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amborin

(16,631 posts)
Wed May 11, 2016, 10:58 AM May 2016

HuffPo: Poll Shows Voters Have Dismal View of a Hillary Presidency:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/voters-mixed-feelings-hillary-clinton-donald-trump_us_5730f7ebe4b096e9f0925621?l77reueecihehfr&




Just 27 percent of voters think Clinton would be a great or good president, while 17 percent think she’d be about average, and 54 percent say she’d be either poor or terrible. Trump fares about equally, with 30 percent saying he’d be great or good, 8 percent that he’d be average, and 53 percent that he’d do poorly or terribly.
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HuffPo: Poll Shows Voters Have Dismal View of a Hillary Presidency: (Original Post) amborin May 2016 OP
So 54% have their eyes open. farleftlib May 2016 #1
said the same thing in 12 Demsrule86 May 2016 #8
her numbers typically get worse as time goes on amborin May 2016 #32
So have his Demsrule86 May 2016 #37
She might get impeached too Skink May 2016 #2
Either will be impeached. HooptieWagon May 2016 #5
Or Sanders could be indicted for campaign fund fraud. Thinkingabout May 2016 #6
Might? dchill May 2016 #10
Sad. merrily May 2016 #3
Interesting, no chart for Sanders, personally I do not have high expectations in a Sanders Thinkingabout May 2016 #4
Most distrusted too! farleftlib May 2016 #9
the article includes Demsrule86 May 2016 #14
if your definition of qualified ChairmanAgnostic May 2016 #16
She's an unqualified success... dchill May 2016 #23
qualified for what? amborin May 2016 #33
But, she'll raise the level of CYA statements to new heights. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #7
LOL Art_from_Ark May 2016 #25
Tied with Trump for Terribleness... NewImproved Deal May 2016 #11
Then why in the hell dana_b May 2016 #12
They've been told it's her turn... dchill May 2016 #15
By over three million votes I might add, it is We the people speaking. Thinkingabout May 2016 #24
LOL! kaleckim May 2016 #29
Oh, we all know it's propaganda speaking and We the People bounding along like sheep Android3.14 May 2016 #30
Low information. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #31
How the fuck did we get to this place where the two frontrunners for the GE Autumn May 2016 #13
Because the American people are innately aware they both serve the same masters? whatchamacallit May 2016 #17
The Devolution of American Politics EndElectoral May 2016 #18
This has the potential to be the lowest turnout ever. bunnies May 2016 #20
We have a thing in this country called the MSM... dchill May 2016 #21
The supers need to intervene at this point: Betty Karlson May 2016 #19
Call it what it is - still a backroom deal with bonus points for media frenzy and obfusification floppyboo May 2016 #22
I am actually working media nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #35
Were I in your position, I'd be asking to be shot, too. VulgarPoet May 2016 #36
.... d_legendary1 May 2016 #26
So sad for America--Straight out of Options--so true! All in it together May 2016 #27
Wow, this scenario sure gives us a lot to look forward to. highprincipleswork May 2016 #28
I will go on record nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #34

Demsrule86

(68,347 posts)
8. said the same thing in 12
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:06 AM
May 2016

Give it time...once the zombie primary is over...it gets better. Hillary will win the GE despite Sanders behavior.

Demsrule86

(68,347 posts)
37. So have his
Thu May 12, 2016, 08:05 PM
May 2016

A clear indication that he is hurting the general ...suspend Bernie...the longer you wait , the less influence you will have.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. Interesting, no chart for Sanders, personally I do not have high expectations in a Sanders
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:03 AM
May 2016

Presidency. Hillary is by far the most qualified candidate running.

Demsrule86

(68,347 posts)
14. the article includes
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:07 AM
May 2016

both Hillary and Trump but of course that does not serve Bernie so his supporters ignore it. I will never understand the mentality of those who try to prove what they perceive as a truth with a lie. I just know it happens.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
16. if your definition of qualified
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:11 AM
May 2016

implies that there are many "qualifiers" and serious questions of which a well informed voter should be aware, you know, like warning labels on products, then yes, she is the most qualified.

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
12. Then why in the hell
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:06 AM
May 2016

Do they keep voting for her? Are they that miserable in their lives that they can only hope for mediocrity even when they have a positive, strong option staring them in the face?

dchill

(38,315 posts)
15. They've been told it's her turn...
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:09 AM
May 2016

and that she's inevitable. Hell, sometimes even I believe that.

kaleckim

(651 posts)
29. LOL!
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:47 AM
May 2016

If you allowed more people to vote in your primaries, like independents, she'd be toast and you know it. "We the people are speaking"? God, give me a break. The people that have voted are supporting someone with historically bad net favorables, someone not liked, and someone now in danger of losing to the only person that is more disliked than she is in polling history (and she does far worse versus Trump than Sanders does). Don't pretend there is some popular uprising in her favor, she's a disaster of a candidate and will likely win the nomination for all the wrong reasons.

 

Android3.14

(5,402 posts)
30. Oh, we all know it's propaganda speaking and We the People bounding along like sheep
Wed May 11, 2016, 12:01 PM
May 2016

I sure wish we had a democracy.
Thanks for playing, though.

Autumn

(44,744 posts)
13. How the fuck did we get to this place where the two frontrunners for the GE
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:07 AM
May 2016

have such shitty numbers. At a time when we need so many important things done.

 

bunnies

(15,859 posts)
20. This has the potential to be the lowest turnout ever.
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:13 AM
May 2016

More than half of the electorate thinks both choices suck. Why would they even bother? Its a joke.

dchill

(38,315 posts)
21. We have a thing in this country called the MSM...
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:17 AM
May 2016

or corporate media. They don't even bother telling the truth, or trying to be fair. The overpaid talkers masquerading as journalists are reading from their management cheat sheets, which say Trump v Clinton is the only game in town. It was supposed to be Jeb v Hillary, but sometimes a candidate can't win even with their help. So, along comes Trump, who's not even serious about being President, and he's given the lead role.

What we've got here is the first 100% media created Presidential race. How exited we should be!

 

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
19. The supers need to intervene at this point:
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:12 AM
May 2016

how can we field a candidate who is less favored than TRUMP?

floppyboo

(2,461 posts)
22. Call it what it is - still a backroom deal with bonus points for media frenzy and obfusification
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:20 AM
May 2016

and wasted tax money. Can't believe there are 6 more months.
On the other hand - THERE ARE 6 MORE MONTHS FOR BERNIE IN THE SPOTLIGHT! so this 'little' problem can be fully exposed to the disinfecting light of day. (I say 6, as Bernie will stump for Hillary, IF she's the nominee, and I'm guessing his message will work its way into those public engagements one way or another) Go Bernie!

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
35. I am actually working media
Thu May 12, 2016, 02:30 AM
May 2016

I got to cover this crap... shoot me now! (I kid of course, about the shoot me now comment, some might take it literally)

All in it together

(275 posts)
27. So sad for America--Straight out of Options--so true!
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:41 AM
May 2016

Bernie is the one who could win the GE and be an excellent president.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
34. I will go on record
Thu May 12, 2016, 02:28 AM
May 2016

I expect noting good from either. The suckiness will be for very different reasons though. I suspect 2020 will be an open election... sorry kids. To the level of GW... time will tell.

Incidentally this is why this will be a low turn out election. One generates heat, and fire, the other generates zzzz outside of core constituencies.

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