National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 30-31, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

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

24% Very favorable
30% Somewhat favorable
20% Somewhat unfavorable
23% Very unfavorable
3% Not sure

2* How would you rate the job Hillary Clinton has been doing as secretary of State … do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job she’s been doing?

30% Strongly approve
29% Somewhat approve
23% Somewhat disapprove
14% Strongly disapprove
4% Not sure

3* 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?

27% Better
14% Worse
49% About the same
11% Not sure

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

49% Liberal
38% Moderate
4% Conservative
8% Not sure

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

35% Yes
36% No
29% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence