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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Donald Trump's Personal Attacks Against Hillary Clinton Could Backfire
If Trump aims to improve his standing among women, some other polling history suggests attacking Clinton for her husbands misdeeds is misguided. Gallup recorded what remains its highest-ever approval rating for Hillary Clinton in the immediate wake of her husbands impeachment, with her favorability topping 67% in December 1998. The marks suggested that the then-First Lady, frequently a polarizing force during her husbands administration, had suddenly become a sympathetic figure and that the public perceived her as a victim, rather than an enabler, of her husbands behavior.
Support for Clinton rivaled but never surpassed that mark four years ago during the closing months of her term as Secretary of State. Since then, however, her numbers have tumbled precipitously, with a mere 39% now viewing her favorably while 55% disapprove. Indeed, only Trumps unpopularity outstrips Clintons, setting up what promises to be an ugly, attritional general election campaign between the two most disliked nominees in modern history.
By focusing on one of the rare historical moments that a supermajority of Americans actually liked Hillary Clinton, Trump looks primed to shoot himself in the foot.
http://fortune.com/2016/05/09/donald-trump-attack-hillary-clinton-monica-lewinsky/
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)fire away.
Gothmog
(144,939 posts)spanone
(135,795 posts)ThePhilosopher04
(1,732 posts)and get Hillary elected. But Hillary has done such a bang up job of pissing off true liberals that his real plan may actually "backfire."
Tarheel_Dem
(31,222 posts)Cuz this is the moment that Hillary clinched her Senate seat.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)1. If it mentions one of the primary candidates then it still belongs in GDP.
You are welcome to post about the general election in GD without reference to the primary candidates.
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