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2016年のアメリカ大統領選に向け、民主党のヒラリー・クリントン元国務長官と対抗馬との支持率の差が縮んでいることが最新の世論調査で明らかになった。
ABCニュースとワシントン・ポストの調査によると、民主党の投票予定者のうち、クリントン氏に投票すると答えた人は61％だった。これは11月の63％、1月の73％とくらべてもダウンしている。この最新の調査は12月はじめに実施され、21日に発表された。
Hillary Clinton
(01 of18)
U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waits to speak as she is introduced at Singapore Management University, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, in Singapore. (credit:AP)
(02 of18)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures as she speaks during a ceremony in recognition of World AIDS Day, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at the State Department in Washington, where she released The U.S. President\'s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, (PEPFAR) Blueprint\' for Creating an AIDS- Free Generation. (credit:AP)
(03 of18)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012. NATO foreign ministers were set Wednesday to shift their focus to the way forward in Afghanistan during a second day of talks in Brussels, as the military alliance prepares to withdraw its combat troops in 2014. (credit:AP)
(04 of18)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures as she gives a speech: \"Frontlines and Frontiers: Making Human Rights a Human Reality,\" Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Dublin City University in Dublin, Ireland. (credit:AP)
(05 of18)
In this Dec. 1, 2012 file photo, Actress Meryl Streep uses her iPhone to get a photo of her and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton following the State Department Dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors gala at the State Department in Washington. (credit:AP)
(06 of18)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a Global Townterview at the Newseum in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. (credit:RM)
(07 of18)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on a US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya (Foto vom 23.01.13). (credit:RM)
(08 of18)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles before speaking on American leadership at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. (credit:AP)
(09 of18)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton laughs as she gives a speech during a ceremony honoring her at the Pentagon, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, where outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta presented her with the Defense Department\'s Medal for Distinguished Public Service. (credit:AP)
(10 of18)
This April 2, 2013, file photo shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addressing the Vital Voices Global Partnership 2013 Global Leadership Awards gala at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. Clinton is getting plenty of encouragement to run for president in 2016. Her re-emergence this past week after a two-month break brought out cheering supporters when she gave speeches focused on the issues of women and girls around the world. (credit:AP)
(11 of18)
Hillary Clinton greets the audience during a Yale Law School ceremony at Yale University, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, in New Haven, Conn. Clinton received the Yale Law School Association Award of Merit, which is presented annually to those who have made a substantial contribution to public service or the legal profession. (credit:AP)
(12 of18)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, poses onstage for a photograph with Elton John after receiving her Founders award during the Elton John AIDS Foundation\'s 12th Annual \"An Enduring Vision\" benefit gala at Cipriani Wall Street on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in New York. (credit:AP)
(13 of18)
In a Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 file photo, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to the American Bar Association Annual Meeting Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, in San Francisco. Clinton spoke about maintaining the Voting Rights Act and received a medal from the association. The former secretary of state will receive the Elton John AIDS Foundation\'s first Founder\'s Award for her support of gay rights. In a statement Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, the foundation cited a 2011 speech in which Clinton asserted that gay rights were human rights for helping envision a world without AIDS.
(14 of18)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walks to the podium after receiving the Liberty Medal during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, in Philadelphia. The honor is given annually to an individual who displays courage and conviction while striving to secure liberty for people worldwide. (credit:AP)
(15 of18)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses a gala celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Center for American Progress at the Mellon Auditorium October 24, 2013 in Washington, DC. Co-founded by former Clinton Administration Chief of Staff John Podesta, the liberal public policy research and advocacy organization is a think tank that rivals conservative policy groups, such as the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute. (credit:Getty)
(16 of18)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks after receiving the National Defense Foundation University\'s (NDU) American Patriot Award during a gala dinner at the Ronald Reagan Center in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. The American Patriot Award annually recognizes leaders of extraordinary caliber who have strengthened America?s strategic interests and advanced global security. (credit:AP)
(17 of18)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walks past the Presidential seal in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, after a ceremony where President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former President Bill Clinton and others. (credit:AP)
(18 of18)
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks after receiving the 2013 Lantos Human Rights Prize during a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on December 6, 2013. (credit:Getty)
ジョー・バイデン副大統領は14％で、大差をつけられて2位となった。
元ハーバード大学教授で、消費者保護の政策を推進し、消費者金融保護局（CFPB）の設立に貢献したエリザベス・ウォーレン上院議員は3位につけ、13％だった。１1月の同じ調査では11%、１月の段階ではわずか9％だった。ウォーレン氏は大統領選への立候補について繰り返し否定している。
エリザベス・ウォーレン上院議員
一方共和党は、2012年の大統領候補だったミット・ロムニー氏が共和党の投票予定者のなかでトップだった。複数の調査によると、2016年の共和党候補としてわずかの差でロムニー氏がフロリダ州のジェブ・ブッシュ知事をリードしている。ブッシュ知事は16日、大統領選への立候補を検討していると述べた。他には、ランド・ポール上院議員やニュージャージー州のクリス・クリスティ―知事らの名前が上がっている。
調査の全結果はこちら。
2016年アメリカ大統領選挙 予想される候補者
ヒラリー・クリントン 前国務長官（民主党）(01 of14)
BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 06: Hillary Rodham Clinton, former United States Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady of the United States, speaks during the presentation of the German translation of her book \'Hard Choices\' (\'Entscheidungen\' in German) at the Staatsoper in the Schiller Theater on July 6, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Adam Berry via Getty Images)
ジョー・バイデン 副大統領（民主党）(02 of14)
US Vice President Joe Biden attends a seminar on \'Investing in Central America\' at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC, November 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JIM WATSON via Getty Images)
クリス・クリスティー ニュージャージー州知事（共和党）(03 of14)
GOOD MORNING AMERICA - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is a guest on \'Good Morning America,\' 11/5/14, airing on the ABC Television Network. (Photo by Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty Images) (credit:Lou Rocco via Getty Images)
スコット・ウォーカー ウィスコンシン州知事（共和党）(04 of14)
WEST ALLIS, WI - NOVEMBER 4: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker greets supporters at his election night party November 4, 2014 in West Allis, Wisconsin. Walker defeated Democratic challenger Mary Burke. (Photo by Darren Hauck/Getty Images) (credit:Darren Hauck via Getty Images)
ジョン・ケーシック オハイオ州知事(05 of14)
TAMPA, FL - AUGUST 29: Ohio Gov. John Kasich attends the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 29, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Former Massachusetts Gov. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate during the RNC, which is scheduled to conclude August 30. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Olson via Getty Images)
ジェブ・ブッシュ 元フロリダ州知事（共和党）(06 of14)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 24: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, speaks at an event with Thom Tillis, Republican candidate for North Carolina Senate, and members of the National Federation of Independent Business at Illuminating Technologies Inc., in Greensboro, N.C., September 24, 2014. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (credit:Tom Williams via Getty Images)
ポール・ライアン 下院議員（共和党）(07 of14)
U.S. Representative Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, speaks after a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Ryan said he\'d support more aggressive bombings in the Middle East to fight Islamic State militants after the beheading of a U.S. journalist. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ランド・ポール 上院議員（共和党）(08 of14)
CHARLESTON, SC - SEPTEMBER 30: U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) speaks to students at the College of Charleston during a town hall meeting on September 30, 2014 in Charleston, South Carolina. Paul has been speaking at a series of GOP events in the state, including the Universtity of South Carolina in Columbia. (Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images) (credit:Richard Ellis via Getty Images)
マルコ・ルビオ 上院議員（共和党）(09 of14)
NEW CASTLE, NH - MAY 9: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) addresses the New Hampshire Rockingham Committee Freed Founder\'s Dinner on May 9, 2014 in New Castle , New Hampshire. Rubio visited the state as he weighs a 2016 presidential run. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Eisen via Getty Images)
ボビー・ジンダル ルイジアナ州知事（共和党）(10 of14)
Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on Thursday, March 6, 2014. CPAC, a project of the American Conservative Union (ACU), runs until Saturday, March 8. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
リック・ペリー テキサス州知事（共和党）(11 of14)
AUSTIN, TX - NOVEMBER 4: Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during the victory party for Texas Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott after an apparent victory over Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis on November 4, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Republicans won the majority of the US Senate for the first time in 8 years after Americans went to the polls and voted in the mid-term elections. (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images) (credit:Erich Schlegel via Getty Images)
マイク・ペンス インディアナ州知事（共和党）(12 of14)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 03: Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., addresses the Faith and Freedom Coalition second annual conference and strategy briefing held at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel. (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call) (credit:Tom Williams via Getty Images)
エリザベス・ウォーレン上院議員（民主党）(13 of14)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. speaks at the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Legislative Conference and Presidential Forum in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
ドナルド・トランプ氏（共和党）(14 of14)
Republican presidential candidate, real estate mogul Donald Trump, speaks at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, Saturday, July 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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