1,000 voters were asked to describe the Democratic candidates with a single word

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Source: Business Insider



A new Suffolk University/USA Today poll released Thursday asked 1,000 voters to describe the three main figures in the Democratic presidential race using a single word.

The results revealed how many people impulsively feel about the candidates — in positive and negative terms.

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the front-runner in the primary contest, attracted a number of terms that questioned her honesty.

Just over 13% of respondents described her as either "liar" or "dishonest," 8.2% said "untrustworthy" or "fake," and 5.9% said "deceitful," "sneaky," or "tricky," among other critical words.

On the other hand, 7.7% said Clinton was "smart," "intelligent," or "knowledgeable."

But Vice President Joe Biden is also a public figure — and he drew far more positive one-word descriptions. Biden, who is mulling whether or not to run, was described as "favorable" or "like" by 12.1% of voters, while 7.1% said "honest," "honorable," "integrity," or "trustworthy."

US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) was also tested in the Suffolk poll. More than 11% of voters used the word "socialist" to describe Sanders, who identifies as a democratic socialist in the European sense of the term.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/poll-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-joe-biden-suffolk

[valerief]

1. Why do they include a non-candidate in these polls? nt

[whatthehey]

2. Because if he runs THEN it will inevitably be "gaffe-prone" or "bank-owned" or "dumb"

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

3. I've asked that 20 times already - never a good answer

other than corporate politics.

[valerief]

5. I knew my question was rhetorical, because we know why they want Biden.

He's a male Hillary, and they want Wall St. friendly Dem candidate.

[SheilaT]

4. Because the media wants something a lot more interesting

to write about than Hillary the Inevitable vs Bernie the Socialist. They can prolong the "horse race" aspect if they can convince readers that there is a viable third candidate. Notice they are totally ignoring Webb, O'Malley, and Chaffee who actually are running.

[geardaddy]

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