By: E&P Staff As the early stage of the race for president heats up, support for Sen. Hillary Clinton appears to be cooling. A majority of Americans now have an unfavorable image of her, a new Gallup poll released today shows.
Her current 45% favorable rating is one of the lowest Gallup has measured for her since 1993.
Her lead as frontrunner for the Democratic nod has narrowed to just 31% to 26% over Sen. Barack Obama. Former Sen. John Edwards comes in at 16% and Al Gore at 15%.
"The recent decline in her image appears to be broad-based, as it is evident among most key subgroups," Gallup reports.
In the latest poll, conducted April 13-15, 2007, more Americans say they have an unfavorable (52%) than a favorable view (45%) of Clinton. As recently as February, her favorable rating was 58%.
Sen. Obama and Sen. Edwards each have favorable ratings of 52% and unfavorable ratings of just 30%.
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