Favorability of Bill Clinton helps Hillary in New Hampshire

In a latest Franklin Pierce University Poll, Respondents were asked how favorable or unfavorable they feel toward Bill Clinton. Overall in the poll conducted by Franklin Pierce and WBZ TV, 86 percent of respondents feel favorable toward Bill Clinton, while 11 percent feel unfavorable. Democratic primary voters with a favorable view toward Bill Clinton are much more likely to vote for Hillary Clinton (39%) than voters with an unfavorable view (9%). Thirty percent of voters who feel unfavorable toward Bill Clinton said that they would vote for Obama. Still, 44 percent of those with an unfavorable view toward Bill
Clinton think that Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination. These results suggest that while Bill Clinton does have an effect on his wife’s political fortune, few Democratic primary voters hold an unfavorable view toward the ex-President.