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Very Few Demand Hillary, But Plurality Picks Her When Given Option

Ipsos-Reid/Cook Political Report Survey Asks Likely Democratic Presidential Primary/Caucus Participants First Choice Among Likely Candidates, Then Asks What Voters Would Do If Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) Runs

Only 2% Volunteer New York Senator Hillary Clinton As Their Choice, But When Given The Option, Many Defect From First Choice And 46% Back Her

Survey Asks Adults to Report in Their Own Words The Most Important Problem Facing the Country, and the Biggest Challenges Facing Their Own Families

Cook Political Report/Ipsos-Reid Survey Shows Bush Reelect Margin is +14 Overall (43% Definitely Vote to Reelect Bush Minus 29% Definitely for Someone Else);

Gender Gap is 14 Percentage Points (Bush Margin +22 with Men, +8 with Women);
Age, Region, and Marriage Gaps Wider Than Gender Gap at Outset of 2003

In First Post-Election Cook Political Report/Ipsos-Reid Survey, Strong Approval of Bush Performance Overall. On Bush Approval, the Marriage Gap Matters Most. On Direction of the Country, the Familiar Gender Gap Reappears.

Democrats Fail to Turn Economic Distress into Votes for a New Economic Policy; Republicans Fail to Turn Bush Job Scores into Preference for Republican Congress; Parties Leave Voters to Figure It Out for Themselves

Congressional Party Control Preference is 45% Democrats, 44% Republicans Among Likely Voters.
Bush is a Weak Force Affecting Vote Decisions Heading Into Final Weekend