WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic voters are almost evenly split over whether Nancy Pelosi, the currently House minority leader, should be the next Speaker of the House, according to a CNN poll released on Wednesday.
Among Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents, 44 percent said Pelosi was the best choice for Speaker, with 46 percent saying they would prefer a different Democrat, the poll found.
Among all voters, 30 percent said Pelosi should be Speaker, and 59 percent said a different Democratic lawmaker would be a better choice.
Pelosi, however, remained confident that she'll be elected to the House top post.
"I'm just going to say that I will be Speaker," Pelosi was quoted by a TheHill news daily report as saying on Wednesday morning.
Local media also said a number of House Democrats were planning to oppose Pelosi when the House votes for the Speakership on Jan. 3.
The survey, conducted by SSRS, re-interviewed 677 adults who participated in a nationally representative pre-election survey between Nov. 8 and Nov. 12. It has a margin of error of 5 percentage points.
