Fifty Percent of Adults Would Not Vote for Clinton

Hillary may be the Dem frontrunner, but she's got work to do if she wants to be elected:

Half of voting-age Americans say they would not vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) if she became the Democratic nominee for president in 2008, according to a Harris Interactive poll released Tuesday.

More than one in five Democrats that participated in the survey said they would not vote for Clinton. Overall, 36 percent say they would vote for the former first lady and 11 percent are unsure of their top choice.

Forty-eight percent of Independent voters also said that they would choose another candidate over Clinton, the poll, which surveyed 2,223 potential voters, states.

Fifty-six percent of men said that they would not vote for Clinton, while 45 percent of women said that she would not be their pick. In addition, 69 percent of those 62 and older said that they would not vote for Clinton.

Nearly half of the respondents said that they dislike Clinton’s political opinions and Clinton as a person. Fifty-two percent of people also said that “she does not appear to connect with people on a personal level.”

Hillary may well end up the Howard Dean of 2008. Dean was the frontrunner all the way to Iowa where the voters made a flight to electability (so they thought) and jumped to Kerry. I think the same fate could await Hillary as the Dem primary voters ask themselves if Hillary is electable. If the poll numbers keep tracking like this, many of them may conclude she's not.

I shudder to think what Hillary's version of the "Dean Scream" will sound like on election night.