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More than seven out of 10 Democrats feel that there is at least one candidate who would make a good president, while just six in 10 Republicans agree, according to a new poll released Monday.

Only 59 percent of Republicans polled said they saw a suitable candidate running for president in 2016, the Gallup poll released Monday said. That number actually represents a three-point increase from a similar poll taken in May, but is still significantly lower than the 68 percent of Republicans in April who saw a candidate who would make a good president, before Sen. Ted Cruz suspended his campaign.


Of the Republicans polled who hold a favorable view of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, 75 percent said they could see a good president among this year's candidates. But among Republicans with an unfavorable view of the real estate mogul, just 31 percent could find any candidate in this year's field would make a good president, down from 53 percent in April, at the height of Trump's primary duel with Cruz.

The poll also shows suggests that Hillary Clinton still has work to do to win over Democrats after the end of her primary battle with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

With Sanders all but out of the presidential race, the number of Democrats who say they see a candidate running for the White House who would make a good president actually dipped six points, from 77 percent to 71 percent, in the last month. Among Democrats with a favorable view of Clinton, 83 percent said the 2016 field contained at least one person who would make a good president. Of Democrats who view Clinton unfavorably, just 44 percent answered that this year's race could produce a good commander in chief.

The poll was conducted from June 14-15 among 1,021 adults nationwide. Of those polled, 447 identified as Republicans and 441 as Democrats, both with a sampling error of plus-or-minus seven points.

CORRECTION: This article has been updated to more clearly reflect the nature of the data for the share of people who say they could see a good president among the candidates.