--- title: Hillary Clinton Is Democratic Favorite for 2016 Election, Poll Says description: Clinton far outpaces a field of potential candidates for President canonical: https://time.com/2847604/hillary-clinton-book-poll/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-09T12:36:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:17:32.995Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Is Democratic Favorite for 2016 Election, Poll Says og:description: Clinton far outpaces a field of potential candidates for President og:url: https://time.com/2847604/hillary-clinton-book-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Is Democratic Favorite for 2016 Election, Poll Says twitter:description: Clinton far outpaces a field of potential candidates for President twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Hillary Clinton Is Popular as Book Tour Launches, Poll Says by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jun 9, 2014 12:36 PM UTC by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jun 9, 2014 12:36 PM UTC Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remains popular and well-liked for her tenure as America’s top diplomat, according to a new [poll](http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/06/08/National-Politics/Polling/release%5F352.xml) that puts the potential presidential candidate at the front of the 2016 pack on [the eve of her book launch](http://time.com/2845937/hillary-clinton-book-tour-hard-choices/). Two-thirds of registered voters see Clinton as a strong leader, and almost 60% approve of her job as Secretary of State, according to the Washington _Post_\-ABC News poll. Six in 10 Americans said she is honest and trustworthy. Clinton has not announced she is running for President, and said Sunday that she wouldn’t make a decision until the end of the year. But amidst wide expectations that she’ll run again in 2016, 66% of Democratic-leaning voters said they would vote for Clinton in a presidential primary, according to the poll. Vice President Joe Biden would receive 12% of votes, while Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) would garner 7%. In a general election pitting Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) against Clinton, Clinton would win with 53% of the vote, according to the poll. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2847604/hillary-clinton-book-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2847604/hillary-clinton-book-poll/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Is Popular as Book Tour Launches, Poll Says","datePublished":"2014-06-09T12:36:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:17:32.995Z","description":"Clinton far outpaces a field of potential candidates for President","url":"https://time.com/2847604/hillary-clinton-book-poll/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","2016 presidential election"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2847604/hillary-clinton-book-poll/","name":"Hillary Clinton Is Popular as Book Tour Launches, Poll Says"}}]}] ```