Hillary Rodham Clinton Gaining Favor, Times/CBS Poll Says

[DonViejo]

Source: New York Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to have initially weathered a barrage of news about her use of a private email account when she was secretary of state and the practices of her family’s foundation, an indication that she is starting her second presidential bid with an unusual durability among Democratic voters.

Americans now view Mrs. Clinton more favorably and as a stronger leader than they did earlier in the year, despite weeks of scrutiny about her ethics, a New York Times/CBS News poll has found. And nearly nine in 10 Democrats say the nation is ready to elect a female president.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/us/politics/hillary-clinton-gains-favor-times-cbs-poll-says.html?emc=edit_na_20150505

[pnwmom]

1. K & R

[onehandle]

2. 45. nt

[SoapBox]

3. Favorable huh?

It suuuuure didn't sound like it, the way Pelley reported it on the news.

[PatrynXX]

7. last I heard (today)

her approval rating is down. gotta love polls NBC picked the one that showed it going down

[SoapBox]

9. Of all the numbers in the poll...

The one they did full screen was the 48/45 favorable/unfavorable.

As a side note...getting media coverage for either HRC or BS, I think is going to be a problem as usual. A local newspaper (The Daily Breeze, Torrance, CA) had a huge spread across the front page today (I picked up a neighbors paper for them)...

"Two more join the 2016 Presidential race" (close to this)

...with pictures of Carson, Stinkorina, Cruz and The Rube.

Democrats or mention of? Zip.

[upaloopa]

26. Orange County right?

I have wing nut in-laws in Westminster.
The are working stiffs like me. The husband cannot read. They will vote for whoever is in the clown car driver's seat.

[Larry Engels]

40. No, Torrance is in South Bay.

LA County.

[brooklynite]

18. Go to Pollster.com and look at her "low" popularity compared to every Republican...

I'm sleeping soundly.

[Sgt Preston]

4. Americans tend to be tolerant of corruption in their politicians, so long as sex is not part of it.

That's my take. I could be wrong.

[msongs]

5. after sex bill was more popular than ever....no cigarette needed nt

[SoapBox]

10. Oh but remember...

It wasn't really sex!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

23. Love the man - I've used that line for years! It's actually true if you think about it.

It is sexual contact, but sex implies the ability to procreate, and you can't procreate orally.

(I'm not saying this to relieve anyone of culpability in sexually aggressive acts. You should have to pay a penalty for any unwanted sexual contact. It's just a technicality, but really doesn't change anything.

[Sgt Preston]

14. His negatives went up.

[BlueMTexpat]

17. So what actual evidence

do you have that Hillary Clinton is or has ever been corrupt?

Facts please, not inferences and allusions ....

[Evergreen Emerald]

44. but but...that's what all republicans say

so it must be true!

[BlueMTexpat]

64. Certainly as true as anything else

that they say - you can bet on that.

[candelista]

48. "What evidence?"?

You have a lot of nerve asking that question. She destroyed it all, as you well know. I'm sure her email correspondents have done the same at their end. I guess the NSA has copies, but they aren't talking.
"What evidence?" Bwahahahah.

[BlueMTexpat]

63. LOL ...

[Cha]

6. Yeah, she's gaining favor since the rw tried to bring her down with their lies. One for the Dems. 0

for rw lies.

[candelista]

49. You should stop conflating anti-Hillary with "RW."

Plenty of liberals and leftists here on DU, including many Sanders supporters, are critical of Hillary. You can't just keep ignoring this. Or can you?

[giftedgirl77]

52. & you may want to stop confusing DU with the real world.

Just saying.

[candelista]

53. If you think I'm confused, you're confused.

And what exactly do you know about the real world? Is it a world where all liberals and leftists like Hillary? Now that's confusion!

[giftedgirl77]

60. Your quote was..

"You should stop conflating anti-Hillary with "RW."

Plenty of liberals and leftists here on DU, including many Sanders supporters, are critical of Hillary."

DU is a very small little bubble, hence if you think you can use that as an example of the actual voting block YOU are most definitely confused or dillusional. Take your pick.

[Cha]

69. Pretty sure they think they're the end all.. and nothing else matters.

[giftedgirl77]

70. It surely seems that way Cha.

[Cha]

68. You're the one who's "conflating".. I'm talking about the rw. I don't give a shite

about what you have to say about Hillary or anything else.

[RoccoR5955]

8. Gaining favor among who?

At least she's not a member of the clown cruise ship that is the Republican Party's candidate's vehicle.
Perhaps she is running stronger than before, but the poll was taken before Sanders declared.
Let's see what news the next poll brings.

[leftofcool]

27. 9 out of 10 Dems is who.

[RoccoR5955]

35. Oh? Is this a scientific poll?

Or did you get that result in another way?

[candelista]

50. He made it up.

Polls show it's about 6 out of 10. And that's probably a function of name recognition.

[RoccoR5955]

66. Oh I see...

one of those, "wait a minute while I pull a fact out of my ass" polls.
Very good.

[candelista]

71. Actually, I think he got it from Rush Limbaugh. :(

RUSH: Last week or the week before I happened to come across a report at TheFederalist.com, which had done an exhaustive and detailed analysis of the Clinton Crime Family Foundation. It was The Federalist who discovered and then reported that 15% of all the money raised by the Family Foundation actually goes to charities. Fifteen percent! Another report later found that it's 10% in some cases... Well, then the Democrat National Committee -- using people disguised as fact-checkers -- gets into gear.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily

[ram2008]

11. The top recommended comments are about Bernie

Wow, there's some real support out there for him. If the top rated comments on the NYtimes, one of the most read newspapers, are all expressing their desire for Sanders, then he really does have a shot.

[smiley]

12. I'm seeing the same thing

This man has the attitude and the message to get a lot of people on board with him. Dems and repubs alike.

My uncle who is a loudmouth republican, that normally hates liberals, actually supports Bernie. The same with my brother in law. He's not as rabid a conservative as my uncle, but he's never voted dem. They have both posted Bernie Sander memes on FB with positive Bernie Sanders messages. If they can get behind Bernie, then Hillary better be scared.

[L0oniX]

15. +1

[BrotherIvan]

16. Sad to say, I see many dismissing him and calling him a joke

I would think that the readers skew old and are self-selecting because it's an article about Hillary. He needs to prove he can win.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

24. People like that are either Hillary bigots, or they don't know Berrnie.

[leftofcool]

29. Hillary bigots?

So supporters of Hillary are bigots? You might want to rephrase your post or delete it all together.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

31. Thats a term we throw around in my industry

I forgot for a second that it doesn't mean the same thing to people that take it literally. It basically means that some Hillary supporters will vote for her no matter what. I'm so sorry for the confusion!!

[C Moon]

32. It was obvious to me you weren't calling Hillary supporters bigots.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

33. Thanks.

[yellowcanine]

42. If you are "so sorry" you should delete the post. Fan does not equal bigot. Anywhere. Anytime.

White Southerners used to justify denying blacks their civil rights using the same kind of reasoning. "That's how we do it here."

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

43. I said I was sorry for the "confusion". In the context I meant, my statement stands.

[yellowcanine]

45. Sorry there is no proper "context" for name calling fellow DUers "bigots".

Whether your statement "stands" or not may not be completely up to you.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

46. Maybe you don't get out much.

[yellowcanine]

47. That's almost as good an argument as name calling.

Congratulations. Your logic is impeccable.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

51. You're leaves a lot to be desired too!

Have a nice day!!

[yellowcanine]

54. "You're leaves a lot to be desired too!"??? That doesn't even make sense.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

56. I'm not surprised. Have a great day! (hint hint)

[candelista]

55. I disagree.

I like Bernie, and I don't like Hillary, but I also don't think Bernie has any chance of getting elected. What he does have a chance to do is to promote a national discussion about socialism, and to reduce the negative connotation that most Americans attach to the word "socialism." That's progress, which is all we can hope for right now.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

57. Well, I vehemently disagree with you.

I think Bernie will surprise people.

[candelista]

58. A surprise would be nice.

Time will tell.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

59. That's the key - it's stil VERY early. But I have hope. That's all I have and I'm holding on to it

[woo me with science]

39. [phone] Noticed that, too.

"War is Peace!" appears to have worn out its welcome.

[6000eliot]

13. Despite weeks of fake scrutiny.

[Vinca]

19. The day before the story was that her numbers were down. Now they're up.

Up down. Up down. Up down. Why do they bother report any of it this early in the election season?

[BrainDrain]

34. These kinds of stories...

are attempts at momentum building. The "Oh, look, Hillary is (insert something positive here)." statements/press releases/polls that are meant to reinforce her positives, and not to bother with the man behind the curtain over there.

The truth is, IF, and I do mean IF, her poll numbers are going up, it's because that's the only direction they could possibly go, considering that her unfavorable's are so high.

[stonecutter357]

20. K&R!

[Arkana]

21. She's become Teflon--Republicans have spent so much time

trying to get fake scandals to stick to her that she's immune to it.

[workinclasszero]

22. People don't believe the lies about Hillary

told by republicans and...others.

[Cosmic Kitten]

30. Her polls are going down shes 42/42 favorable/unfavorable

Only 25% believe she is "Honest and Straightforward"

[RoccoR5955]

36. Conspicous in its absence

is Bernie Sanders, the next president of the US!
Perhaps it is because his numbers are off the scale!

[captainarizona]

25. amnesty now and citizenship

Hillary coming out for amnesty and citizenship should doom the republican party as base will pillory immigration squishes! Bernie sanders and elizabeth warren supporters. I do not here them talk that much on this issue. I am sure they support amnesty but we need to here more from them about it because this is where new democrats will come from.

[Tarheel_Dem]

28. Ouch! That's bound to leave a mark, especially after this:

"Democratic support for Hillary Clinton softens: Reuters/Ipsos poll"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141043353

[yardwork]

37. I wish the NYT would stop using "Mrs."

It's archaic. It sounds condescending. Come on you guys. It's the 21st century. Everybody uses "Ms."

[Beauregard]

41. "Everybody uses 'Ms'"?

I don't think so. The "Newspaper of Record" doesn't use it, and my hunch is that average Americans don't use it either. Maybe it's not as widespread as you think.

[yardwork]

67. Well it depends on the age of the average American.

No wonder newspapers are losing readers.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

38. The Republican stategy is going to be to slur her for the next year and a half...

And then hold investigations on their fake scandals and then impeach her.

[workinclasszero]

61. Sadly its not just the republican party strategy

Take a look at 90% of the posts around here.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

62. How many of those are just shared links from the "liberal" media?

[Politicub]

65. Great news!

[juajen]

72. K & R

[Cha]

73. Kick