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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton far outpaces Vice President Joe Biden in favorability ratings, a new survey of the two potential 2016 contenders shows.

Clinton enjoys a favorable-unfavorable rating of 67-26 percent, while those figures for Biden clock in at 48-37 percent favorability, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll posted Wednesday.


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Those figures come as Clinton gears up to testify about the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, later Wednesday on Capitol Hill, and as chatter increases about Biden’s interest in a presidential run in the next cycle.

Of those surveyed, the former first lady saw a “strongly” favorable to “strongly” unfavorable rating of 35-14 percent. Biden’s figures on that measure: 22-23 percent strongly favorable to strongly unfavorable, the poll said.

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Clinton also received higher ratings from Republicans and independents than the vice president did: Republicans surveyed offered a 37-57 percent favorable to unfavorable score for Clinton; but a 20-71 percent rating for Biden on that question.

Among independents, Clinton was stronger again, with a favorability rating of 65-26 percent. In that category, Biden’s figures came in at 42-37 percent favorable to unfavorable. Clinton was also viewed “strongly favorably” by “six in 10” Democrats, while 44 percent of Democrats said the same for Biden.

The poll of 1,033 adults, conducted Jan. 16-20, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.