--- title: Hillary Clinton Would Be Better President Than Barack Obama, Poll Says description: A good sign for the potential 2016 candidate canonical: https://time.com/2881642/poll-hillary-clinton-obama/ author: Joan E. Greve article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-16T15:04:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:26:02.138Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Would Be Better President Than Barack Obama, Poll Says og:description: A good sign for the potential 2016 candidate og:url: https://time.com/2881642/poll-hillary-clinton-obama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt445225a8a47f8701/698696f106f2c1ce1132f671/hillary_clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: File photo of former U.S. Clinton smiling during a lengthy ovation for her at the start of an event on empowering woman and girls, at the World Bank in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Would Be Better President Than Barack Obama, Poll Says twitter:description: A good sign for the potential 2016 candidate twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt445225a8a47f8701/698696f106f2c1ce1132f671/hillary_clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Clinton Does Better Than Obama on Every Issue, Poll Says by [Joan E. Greve](https://time.com/author/joan-greve/) ## Joan E. Greve Jun 16, 2014 3:04 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton smiles during a lengthy ovation for her at the start of an event on empowering woman and girls, at the World Bank in Washington on May 14, 2014. Hillary Clinton smiles during a lengthy ovation for her at the start of an event on empowering woman and girls, at the World Bank in Washington on May 14, 2014.Jonathan Ernst—Reuters by [Joan E. Greve](https://time.com/author/joan-greve/) ## Joan E. Greve Jun 16, 2014 3:04 PM UTC Americans give former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton higher marks than President Barack Obama on every major issue, according to [a new poll](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/06/16/rel6i.pdf). The CNN survey released Monday found that 63% of Americans think Clinton would do a good job handling the economy if elected President in 2016—25% points higher than Obama, who bested her in 2008\. Similarly, 63% of Americans think she’d handle foreign policy well, compared to 40% who think Obama is doing a good job on foreign policy, according to the poll. Clinton also outpolled Obama gun policy, immigration, and helping the middle class. “It suggests that the President’s low marks on most issues might not drag Clinton down if she runs for the White House again,” said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. 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