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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Thu Aug 27, 2015, 12:14 PM Aug 2015

Voters Described Presidential Candidates With One Word — And The Results Were Brutal

Aug. 27, 2015 at 8:56 AM

A new poll released Thursday asked respondents to name "the first word that comes to mind" with three of the leading 2016 presidential candidates.

The results were quite illuminating.

- The top word associated with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton was "liar."
- The top word associated with Republican front-runner Donald Trump was "arrogant."
- The top word associated with Republican contender Jeb Bush was "Bush."

The results come from a Quinnipiac University survey that polled 1,500 people.

Of those polled, 178 used "liar" for Clinton. After that, they were most likely to say "dishonest" (123) and then "untrustworthy" (93). The first positive words didn't appear until the No. 4 term, "experience" (82), and the No. 5 one, "strong" (59).

The poll asked both Democratic and Republican voters about candidates of both parties, and it's not surprising that many of the top responses would be critical.

The results, however, could be a sign that Clinton's detractors have a clearer and more widespread narrative against her than Clinton's supporters have on her behalf.

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Voters Described Presidential Candidates With One Word — And The Results Were Brutal (Original Post) Purveyor Aug 2015 OP

Makes sense GummyBearz Aug 2015 #1

Well, it's true. So there's that n/t arcane1 Aug 2015 #2

I wish they'd done a word cloud for Bernie. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #3

Imagine that ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #5

Well heck, let's go Godwin and get it over with. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #7

Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #8

No one was able to prove Christie's involvement in Bridgegate either. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #9

Okay. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #11

Mighty accurate. hifiguy Aug 2015 #4

unfortunately humans love arragance olddots Aug 2015 #6

That's the truth. Amen. 840high Aug 2015 #10

If the foo shits... Throd Aug 2015 #12

well, the media's done their job well on Hillary spanone Aug 2015 #13

Hillary hasn't done much to help her public perception. Throd Aug 2015 #14

GummyBearz

(2,931 posts)

1. Makes sense

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 12:28 PM

Aug 2015

Although trump's top response should have been "joke"

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

2. Well, it's true. So there's that n/t

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 12:39 PM

Aug 2015

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

3. I wish they'd done a word cloud for Bernie.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 12:40 PM

Aug 2015

The one for Hillary is at http://www.quinnipiac.edu/images/polling/us/us08272015_wordcloudHC_Ueg38d.pdf

And also includes deceitful, crook, crooked, corrupt, criminal, untruthful, smart, Benghazi, politician and intelligent as the next biggest looking words.

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

5. Imagine that ...

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 12:53 PM

Aug 2015

20+ years of the right and the media (and now the Left) calling someone "deceitful", "crook", "crooked", "corrupt", "criminal", and "untruthful", on a (near) daily basis, would result in the public describing that person is deceitful, crook, crooked, corrupt, criminal, or untruthful!

Will wonders never cease?

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

7. Well heck, let's go Godwin and get it over with.

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 01:00 PM

Aug 2015

The media called Hitler a monster for the last 70 years, and people still think of him as a monster!

Sometimes people earn the words the media use about them.

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

8. Yes ...

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #7)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 01:05 PM

Aug 2015

because all those terms were borne out in all the investigations launched against HRC and her husband over the years. Right?

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

9. No one was able to prove Christie's involvement in Bridgegate either.

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #8)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 01:15 PM

Aug 2015

'Smart' and 'Intelligent' people are often able to make sure proof of their misbehaviour never comes to light.

Prisons aren't filled with smart criminals, they're full of the dumb ones.