--- title: Most U.S. Millionaires Want Hillary Clinton for President, Survey Says description: Hillary Clinton polled the most votes in a CNBC survey that asked 500 millionaires who they would choose for President canonical: https://time.com/3629439/millionaires-hillary-clinton-president/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-11T03:48:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:30.302Z article:section: Politics og:title: Most U.S. Millionaires Want Hillary Clinton for President og:description: With Jeb Bush trailing a poor second, a new survey finds. og:url: https://time.com/3629439/millionaires-hillary-clinton-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d54e78e0b96b9e3/69876e31e20a871696a83f19/459994164.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 2014 Massachusetts Conference For Women og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Most U.S. Millionaires Want Hillary Clinton for President twitter:description: With Jeb Bush trailing a poor second, a new survey finds. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d54e78e0b96b9e3/69876e31e20a871696a83f19/459994164.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Most Millionaires Want Hillary Clinton for President, Survey Says by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 11, 2014 3:48 AM UTC  Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on stage at the 2014 Massachusetts Conference for Women on December 4, 2014, in Boston Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on stage at the 2014 Massachusetts Conference for Women on December 4, 2014, in BostonLisa Lake—2014 Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 11, 2014 3:48 AM UTC Hillary Clinton garnered the most votes in a [CNBC survey](ww.cnbc.com/id/102253477?trknav=homestack) that asked 500 millionaires who they would choose for President. She came in a comfortable front runner at 31%. Second was Jeb Bush with 18%, and the remaining votes were split between seven other politicians, including Chris Christie (14%) and Elizabeth Warren (8%). Voters were divided roughly equally between Republicans, Democrats and the independent-minded. Each had investable assets of at least $1 million, putting them in the top 8% of American households. [Read more at CNBC](ww.cnbc.com/id/102253477?trknav=homestack) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3629439/millionaires-hillary-clinton-president/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3629439/millionaires-hillary-clinton-president/"},"headline":"Most Millionaires Want Hillary Clinton for President, Survey Says","datePublished":"2014-12-11T03:48:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:30.302Z","description":"Followed by Jeb Bush","url":"https://time.com/3629439/millionaires-hillary-clinton-president/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","President","millionaires"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d54e78e0b96b9e3/69876e31e20a871696a83f19/459994164.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d54e78e0b96b9e3/69876e31e20a871696a83f19/459994164.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 Massachusetts Conference For Women","caption":"2014 Massachusetts Conference For Women","creditText":"Lisa Lake—2014 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3629439/millionaires-hillary-clinton-president/","name":"Most Millionaires Want Hillary Clinton for President, Survey Says"}}]}] ```