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On the morning after Barack Obama’s historic nomination victory, attention has quickly turned to the question of possible running mates — specifically whether Obama and Hillary Clinton will join forces in a so-called “Dream Ticket.”<\/p>\n\n

In a survey conducted in late May (May 21-25), a majority of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters (53%) said they would like to see Obama choose Clinton as his running mate. However, Obama supporters viewed a possible Obama-Clinton pairing as anything but a dream. Fully 54% said they did not want to see Obama choose Clinton as his running mate while 37% said they did. Clinton supporters, not surprisingly, were much more open to the idea — 76% said they would like to see Obama to choose Clinton as his running mate.<\/p>\n\n

An analysis of the data finds that, despite the sharp differences between Obama and Clinton supporters on this issue, key Democratic voter groups — including some that have consistently supported Obama for the nomination — have a positive view of a possible Obama-Clinton ticket.<\/p>\n\n

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For instance, black voters supported Obama over Clinton for the nomination by 80% to 15% in Pew Research’s May survey. Most black Democrats (59%) say they would like to see Obama choose Clinton as his running mate. About the same proportion of liberal Democratic voters (58%) — who also supported Obama for the nomination by wide margins (61% to 36% in May) — express a positive opinion of a possible Obama-Clinton pairing.<\/p>\n\n

However, college-educated Democrats, who favored Obama by 25 points over Clinton in the May survey (60% to 35%), are evenly split over whether Obama should select Clinton as his running mate: 46% say he should not, while 42% believe he should.<\/p>\n\n

The prospect of Clinton taking the number two slot on the ticket attracts broad support from groups that have long favored her candidacy — less educated Democrats and women. Nearly two-thirds of Democratic voters (64%) with no more than a high school education say that Obama should choose Clinton, as do 59% of women.<\/p>\n\n

Find more from Pew Research’s latest national political survey<\/a> at pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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