--- title: Poll Shows Support for Hillary Clinton Decline description: A new poll shows a sharp drop in Hillary Clinton's popularity over the past year, down to its lowest level since 2008. canonical: https://time.com/3768748/hillary-clinton-poll-decline/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-02T13:30:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:42.677Z article:section: Politics og:title: Poll Shows Support for Hillary Clinton Decline og:description: A new poll shows a sharp drop in Hillary Clinton's popularity over the past year, down to its lowest level since 2008. og:url: https://time.com/3768748/hillary-clinton-poll-decline/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92ec9892a3800258/698785a4e20a870135a85ce7/clinton-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll Shows Support for Hillary Clinton Decline twitter:description: A new poll shows a sharp drop in Hillary Clinton's popularity over the past year, down to its lowest level since 2008. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92ec9892a3800258/698785a4e20a870135a85ce7/clinton-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll Shows Support for Hillary Clinton in Decline ## Video: Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments [Watch (HLS stream): Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2015-04-09. Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics._  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 2, 2015 1:30 PM UTC  Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to reporters at United Nations headquarters, March 10, 2015. Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to reporters at United Nations headquarters, March 10, 2015.Seth Wenig—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 2, 2015 1:30 PM UTC A new poll shows a sharp drop in Hillary Clinton’s popularity over the past year, down to its lowest level since Barack Obama beat her for the Democratic nomination in 2008. The [latest ABC News/Washington Post poll](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1167a32016.pdf), conducted by Langer Research Associates, shows Clinton’s popularity down to 49 percent, from it’s all-time high 67 percent two years ago. This marks an almost even split between respondents who viewed her favorably and the 46 percent who said they viewed her unfavorably. Despite Clinton’s slip, the presumptive Democratic nominee still surpasses her potential GOP rivals. The poll asked respondents about six Republicans: Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Scott Walker. And all six had higher unfavorable ratings than favorable, with more than 50 percent of respondents saying they had an unfavorable view of Bush and Christie. 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