Most Voters Don't Want Oprah Winfrey To Run For President

There is still talk on social media (and on cable news) about the possibility of Oprah Winfrey running for president. What does the general public think? Do they want to see Winfrey run? If this poll is to be believed (and I think it should be), then the answer is NO.

By a 35 point margin, all registered voters say they do not want Winfrey to run for president, and when only Independents are queried, that margin rises to 36 points. Even Democrats are opposed -- by a 5 point margin.

The poll then put Winfrey head to head in a primary run against four other Democrats who might run in the Democratic primary. The second chart shows those result (with only Democrats being questioned). Winfrey would do well against Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand, but there are a lot of undecideds in those match-ups. She doesn't do nearly as well against the two current favorites -- losing to Bernie Sanders by 9 points and to Joe Biden by 23 points.

This is the Politico / Morning Consult Poll -- done between January 11th and 16th of a random national sample of 1,993 registered voters, with a 2 point margin of error.