---
title: "Will Obama drag down Hillary in 2016?"
description: "While Hillary Clinton had to contend with “Clinton fatigue” in her 2008 race for president, “Obama fatigue” is her potential stumbling block this time.\\n\\n"
date: "2014-01-07"
authors:
  - name: "Bruce Drake"
    job_title: "Former Senior Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/bruce-drake/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/2014/01/07/will-obama-drag-down-hillary-in-2016/"
categories:
  - "Barack Obama"
  - "Politics & Policy"
  - "U.S. Elections & Voters"
---

# Will Obama drag down Hillary in 2016?

There’s no question that Hillary Clinton would make a formidable presidential candidate. She routinely polls as America’s most admired figure, and voters gave her high marks during her tenure as the country’s top diplomat. But Hillary Clinton has a potential problem. His name is Barack Obama.

While she had to contend with “Clinton fatigue” in 2008, “Obama fatigue” is her potential stumbling block this time. Should dissatisfaction with the state of the nation and disapproval of Obama persist as 2016 approaches, the former secretary of state may well struggle to position herself as an agent of change.

*[Read the complete article by Andrew Kohut, the Pew Research Center's founding director, in Politico Magazine](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/obama-drag-down-hillary-clinton-2016-101775.html#ixzz2piVAKErB)*.