--- title: 2016 Election: Hillary Clinton Represents the Future, Poll Says description: Half of Americans think Hillary Clinton represents the future better than any other potential 2016 candidate, according to a new poll canonical: https://time.com/3713119/hillary-clinton-jeb-bush-2016-election/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-18T12:41:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:33.650Z article:section: Politics og:title: Half of Americans See the Future in Hillary og:description: But almost as many see the past og:url: https://time.com/3713119/hillary-clinton-jeb-bush-2016-election/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72fd3c2548a139ca/69877fb28e0601d5f345a593/hillary-clinton3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Half of Americans See the Future in Hillary twitter:description: But almost as many see the past twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72fd3c2548a139ca/69877fb28e0601d5f345a593/hillary-clinton3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Half of Americans See the Future in Hillary Clinton, Poll Says > Sponsored content. 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Jeb Bush talks about immigration during a policy speech in Detroit._ by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Feb 18, 2015 12:41 PM UTC  Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at Georgetown University in Washington in Dec. 2014. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at Georgetown University in Washington in Dec. 2014. Carolyn Kaster—AP by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Feb 18, 2015 12:41 PM UTC Half of Americans think Hillary Clinton represents the future better than any other potential 2016 presidential candidate, [according to a new poll](http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/18/politics/poll-2016-race-hillary-clinton-jeb-bush/index.html), but almost as many Americans think she represents the past. The results of the CNN/ORC survey released Wednesday both belie the argument by Clinton critics that Americans will view the former Secretary of State and First Lady as a return to old ways in Washington but also point to the political polarization likely to greet her campaign if she runs as expected. The poll, which asked whether seven potential candidates represent the future or the past, also found that 64% of Americans think Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Vice President Joe Biden represent the past. Women were especially likely to view Clinton has a representation of the future, at 55%. Among Democrats, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has said she’s not running, trailed Clinton in the future index with 46%, while New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was first among Republicans with 43%. The CNN/ORC survey 1,027 adults, conducted Feb. 12-15, had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points. _Read next:_ [_Jeb Bush Says ‘I Am My Own Man’ on Foreign Policy_](http://time.com/3712925/jeb-bush-foreign-policy-george/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ### See Hillary Clinton's Evolution in 20 Photos  Teenager: Hillary Rodham poses in her 1965 senior class portrait from Park Ridge East High School in Illinois. AP  Law School Student: Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham pose for a snapshot at Yale Law School in 1972\. They married in 1975. Clinton Presidential Library  Mother: Clinton poses with her husband, Bill, then in his first term as governor, with their week-old daughter, Chelsea, on March 5, 1980. Donald R. Broyles—AP  Campaign Companion: Clinton celebrates her husband's victory in a Democratic runoff in Little Rock, Ark. on June 8, 1982. AP  Arkansas First Lady: Clinton is seen in her inaugural ball gown in 1985. A. Lynn—AP  Political Wife: Clinton celebrates her husband's inauguration in Little Rock on Sept. 20, 1991. Danny Johnston—AP  Dignitary: Clinton receives an honorary law degree from Hendrix College in Conway, Ark., on May 30, 1992. Chris Ocken—AP  Campaigner: Clinton speaks at a meeting during the presidential campaign for her husband in Buffalo, N.Y., on April 4, 1992. Bill Sikes—AP  First Lady: Clinton appears at the MTV Inauguration Ball at the Washington Convention Center on Jan. 20, 1993. Shayna Brennan—AP  Second-Term First Lady: Clinton attends the Inaugural Ball after her husband was sworn in to a second term on Jan. 20, 1997. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  New York Senator: Clinton speaks at a press conference with female Democratic senators in Washington on June 21, 2006. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  Committee Member: Clinton listens to the testimony of Lt. General David Petraeus to the Senate Armed Forces Committee at a hearing on Capital Hill in Washington on Jan. 23, 2007. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  Candidate: Clinton holds a a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H., while running for the Democratic presidential nomination on Sept. 2, 2007. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  Campaigner: Clinton speaks at a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Jan. 2, 2008. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  Secretary of State: Clinton kisses President Obama at a joint session of Congress in Washington on Feb. 24, 2009. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  Witness: Clinton joins Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Dec. 3, 2009. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  Witness: Clinton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on Jan. 23, 2013. J. Scott Applewhite—AP  Author: Clinton attends a signing memoir, "Hard Choices," at a Costco in Arlington, Va., on June 14, 2014. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  Grandmother: Clinton holds her granddaughter Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City on Sept. 27, 2014. Office of President Clinton/AP  Once and Future Candidate: Clinton speaks at Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's annual Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa, on Sept. 14, 2014. 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