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Hillary Clinton beats Obama in new Gallup poll
Photo credit: AP | U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses students of Moscow State University on Wednesday. Clinton has ranked higher in popularity than President Barack Obama, according to a recent Gallup poll. (Oct. 14, 2009)
Barack Obama may have beaten Hillary Rodham Clinton in the presidential primaries last year, but she's ahead of him in a new popularity poll.
The Gallup survey conducted Oct. 1-4, and released Thursday, shows Clinton's favorable ratings at 62 percent and Obama's at 56 percent.
Gallup said the juxtaposition is due more to Obama's declining popularity than any rise in Clinton's favorable...
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