Clinton only administration official with positive rating

Posted By P.J. Aroon Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 3:36 PM Share

Hillary Clinton, July 18, 2009 | INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images

A Harris Interactive poll of 2,498 American adults conducted online from Aug. 10 to 18 found that of the Obama administration officials asked about, only Secretary Clinton received an overall positive rating:

51% positive (with 16% "excellent" and 36% "pretty good")
31% negative (with 19% "only fair" and 12% "poor")
18% not familiar enough to have an opinion

President Barack Obama was not included in the poll. Also, some of the percentages don't add up exactly due to rounding.

Here's how Clinton has done by month, with percentages in the order of positive, negative, and not familiar:

August: 51%, 31%, 18%
June: 47%, 34%, 19%
May: 50%, 33%, 17%
April: 51%, 32%, 17%
March: 49%, 36%, 15%

Overall, pretty stable.

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STACYX

11:24 PM ET

September 2, 2009

I'm not surprised Secretary

I'm not surprised Secretary Clinton has the highest approval rating of any members of the administration- she's out there working hard, doing what she said she was going to do and it shows. Props to her.

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MODERATEWINGER

1:52 AM ET

September 3, 2009

Excellent

Keep up the good work Hillary.

RICHARD PHILLIPS

1:31 PM ET

September 4, 2009

Clinton

My own political philosophy leans heavily to the conservative side. Therefore, my thoughts on a liberal administration will certainly be suspect. However, Clinton does seem to be the one high ranking official that has done a good job. She comes across as strong and no nonsense in a position that needs that mental toughness.

I do believe she would be too liberal as a president and would fall into that "we will take care of all your needs" philosophy that plagues liberals. But she has really stepped up in her current role. casino

STILL4HILL

5:43 PM ET

September 4, 2009

It's edifying to see that

It's edifying to see that despite all the attempts from her detractors to marginalize her and minimize her work, the American people are alert to the truth. She is doing a wonderful job. Congrats, Hillary! We see you, and we know how tirelessly you are working for us!

CAROLYN-RODHAM

1:07 PM ET

September 8, 2009

No surprise there... I'd be

No surprise there...
I'd be curious to see ratings for the other members of the Obama administration, if you have those, Preeti

P.J. AROON

2:22 PM ET

September 8, 2009

Ratings for Others

Page 4 of the pdf below has the ratings for everyone asked about:
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/pubs/Harris_Poll_2009_09_02.pdf

As you'll see, Clinton was in "first place" by far with 51 percent giving her a positive rating. Biden was a distant second, with only 33 percent giving him a positive rating.

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