Rasmussen Survey on Hillary Clinton

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Hillary Clinton?

• Very favorable 24% (30%)
• Somewhat favorable 30% (23%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 20% (19%)
• Very unfavorable 23% (24%)

How would you rate the job Hillary Clinton has been doing as secretary of State?

• Strongly approve 30% (31%)
• Somewhat approve 29% (28%)
• Somewhat disapprove 23% (20%)
• Strongly disapprove 14% (15%)

Suppose Hillary Clinton had won the Democratic Presidential nomination. Would she be doing a better job as President than Barack Obama, a worse job as President, or about the same?

• Better 27%
• Worse 14%
• About the same 49%

In political terms, is Hillary Clinton liberal, moderate, or conservative?

• Liberal 49%
• Moderate 38%
• Conservative 4%

Would Hillary Clinton have had more influence if she remained in the U.S. Senate instead of becoming secretary of State?

• Yes 35%
• No 36%

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted October 30-31. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted July 30-31 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Democrats who think things would be different with Clinton are evenly divided between whether they’d be better or worse. Republicans and unaffiliated voters who think things would be different tend to believe Clinton would have done a better job as President.

While 76% of GOP voters and 52% of unaffiliateds see Clinton as a political liberal, 61% of Democrats categorize her as a moderate. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of liberals think Clinton’s a moderate, too.