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Hillary Clinton most popular US politician, poll shows

By REUTERS

FEBRUARY 8, 2013 17:40

WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the most popular US politician, surpassing fellow Democrats President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as well as leading Republicans, a national poll found.

Sixty-one percent of American voters approve of Clinton, a possible US presidential candidate for 2016, while 34 percent said they had an unfavorable opinion, according to the survey by Quinnipiac University released on Friday.

The poll comes one week after Clinton left her post as the nation's top diplomat. Clinton, 65, has said she does not see herself going back to politics but left open the possibility of such a return.

Leading Republicans, including rising star Marco Rubio, afirst-term senator from Florida, saw favorable opinions fromone-third or fewer of those surveyed.

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