Only 43 percent of Democratic voters named Hillary Clinton as someone they would like to see their party nominate for president, while 48 percent of Democratic voters could not name someone they would want to see their party run, a Suffolk University/USA TODAY national a new poll shows.
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren received only five percent of support, while Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Gov. Martin O’Malley and Vice President Joe Biden all received less than one percent.
“As the standout known quantity in the Democratic primary this is good and bad news for Hillary Clinton,” said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston. “It’s good news in that her current landslide margin disarms potential party opponents from attracting top level operatives and big money. However, if Clinton has only one or two major opponents, the large undecided count is an opening for an opponent to close the gap.”
On the other hand, Republican voters have not settled on one particular contender.
“In an open-ended question to Republican voters, 9 percent named Scott Walker followed by Jeb Bush [8 percent], Ted Cruz [7 percent], Rand Paul [5 percent], Ben Carson [4 percent], Marco Rubio [2 percent], while eight other possible candidates received 1 percent or less.”
According to the poll, there were 59 percent of Republicans who could not name an individual they want the Republican Party to nominate.
The Suffolk University/USA TODAY survey was conducted through both landline and cell phone with a field of 1,000 adults. It was conducted Wednesday, April 8 through Monday, April 13 and the margin of error was +/-3 percent at a 95 percent level of confidence.