2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton is getting crushed on social media, captured in one word cloud [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)The favorables that Bernie has make him a viable candidate.
That's why we Democrats should all care.
The negative associations in the subconscious and conscious minds of voters will make voters susceptible to and cause them to believe in the last minute scandals that, whether true in substance or not, will very possibly prevent Hillary from winning in November 2016.
People in general, and young voters in particular, do not trust Hillary. She constantly changes her stances on important issues like gay marriage. She seems so completely unprincipled and just personally ambitious. It may seem unfair to you, but that word cloud shows what the majority of people who think about her say about her.
It literally reflects the words that people use in conjunction with Hillary's name.
Hillary supporters should be very worried about that.
Contrast with Bernie's cloud. He is not as well known, but what people are doing is watching his videos on YouTube, and the words they use in conjunction with him suggest that they like what they see.
In my personal campaign experiences, campaigning for Bernie, I find exactly the same responses from the voters I talk to.
I cannot figure out what the polls that show Hillary winning are about. Who in the world are they asking? Certainly not the people I meet wherever I go. Everybody loves Bernie. The worst they can say about him is that he does not have a chance to win and he needs different hair. Those are about the most superficial, unimportant negatives you can have.
On the other hand, Hillary has so, so, so many negatives. And the e-mail problem may be really a harmless one technically. And all other secretaries of state may have had private e-mail servers. But it makes Hillary look sneaky and untrustworthy.
As do so many of her other activities.
And then, why DID she leave the State Department? I've been wondering about that. Petraeus was replaced around the same time. Was there some problem there? Was there some difference on policy? If so, what? Was Hillary fired? The word map suggests that a lot of people think so.
And Libya. That was Hillary's victory. Now, we read that it is full of ISIS supporters. What kind of judgment does Hillary have on foreign policy? Experience is nothing. In fact it is dangerous in the absence of good judgment. I question Hillary's judgment and integrity. The word map shows that a lot of other people do to.
And I am a lifelong Democrat. But Hillary?