Hillary Clinton’s Popularity Tops President’s In New Poll

HAMDEN, Conn. (February 8, 2013)--Hillary Rodham Clinton tops President Barack Obama in a Quinnipiac University poll released Friday that found the just-departed secretary of state is the most popular national political figure among a number of luminaries.

Clinton's favorability rating of 61 percent compares to the 51 percent of respondents who viewed Mr. Obama favorably.

Clinton, who’s considered a possible presidential candidate in 2016, topped a group including Vice President Joseph Biden, House Speaker John Boehner, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, and Clinton successor Secretary of State John Kerry.

The telephone poll, conducted Jan. 30-Feb. 4, as Clinton was leaving her job. Pollsters surveyed 1,772 registered voters, has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.

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A new poll finds teens are sharing more about themselves on social media and moving to Twitter to avoid parents. How closely do you monitor your children’s use of social media such as Facekbook?

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