"Hillary Rodham Clinton" has higher approval rating than "Hillary Clinton"

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: To be or not to be Hillary Clinton
Poll: Use of maiden name changes way public feels about senator
Thursday, April 27, 2006

....Most Americans' feelings toward the Democratic senator from New York change depending on which name is used, according to a recent poll conducted by Opinion Research Corp. for CNN.

Including Hillary Clinton's maiden name increased her approval rating among Republicans polled to 23 percent. "Hillary Clinton" had a 16 percent approval rating among people who identified themselves as Republican.

Among people who said they were independent, "Hillary Rodham Clinton" was favored by 48 percent, compared with 42 percent for "Hillary Clinton."

The name seemed to matter little to Democrats; the inclusion of "Rodham" inspired only a 1 percent decrease in her approval rating, from 77 to 76 percent.

But below the Mason-Dixon Line, "Hillary Clinton" got a favorable rating from 52 percent of all respondents, compared with 45 percent for "Hillary Rodham Clinton."

In the rest of the country, the opposite was true: 43 percent of all people polled gave "Hillary Clinton" a positive rating and 53 percent rated "Hillary Rodham Clinton" positively....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/27/rodham.poll/index.html

[DS1]

1. In other news, no less than 6% of voters polled do not use

any thought process in choosing a candidate

[William769]

2. I love when they do a poll on such an important topic.

:sarcasm:

[pnwmom]

11. But it actually is an important topic, if her name has such an impact on

people's opinions of her. That's scary!

[Atman]

3. What about Dennis Rodman Clinton?

Or Sir Edmund Hillary Clinton?

WTF?

No matter how you spell it, it's still pronounced "loser."

[Buck Turgidson]

4. Calling a prominent democrat "loser" seems over-the-top.

Hillary would be a great choice for the Democratic presidential candidate.

[Clarkie1]

13. Why? Because of tall those "red" states she could turn? n/t

[Buck Turgidson]

17. She's smart, a fearsome campaigner and has lots of money.

That's a winning combination

[Boojatta]

5. Maybe Republicans like ham?

Including Hillary Clinton's maiden name increased her approval rating among Republicans polled to 23 percent. "Hillary Clinton" had a 16 percent approval rating among people who identified themselves as Republican.

What would happen if she changed her name to Hillary Rodham Bacon?

[AtomicKitten]

6. Proof positive that there are way too many retarded Americans that vote.

[Thrasybulus]

7. Believe it or not it was an issue

here in Arkansas 25 years ago.

Bill's first term as Governor (1979-1981), Hillary went strictly by her maiden name-Hillary Rodham.

Bill lost his re-election bid in 1980 and took back the Governorship in the 1982 election with his new wife- Hillary Clinton.

[Maccagirl]

8. Don't forget the headbands back in '92

Having a bad hair day is all about character dontcha know.

[ArkySue]

14. True

But I think part of Bill's re-election problem was the auto lisence fee hike. Hillary did raise some hackles here with her "uppity Northern ways."

[Placebo]

9. You could poll a group of people twice asking the SAME QUESTIONS...

like 5 minutes apart, and probably get different results.

[flaminbats]

10. some scared neocons nuts are asking...who is Rodham?

hmm..related to bin laden? :crazy:

[incapsulated]

12. Ok, let's do the next poll....

How about just "Hillary", you know, like Madonna, versus HC or HRC?

And also: panties or thong?

[Divine Discontent]

15. excellent!

but you see, that's what I think they would (her handlers) push for anyhow... a 50 state uniform name of her being known as HILLARY...

it might work..

of course, I'm hoping Clark doesn't give her the chance to try that on the electorate...

[incapsulated]

16. That's what she is using, yes...

Just Hillary. It's been branded, why not, heh.