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Pew Research Center: Hillary Clinton's 'Favorability' Plummets 17 Points, Lowest In 7 Years
Washington Secrets ^ | MAY 22, 2015 | 7:56 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 05/23/2015 9:47:48 AM PDT by drewh

As Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton fights through several mini-scandals, her approval rating has been skidding, sending her "favorability" rating to a seven-year low.

In a new report, Pew Research Center said that her rating crossed the 50 percent mark this month and now sits at 49 percent. It was lower, at 48 percent, way back in May 2008 when she was being pushed out of the presidential race by then Sen. Barack Obama.

It has been a steady fall from the 66 percent favorable rating she had as secretary of state in November 2009.

Pew's report provided a graph of her favorability ratings dating back to when she was the first lady of Arkansas and before her husband Bill Clinton was elected president.

Of her recent numbers, Pew said: "Hillary Clinton's favorability rating has fallen since last August, when 58 percent had a favorable impression of her and 41 percent held an unfavorable view. Today, views of Clinton are divided: 49 percent have a favorable opinion of the former secretary of state; 47 percent have an unfavorable opinion.

Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: clinton; hillary
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1 posted on 05/23/2015 9:47:48 AM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

Drip, drip.
Someone wants Hilary to drop out.


2 posted on 05/23/2015 9:52:16 AM PDT by buwaya
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To: drewh

good news in that beyond the apparent one is the left rarely ever gets out in the numbers they poll so some of her 49% won’t even show up while most of the unfavorables will.


3 posted on 05/23/2015 9:54:05 AM PDT by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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To: drewh
"It has been a steady fall from the 66 percent favorable rating she had as secretary of state in November 2009."

Wait. Hillary Clinton .... 66% favorable !?!?!!!!!

Exactly when did we make the transition from Constitutional Republic to Idiocracy????


4 posted on 05/23/2015 9:54:51 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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To: buwaya

Martin ‘O Malley or Fauxahontas?


5 posted on 05/23/2015 9:57:47 AM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

People have short memories and the Hildebeast has almost a year and a half until the election to spread her lies and bovine excrement to the leftoids and true believers.

Soon we will hear her whining about the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy and the Politics Of Personal Destruction.


6 posted on 05/23/2015 9:58:31 AM PDT by Iron Munro (We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
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To: drewh

"Aaar. She's a sluttish whore!"

7 posted on 05/23/2015 9:59:01 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (The night is far spent, the day is at hand.- Romans 13:12)
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To: buwaya

When do we reach the tipping point?

Is there a betting pool in Las Vegas on this event yet?

The odds on a drop-out keep getting better and better.

Better Herself fail NOW, in the early stages, than to cripple on and by default Herself gets elected, due more to the ineptitude of the Republicans than through any virtue of her own. When the fail comes in early 2017, there shall be no mercy or mitigating circumstances.


8 posted on 05/23/2015 10:00:16 AM PDT by alloysteel ("Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement..." Ronald Reagan)
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To: drewh

The punditry class and the true believer leftist idiots may still believe in Shrillary’s invincibility but the true America is rejecting her. At Clinton campaign HQ they know, in reality, they have to thread the needle to win the nomination and the presidency.


9 posted on 05/23/2015 10:01:20 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: drewh

AFTER ALL THE REVELATIONS ABOUT THE CLINTOON CRIME FAMILY
still 48% favorable
gee that is awfully close to the 47% free sheet crowd numbers
ah shucks just pure coincidnece.......


10 posted on 05/23/2015 10:10:39 AM PDT by zzwhale
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To: drewh

This poll is RACIST!

(auto response)


11 posted on 05/23/2015 10:28:25 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: alloysteel

No idea.
All I can tell is that some powerful someones are trying, and its a coordinated campaign.


12 posted on 05/23/2015 10:39:47 AM PDT by buwaya
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To: drewh

No idea. Your guess is probably better than mine. I suspect its some cabal of non-candidates mainly trying to get her out of the picture so there is some opportunity to pop in some figurehead, as Obama really is. Who the figurehead may be this time may not be very important in itself.


13 posted on 05/23/2015 10:43:14 AM PDT by buwaya
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To: drewh

If Pew says it’s 47%. it’s more like 27%.


14 posted on 05/23/2015 10:44:08 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: drewh

Drunken lesbian liar with a concussion and dementia - what’s not to like?


15 posted on 05/23/2015 10:44:33 AM PDT by beethovenfan (Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
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To: dowcaet

The campaign against Hilary so far has mainly been through leftist media, the Right has just been enjoying all the stuff coming out of places like the NYT and Pew, in this case.
This is an organized campaign by people who can coordinate stories in the NYT, WaPo, the networks, outfits like Pew, and leaks out of multiple agencies as well as the Canadian govt, etc. This is a powerful bunch. All I can tell is they certainly aren’t Republican or conservative. There is quite a war on the left at the moment, not visible to anyone just listening to pundits.


16 posted on 05/23/2015 10:49:05 AM PDT by buwaya
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To: buwaya

It is not good news or bad news. It is no longer possible to fear that someone worse will take her place- or hope for someone better. I fear the Revolution has already occurred and the Corporatits and Communists and Moslems are jockeying to be the group holding society by the throat.


17 posted on 05/23/2015 10:56:45 AM PDT by arthurus (It's true!)
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To: buwaya
I predicted pretty boy O'Malley way back...

The black vote will come. The Hispanics will come. The womens' vote is the biggy.....ask Bubba how that works.

18 posted on 05/23/2015 11:13:25 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: drewh

My first post and I must say that I would have preferred a more Cruz friendly thread, however I’ll take Hill’s downward spiral as long awaited Good News.


19 posted on 05/23/2015 12:28:16 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: buwaya; potlatch; ntnychik; onyx
This is an organized campaign by people who can coordinate stories in the NYT, WaPo, the networks,
outfits like Pew, and leaks out of multiple agencies as well as the Canadian govt, etc. This is a powerful bunch.


20 posted on 05/23/2015 12:48:16 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Fakistan)
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