--- title: Poll: 18% Say Best Thing About Hillary Is That She'd Be 1st Lady Prez description: 18% say they like that she'd be the first woman, only 9% said she had the experience canonical: https://time.com/35512/poll-the-best-thing-about-a-future-president-hillary-clinton-is-that-shes-a-woman/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-24T16:27:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:03.209Z og:title: Poll: 18% Say Best Thing About a Clinton Presidency Is That She'd Be The First Lady Prez og:description: 18% say they like that she'd be the first woman, only 9% said she had the experience og:url: https://time.com/35512/poll-the-best-thing-about-a-future-president-hillary-clinton-is-that-shes-a-woman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0e0035ad33dcee2/698686c755a859bcb1a7fdc7/2014-03-22t040335z_237776272_gm1ea3m0x.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton welcomes College Students Leaders for 2014 Meeting of Clinton Global Initiative University at Arizona State University in Tempe og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: 18% Say Best Thing About a Clinton Presidency Is That She'd Be The First Lady Prez twitter:description: 18% say they like that she'd be the first woman, only 9% said she had the experience twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0e0035ad33dcee2/698686c755a859bcb1a7fdc7/2014-03-22t040335z_237776272_gm1ea3m0x.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll: The Best Thing About a Future President Hillary Clinton Would Be That She's a Woman > Sponsored content. 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Worth Your Time is TIME's culture recommendation newsletter, edited by culture editor Eliza Berman. Twice a week it surfaces the books, shows, films and ideas TIME's editors think are worth your attention, and explains why. It is free at time.com/newsletters. #### Does TIME have a culture newsletter? Yes. Worth Your Time is TIME's culture newsletter, published Tuesdays and Saturdays. #### Who writes TIME's culture recommendations? Culture editor Eliza Berman writes Worth Your Time, drawing on TIME's critics and culture desk. #### Is Worth Your Time free? Yes. It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters.  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Mar 24, 2014 4:27 PM UTC  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomes more than 1,000 College Students Leaders for the 2014 Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, March 21, 2014. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomes more than 1,000 College Students Leaders for the 2014 Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, March 21, 2014. Samantha Sais—Reuters  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Mar 24, 2014 4:27 PM UTC Apparently people are much more excited about [Hillary ](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168041/clinton-top-selling-point-2016-first-female-president.aspx)as the first female president than they are about her experience in government. According to a new Gallup poll, 18% of surveyed Americans think the best thing about a Hillary presidency would be that she would be the first woman president in history– followed by 9% who think her experience in the White House, Senate, and the State Department might make her an excellent Commander-in-Chief. 5% say she’s the best choice, but only 1% say they like her and want her to win. The “first woman president” thing was especially powerful with Hillary’s base: 22% of women, 30% of Democrats, and 27% of 18-29 year olds cited the historic event as a positive aspect of Clinton’s presidency. When asked what would be the worst thing about a Clinton presidency, 6% said she’s not qualified enough, while 4% say they don’t want a president with boobs. Pollsters surveyed over 1,000 adults in all 50 states, with a margin of error at +/- 4 points and 95% confidence level. \[[Gallup](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168041/clinton-top-selling-point-2016-first-female-president.aspx)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/35512/poll-the-best-thing-about-a-future-president-hillary-clinton-is-that-shes-a-woman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/35512/poll-the-best-thing-about-a-future-president-hillary-clinton-is-that-shes-a-woman/"},"headline":"Poll: The Best Thing About a Future President Hillary Clinton Would Be That She's a Woman","datePublished":"2014-03-24T16:27:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:03.209Z","description":"18% say they like that she'd be the first woman, only 9% said she had the experience","url":"https://time.com/35512/poll-the-best-thing-about-a-future-president-hillary-clinton-is-that-shes-a-woman/","keywords":["Living","Hillary Clinton","politics","survey","Power"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0e0035ad33dcee2/698686c755a859bcb1a7fdc7/2014-03-22t040335z_237776272_gm1ea3m0x.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0e0035ad33dcee2/698686c755a859bcb1a7fdc7/2014-03-22t040335z_237776272_gm1ea3m0x.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton welcomes College Students Leaders for 2014 Meeting of Clinton Global Initiative University at Arizona State University in Tempe","caption":"Hillary Clinton welcomes College Students Leaders for 2014 Meeting of Clinton Global Initiative University at Arizona State University in Tempe","creditText":"Samantha Sais—Reuters","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":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/35512/poll-the-best-thing-about-a-future-president-hillary-clinton-is-that-shes-a-woman/","name":"Poll: The Best Thing About a Future President Hillary Clinton Would Be That She's a Woman"}}]}] ```