The latest ABC/ Washington Post poll shows that 30% of Americans have made up their mind that they will definitely vote for Hillary Clinton in 2008 if she is the nominee. 28% say they would strongly consider voting for Hillary. 41% say they would not vote for her.
If the 30% number is accurate, then Clinton is well ahead of fellow competitors when it comes to having firm supporters. The next candidate out of both Republicans and Democrats to come close to Clinton's 30% is Republican Rudy Guiliani with 17% of people saying they "definitely would" vote for him. Rudy is also higher than Clinton on the question of would someone "definitely not" vote for him. He has 44% while Clinton, as mentioned earlier, has 41%.
This may not seem significant, but it does show something very important. Clinton is often painted by Republicans as being unelectable. Well, according to this poll, she would probably win over Guiliani rather convincingly. The poll also shows that Guiliani arguably has more negatives than Clinton. I suppose what I'm trying to get at is this: Republicans are vastly underestimating Clinton; they really have no idea what they might be getting themselves into.
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