Are Clinton's numbers "Name Recognition" just like Bush in 1999?

[Junkdrawer]

Remember how G. W. Bush lead all the polls in 1998/1999 just on name recognition? Bill was and is very popular with the General Democratic base and Hillary can ride a great deal on those coattails.

[aquart]

1. In the rest of the country, sure.

In New York, she's done visible work on New York issues.

[journalist3072]

2. No, I don't think her numbers are simply name recognition

She has a record of accomplishment. Things she did as First Lady of Arkansas (i.e. focusing on education), as First Lady of the United States (focusing on health care, children's issues) and of course now her record as a Senator.

Bush had the name recognition in 1999, but he didn't have a record of accomplishment, by any measure.

Besides, John Edwards and Barack Obama are not strangers. People know who they are as well. So I don't think Hillary's numbers can be explained by saying people know her but not the other candidates.

[yourout]

3. I don't know......

I don't feel alot of love for Hillary in the general public. I think 6 straight presidencys of either Bush or Clinton would be bad for the country. The USA is a country of the people, by the people, for the people. It's more and more resembling a Monarchy rather then a democracy.

[Skinner]

4. Yes and no.

Hillary is certainly benefitting from name recognition. But her situation is completely different from that of George W. Bush in 1999/2000.

The difference is this: For Hillary, people are recognizing *her own name*. They know who Hillary Clinton is. But for George W. Bush, many of the people expressing a preference back in 1999 believed they were supporting *his father,* George H. W. Bush, the former president. Many people had no clue that George W. Bush was a different person from the former president. They heard the name "George Bush" and they remembered that he was a pretty decent guy and not an awful president and (to be completely honest) the only name they recognized on the list of GOP nobodies that included Alan Keyes and Tommy Thompson and Gary Bauer and Lamar Alexander and others.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. agreed. I just don't believe the numbers from WaPo.

Most people I know (GOP) hate her.
Most people I know (indie) dislike her.
Most people I know (Dem) don't trust her and don't want her.

how does she get 41% other than name recognition? I submit this poll is bogus.

[unblock]

8. oh please. most people would LOVE to see BILL clinton back in the white house

and if they have to elect hillary for that to happen, so be it.

hillary has a LOT going for her beyond name recognition.

having said that, i'll reiterate what i've been saying since i was a child: the first black president, the first woman president, etc., will be republican. politics just works that way, just as thatcher, the first woman prime minister of the uk, was conservative.

if a woman or minority candidate is conservative, then the conservative party can focus on the politics and the liberal opposition is torn. however, if the woman or minority candidate is liberal, then all it does is cost the liberal/independent bigot vote.

i'm not saying it's right, i'm just saying that's the way it is. i am optimistic that this will change in time, but the first step is not likely to be a woman or minority liberal president.

[Junkdrawer]

6. What I can't understand is the immense difference between the blogosphere's...

opinion of Hillary (and Gore!) and the poll results.

On the ISSUES, the blogs and the polls line up pretty well. But on the Democratic nomination in 2008, it's night and day.

BTW: Congrats, Dad.

[MindPilot]

7. Just a couple days ago Zogby had her trailing at number four

behind Obama, Edwards & Vilsak.

Now she's waaay out in front? I know of exactly no one who thinks President H. R. Clinton is a good idea and many on this board and others say the same thing.

Where are these incredibly high numbers coming from?

[Junkdrawer]

10. Here's the Zogby on Iowa...any Zogby nationwide?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=3141015

[mike_c]

9. truthfully, I think a major component of Hillary's "lead..."

...is press manipulation, pure and simple. The press is SALIVATING over the prospect of a Clinton candidacy, mostly for the wrong reasons.

[Junkdrawer]

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