According to a nationwide poll based on telephone interviews with 515 Democrats, 519 Republicans and 550 independents, more than 8 out of 10 Democrats said they wanted to see former First Lady and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president in 2016.
On the Republican side, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is losing support, as 41% said they would rather him not run for presidency and 31% said they would want him to. The remaining percentage were people who did not know enough about the governor to take a side. In the beginning, it was predicted that Governor Christie would be winning the favor of the Republicans. It is clearly not so anymore, based on the results of the poll. No Republican candidate currently has enough support for a presidential run.
The poll was incomplete in many areas because of a lack of knowledge by the public. This is why accurate information is so necessary to have when polling. Uneducated opinions and poll choices can dramatically sway the outcome of the article's subject. As journalists, we must be smart as to where we get our results from--if the people that make up our sample in polls are making their opinions based on true facts that they are aware of. There are so many aspects of a person's decision that must be taken into account. For example, with this poll, it is possible that many people who said that they wanted Clinton to run for office in 2016 did so only because they want to see a woman in office, not because they necessarily agree with her platform. This would make the conclusion that people support Clinton's views less accurate.
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