Clinton's fav/unfav 53/44 in new USAToday/Gallup.

[rinsd]

Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,009 National Adults, aged 18+, conducted October 12-14, 2007.

A. Hillary Clinton
Favorable Unfavorable No opinion
2007 Oct 12-14 53 44 2
2007 Oct 4-7 51 44 5
2007 Sep 14-16 49 49 2
2007 Sep 7-8 49 46 5
2007 Aug 13-16 47 48 5
2007 Aug 3-5 47 49 3
2007 Jul 12-15 47 48 5
2007 Jul 6-8 48 48 5
2007 Jun 1-3 46 50 3
2007 May 10-13 53 45 2
2007 May 4-6 50 47 3
2007 Apr 13-15 45 52 4
2007 Apr 2-5 47 49 4
2007 Mar 23-25 48 48 3
2007 Mar 2-4 54 42 3
2007 Feb 9-11 58 40 1

Another interesting question

6. (Asked of Democrats and independents who lean to the Democratic Party)If the following wins the Democratic nomination for president, which would best describe your reaction -- you would vote for her/him enthusiastically in November 2008, you would vote for her/him, but mainly as a vote against the Republican, you would vote for the Republican, or you would stay home on Election Day and not vote?

BASED ON --500-- DEMOCRATS AND DEMOCRATIC LEANERS
2007 Oct 12-14 (sorted by "vote for enthusiastically") Vote for enthusiastic-ally Vote for, mainly against the Republican Vote for the Republican Stay home, not vote No opinion
Hillary Clinton 64 22 4 6 5
Barack Obama 49 31 6 8 6
John Edwards 41 37 4 12 7

http://www.usatoday.com/news/polls/tables/live/2007-10-15-poll.htm?loc=interstitialskip

[durrrty libby]

1. Her appeal continues to grow. Very impressive

[Tejanocrat]

2. Why has her favorable rating fallen by 5% and her unfavorability risen by 4% since February?

[annie1]

3. i know, that's so weird. I would think her making all these tv rounds ...

would help her out. She comes across perfectly nice. Way nicer than she's ever come across since the very beginning. weird.

[MGKrebs]

4. Almost all potential candidates look good before they are actually running.

Many people look good "in theory" as leaders, but fade when the spotlight comes on. (Ref: Fred Thompson.) In Hillary's case, I suspect that many people didn't think too much about her at all until she tossed her hat in the ring, then the BSRRE kicked in (BullShit Residual Rove Effect), dragging her numbers down as people were made wary based on reminders of the negativity of the last millennium. However, Team Clinton, as any decent campaign would, has managed to lead people beyond the slurs, smears, and innuendos, and presented their candidate in a favorable light.


Either that, or much of their campaign money is going to buying off the press.