HOW POLARIZING IS HILLARY?

[William769]

The question of whether Hillary Clinton is uniquely polarizing is actually pretty hard to answer. For instance: The metric you use matters quite a lot. If you're going by how many voters "definitely would not" vote for her, she's less polarizing than John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Fred Thompson, or Mitt Romney. But some say that number is a function of name recognition -- that folks are sure they won't vote for candidates they don't know. So if you're going by favorability numbers, then Clinton's 44% unfavorable is fairly high. But that may just mean she's further along in a process that any high profile Democrat will undergo. At this point in the 2004 cycle, John Kerry's unfavorables were between 13% and 20% -- by the time the election rolled around, he was in the mid-40s, posting numbers pretty comparable to Hillary's.

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=10&year=2007&base_name=how_polarizing_is_hillary

[aquart]

1. Bored now.

[William769]

3. Maybe you should find a hobby then.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. You Can Massage These Numbers Until Your Eyes Blur

The only salient numbers are head to head matchups and she is doing quite well...

[peacebird]

4. ...yawn.....

[cuke]

9. "Math is hard" - Barbie

[cuke]

5. Hillary is very polarizing. That;s why she will win

Polarizing means that there's strong feelings on both sides. Just as many people (ie repukes) hate her, many dems love her. It will be nice to have a candidate that democrats can enthusiastically get behind

I predict the Hillary effect will bring more democratic voters to the voting booth on Election Day than has ever happened in the history of the DNC

[William769]

6. Your right on the money.

:hi:

[BootinUp]

7. I'll go with that theory too. n/t

[opihimoimoi]

8. Its gonna be a Landslide as Americans reject the Pubs Lies and BS

[emilyg]

10. Yep.

[moez]

11. She will definitely bring out

the cankle vote. That's been a sorely under-served segment for the last several elections....