being back in the White House.
Forty one percent of registered voters told the latest Pew Research Center survey that they disliked the idea of Mr. Clinton back at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, which could happen if his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, is elected president. In October, 34 percent of voters disliked the idea.
The latest survey was conducted between Jan. 30 and Feb. 2, after a couple of weeks of heightened media attention to Mr. Clinton’s increasingly dominant and visible role in his wife’s campaign. Pew surveyed 1,502 adults.
The poll found that independent voters have become more uncomfortable with the idea. In October, just 35 percent of independents disliked the idea; now, 45 percent dislike it.
In a general election the prospect of Mr. Clinton back in the White House would be a bigger burden for his wife to carry. Republicans never liked the idea. In October, 66 percent said they disliked it; now 80 percent dislike it. |
