Do you believe sexism plays a part in Hillary's polling numbers

[KMOD]

regarding trust and honesty?

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	25 (81%)
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	6 (19%)
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[uponit7771]

1. Dana Bash: "...we're grading tRump on a curve...", "... the onus is on her..."

[Blue Idaho]

22. Shameful sloppy reporting.

What they are really saying is - they are putting their thumb on the scale and working for a Trump election in November.

[Divine Discontent]

2. Her gender plays a part in total votes

without question, to the number who are voting for her just because she's a woman, and the much larger number who are voting against her because she is a "she"!

Despite that, the ignoramus she's running against has offended millions more with his mocking ofdisabled people, POWs, Mexicans, etc.

I still say he'll get 44% nationally. He doesn't deserve 4 votes. Many vote just on party lines, so the battle is for that middle group who aren't truly attached to a party. I safely believe he's offended enough smart people and the groups above, to secure he won't get around 50%, which is what he'll need to possibly secure the EVs.

[KMOD]

4. If Hillary were a man,

this would be the biggest election blowout ever.

[Fast Walker 52]

5. maybe... but he did beat many Republican men in the primary. It could be she's the perfect opponent

because there is so much potential blowback in attacks on her, as just seen today on remarks about her looks.

[KMOD]

16. Any potential blowback hasn't seemed to stop Rump from chucking

sexist comments out there. And it hasn't seemed to stop some from celebrating those comments either.

[Divine Discontent]

10. I agree.

Drumf won his nomination, sure, but they're made of bigots in their party and not everyone who votes in general elections vote in the primaries. I would say a guy would be up 4% more over Drumf. My most likely to vote Drumf sibling, despite being Dem like us all, is somewhat anti female in my opinion and will either not vote this time or unhappily for one or the other.

[bigwillq]

3. No (nt)

[Fast Walker 52]

6. I do, but it's complicated. Overall, I think she is held to a different standard.

[meow2u3]

12. She's held to an impossibly high, sexist double standard

No matter what she does, the media picks her apart.

[Fast Walker 52]

14. yeah, but a lot of it has to do with the Clinton WH years and how the right went bonkers over them

that's a good part of it, that is also very entangled with sexism.

[DawgHouse]

7. I definitely do. Why do some say she's not qualified?

Women have to bring twice the education and experience to be considered half as good as a man. JMHO

[KMOD]

17. Or those who say she doesn't "look" or "sound" Presidential.

Just like President Obama said, she's probably the most qualified to run, ever.

[DawgHouse]

33. Exactly.

[Caliman73]

8. I think that gender bias is so ingrained in America that it can't help but affect behavior

I don't think that most people sit down and say, "Hillary is a woman, therefore (something negative)", but gender bias is a real thing and I think that it can certainly have an at least subtle effect on perceptions of a candidate. The perception of Hillary as an "ambitious person who will do anything to get elected" is steeped in sexism. Where men who are ambitious are seen as properly expressing masculinity, women who are ambitious are seen as lacking something or in some way being "unnatural". There is, in my opinion, a vicious cycle with regards to Hillary. Every move is scrutinized so she is careful and standoffish with the media, they characterize her as hiding something (which she is, for the sake of her humanity I am sure), then she pulls back, and the media claims she is hiding something.... rinse/repeat.

Likewise, Hillary is blamed for what Bill did or didn't do, which is not usually the treatment that the husband of a powerful woman politician has to deal with.

[bettyellen]

13. I've seen perfectly reasonable snarl or shake their heads when they see her-

But Trump they laugh. It's not like they have any real answers but they all say she is a
Liar and cite Sanders to back them up. Very uninformed people who have no idea what her career has been. I just ask them to please read the sourcing of the crap they believe. But honestly they mostly just have vague hatred. That's the tell I think.

[Fast Walker 52]

15. it's really sad how tainted she has become, and really disappointing how the hard left has bought

into the RW narrative about her.

[bettyellen]

19. It sticks in my craw that two men could get away with such a lack of transparency, hiding their

Tax returns and then get away with pointing their fingers at Clinton that SHE is hiding something? When they both were hiding shit? The way they both tried to deligitimize the process - mid race-
But only the when it wasn't serving them?
What a crock of shit.

[KMOD]

24. +1,000,000

[bettyellen]

26. I think they got away with "rewriting the rules" because it wasn't another man calling them on it...

Disgusting the excuses people make for that shit.

[Fast Walker 52]

30. seems if we don't keep reminding the media 24/7, then they will forget about everything Trump has

done. My biggest fear for the next 2 months is Trump will act semi-sane and semi-reasonable, the media will forget about all his shit, and meanwhile the will harp on Hillary, driving her support down.

[KMOD]

18. exactly.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

9. It's surely a part of it.

Otherwise polling numbers would be different.

It's not that simple for many people, but it must play a role given the demographic polling.

[baldguy]

11. Of course it does. **IT ALWAYS HAS!!**

[Joe the Revelator]

20. Why do people act like this is a surprise?

Hillary's cons as a candidate are:

She's not a good campaigner
People (not du) but people in general do not find her exciting or likeable
She has historically had a low polling ceiling
She has historically always fallen in polls the longer a race has gone on


Nobody should be acting surprised at this point. We knew what she was when we picked her. The hope is she holds on, wins, and Governs well.

[KMOD]

21. Suprised that sexism plays a role?

I'm not.

Surprised that some DUers don't believe that it does?

Yes, that is surprising.

[Joe the Revelator]

23. It's not sexism. It's a candidate who is not good at campaigns.

She is exactly what we thought she was. Seriously, don't look for bogeyman when the answer is right in front of your face.

[KMOD]

25. If that was the case,

how on earth did she nearly win the primary in 2008, and then dominate it in 2016? She must be doing something right as far as campaigning.

Again, the question was do you believe that sexism plays a part in her polling regarding honesty and trust.

I wasn't asking for your opinion on her campaigning style.

[Joe the Revelator]

28. I don't really give a great deal of thought over what you were asking for...

...or not asking for. My comment is pertinent to your question. You're trying to blame bogeyman for Hillary being historically bad at campaigning.

[KMOD]

29. It's not a difficult question Joe.

You either believe it plays a part, or you don't.

But since you don't care to give it much thought, you have already answered it.

[Joe the Revelator]

31. I answered it in your poll, and I answered it with my comment

I answered it AGAIN in my last comment:

'No, I believe Hillary's poor polling against an inferior candidate is due to her equally poor campaigning and unlikeability, and not a sexist bogeyman.'

Is that clear enough?

[KMOD]

32. You've been plenty clear.

You don't believe that sexism plays a part.

[bettyellen]

27. You think getting almost twice the primary's Dem voters isn't "good"? LOL!

That's a pretty bizarre and special standard you got there! I'm guessing down is up too?