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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor Hillary Clinton, a trust deficit to surmount (WaPo)
A new Associated Press-GfK poll shows that 6 in 10 people (61 percent) said honest describes Clinton only slightly well or not at all. Before you argue that those numbers are just recalcitrant Republicans corrupting the sample, chew on these two nuggets: First, 4 in 10 Democrats yes, Democrats said honest either barely applied to Clinton or didnt apply at all and, second, 6 in 10 independents said the same about Clintons honesty problem.
More than 6 in 10 (62 percent) voters said Clinton has strong leadership qualities. In that same sample, though, less than 4 in 10 (38 percent) said she was honest and trustworthy. A majority (54 percent) said she is not honest and trustworthy, including 61 percent of independents.
http://wapo.st/1QcgWwn
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Exilednight
(9,359 posts)Primary could very well be a major problem.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)I think she is looking pretty good.
Exilednight
(9,359 posts)Obama did in 2008. Obama leveled the "republican lite" charge against her in an early debate and Hilary's nosedive began quickly thereafter.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)I'm not sure that's a statement of support for Sec Clinton so much as it is a statement about the lack of name recognition of the other candidates and potential candidates.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)distortions and a gullible public, then of course it's an issue...unrec
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)a complicit media and "Democrats" pushing rightwing narratives.
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)I know others are but this is bullshit
I want whoever runs this place to just start banning Hillary haters
Exilednight
(9,359 posts)NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)Exilednight
(9,359 posts)NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)why someone feels it is necessary to post it on DU.
Big difference - there is only one reason to post it on DU and we all know what it is
Exilednight
(9,359 posts)Exilednight
(9,359 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Exilednight
(9,359 posts)A right-wing narrative.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Exilednight
(9,359 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)that's exactly what I wrote.
Now ... are you denying that there are "Democrats" are pushing rightwing narratives.
Exilednight
(9,359 posts)Are one of them.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Exilednight
(9,359 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)I guess any statement (that you acknowledge is true) applies to you, personally.
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)I wonder why, what is it about ME
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Ya know, justice, peace, love, hope and all that hippie shit! Oh wait, that was me in the 60's. Never mind!
Exilednight
(9,359 posts)One I made the same comment to.
uncleverusername
(37 posts)But the Democratic establishment, itself.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a corporatist and Clinton shill, who will do anything she can to keep everyone else out.
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)one candidate for the Presidency. Why not all the others?
I see it was an online poll. How was the question phrased? Why don't they share with the peons?
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)Thanks for posting this, Exilednight.
One would think polling data would be of interest to those who have been posting poll after poll here, but it's pretty clear polling and data analysis isn't welcome if it doesn't comport to a certain narrative.
The Clintons have worked hard for a long time cultivating this air of distrust. Hillary's repeated violations of the Memorandum of Understanding she signed with the Obama Admin as a condition to taking the job as SOS is just the latest in a litany of questionable behavior, and I think will and should give voters pause.
I leave those in denial with a piece by Banksy.
Exilednight
(9,359 posts)Cleaning up the mess.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Exilednight
(9,359 posts)This same time right years ago. When her favorability went underwater she began to slide as Obama seriously began to challenge her on the issues.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Exilednight
(9,359 posts)2008? Her disapproval rating is already higher now than it was 8 years ago.