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Democratic support for Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for the White House has taken a slight dip amid reports this month that the former secretary of state used her personal email address and server for official business, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll. But the controversy hasn’t changed the minds of most Americans on whether they like her or would vote for her for president.
Another Reuters/Ipsos poll reveals that two-thirds of Americans surveyed had heard of the email controversy, but 66 percent also said their opinion of the former secretary of state has not changed as a result. And 49 percent said it would have no effect on whether they would vote for her in 2016.
Democratic backing for a Clinton bid dropped by as much as 15 percentage points since mid-February in the tracking poll. By and large, however, Democrats still support Clinton by a wide margin over potential challengers in the party — just 14 percent of Democrats surveyed said the emails would make it less likely to vote for her in the primary.
A separate poll released Wednesday — this one by CNN/ORC — found that Clinton maintains a strong advantage over other Democratic hopefuls and tops every Republican candidate in a series of hypothetical matchups. That survey, conducted March 13-15, interviewed 1,009 Americans, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The responses to the CNN poll followed a decidedly partisan split: 41 percent overall agreed that Clinton turned over all work-related emails to the State Department, but only 22 percent of Republicans thought she did.
Asked by CNN whether Clinton has a right to keep her personal emails private, 71 percent said she does, compared with 17 percent who responded that she does not. Regarding an independent review of her emails, 55 percent expressed support, though only 46 percent of Democrats did so, compared with 77 percent of Republicans.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online March 10-17, surveying 2,128 Americans, including 838 Democrats, 736 Republicans and 276 independents. The online credibility interval for the survey is plus or minus 2.4 percentage points overall, 3.9 percentage points for Democrats, 4.1 percentage points for Republicans and 6.7 percentage points for independents.
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