Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush are the millionaires' choice for 2016

Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton
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A new CNBC poll found that millionaires prefer Hillary Clinton over Jeb Bush, and both candidates over any other presidential hopefuls. In the context of a full range of choices for 2016, 36 percent of millionaires went for Clinton, and 20 percent for Bush. Democrat Elizabeth Warren and Republican Chris Christie were the runners-up. Clinton's favor does take a hit among the oldest millionaires:

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.