People think 'liar,' 'dishonest' when they think of Clinton
Aug 27, 2015 16:30:07 GMT -5
Post by PurplePuppy on Aug 27, 2015 16:30:07 GMT -5
Anyone surprised?
Poll: People think 'liar,' 'dishonest' when they think of Clinton
By Barbara Boland • 8/27/15 10:01 AM
The top three words voters think of to describe Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton are "liar," "dishonest," and "untrustworthy," according to a Quinnipiac University National poll released Thursday.
Clinton does have some positive word association. The next few words on the list are "experience" and "strong." But others include "crook," "untruthful," "criminal" and "deceitful."
Clinton continues to struggle on the issue of trust given the ongoing scandal involving her use of personal email, and her decision to erase thousands of emails that she insists were private and personal, and not work-related.
According to the poll, 61 percent of voters say Clinton is not trustworthy, while 54 percent of voters say the same of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
The poll found Vice President Joe Biden running ahead of Clinton against Republican candidates in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton has continued to lose ground to Vermont independent Bernie Sanders, and has fallen from 55 percent of the vote in the July 30 poll to 45 percent in the latest tally.
Sanders had his highest poll tally yet, at 22 percent. Biden, who has not yet decided to enter the race, won 18 percent.
Trump also had his highest favorable poll tally, gaining 8 points from the July 30 poll to 28 percent of the Republican vote. Carson came in second place with 12 percent, and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida won 7 percent each. Eleven percent of Republican voters are undecided.
Trump also leads in the number of people who say there's "no way" they'd vote for him. Bush was second in that category at 18 percent.
"Arrogant" is the word that comes to mind when voters think of Trump, and "Bush" is the word that voters think of when asked about Bush.
"Trump proves you don't have to be loved by everyone, just by enough Republicans to lead the GOP pack," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. "On the Democratic side, Secretary Hillary Clinton continues her slide while Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to narrow the gap."
Malloy added that this poll should be welcome news for Biden. Voters either "really like you, or they like you more than the others," he said.
The poll surveyed 1,563 voters between August 20-25 and has margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percent.
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Poll: People think 'liar,' 'dishonest' when they think of Clinton
By Barbara Boland • 8/27/15 10:01 AM
The top three words voters think of to describe Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton are "liar," "dishonest," and "untrustworthy," according to a Quinnipiac University National poll released Thursday.
Clinton does have some positive word association. The next few words on the list are "experience" and "strong." But others include "crook," "untruthful," "criminal" and "deceitful."
Clinton continues to struggle on the issue of trust given the ongoing scandal involving her use of personal email, and her decision to erase thousands of emails that she insists were private and personal, and not work-related.
According to the poll, 61 percent of voters say Clinton is not trustworthy, while 54 percent of voters say the same of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
The poll found Vice President Joe Biden running ahead of Clinton against Republican candidates in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton has continued to lose ground to Vermont independent Bernie Sanders, and has fallen from 55 percent of the vote in the July 30 poll to 45 percent in the latest tally.
Sanders had his highest poll tally yet, at 22 percent. Biden, who has not yet decided to enter the race, won 18 percent.
Trump also had his highest favorable poll tally, gaining 8 points from the July 30 poll to 28 percent of the Republican vote. Carson came in second place with 12 percent, and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida won 7 percent each. Eleven percent of Republican voters are undecided.
Trump also leads in the number of people who say there's "no way" they'd vote for him. Bush was second in that category at 18 percent.
"Arrogant" is the word that comes to mind when voters think of Trump, and "Bush" is the word that voters think of when asked about Bush.
"Trump proves you don't have to be loved by everyone, just by enough Republicans to lead the GOP pack," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. "On the Democratic side, Secretary Hillary Clinton continues her slide while Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to narrow the gap."
Malloy added that this poll should be welcome news for Biden. Voters either "really like you, or they like you more than the others," he said.
The poll surveyed 1,563 voters between August 20-25 and has margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percent.
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