Statewide, 58 percent of voters said they oppose a Clinton mayoral run. Poll: No to Clinton for N.Y.C. mayor

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should not run for mayor of New York City, voters say in a new poll.

By a margin of 51 to 46 percent, New York City voters don’t think Clinton should run for the position, while voters statewide oppose a move for mayor 58-36 percent, according to a poll out Wednesday from Quinnipiac University.


Mayor Michael Bloomberg had called Clinton earlier this year to encourage her to run, according to a New York Times report.

Clinton, who is expected to leave the administration early in President Barack Obama’s second term, has said she is looking forward to returning to private life, but her supporters are becoming increasingly hopeful she will make a second bid for the White House in 2016.

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The survey of 1,302 New York State voters was conducted Dec. 5-10 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.