Poll: Hillary Clinton has 49-point lead among Democrats, Republicans splintered
Hillary Clinton: The book reviews were so-so, but she remains overwhelming favorite for president of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters.
A year-end ABC News/Washington Post poll gives ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a massive 49-point lead among Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters as their preference for president.
The poll comes after a year when the Washington, D.C., press corps sniped at Clinton over her speaking fees, reviews for her memoir Hard Choices were at best so-so and House Republicans rolled out a select committee on the 2012 Benghazi attacks and began using it to raise money.
Clinton has 63 percent support in the poll, compared to 14 percent for Vice President Joe Biden and 11 percent for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.Liberal groups, notably MoveOn.org, have launched a petition urging Warren to run (and seeking to enlarge their contributor lists).
Vice President Joe Biden. Hes distant second at 14 percent in presidential preferences of Democratic voters. Photo by Gettty Images
Other possibilities, including ex-Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley and former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, polled 5 percent between them.
Clinton started out the 2008 race as a seemingly prohibitive favorite.An October, 2007, ABC/Post poll gave her a 33-point lead 53 percent to 20 percent over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.
The latest Post/ABC poll shows a Republican field splintered almost to the point of being sawdust.
The leader of the pack, at 20 percent, is 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney.Ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, openly exploring the contest, comes in at 10 percent.Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, garners 9 percent, followed by 2012 vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan at 8 percent.
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Poll: Hillary Clinton has 49-point lead among Democrats, Republicans splintered