1 in 5 Americans say Hillary Clinton is "dishonest" or a "liar."

Washington Post ^ | 2/24/16 | Chris Cillizza

[ghost of stonewall jackson]

Gallup released a fascinating bit of data Tuesday that speaks to Clinton’s trust problem. They asked people to offer up the first word or phrase that came to mind when the name “Hillary Clinton” was mentioned.

One in five people — unprompted by the poll taker — offered up some version of Clinton as "dishonest" or a "liar." That's somewhat remarkable given that these open-ended questions typically produce a gigantic muddle of something like 25 words or phrases — all of which garner somewhere between 5 and 8 percent support.

[rod1]

The other 80% were probably splintered among descriptive words like thief, cheat, .....and 30 or so other niceties.

[Theodore R.]

One in five say. More than that may think so but can’t say in a closed society.

[Theodore R.]

Very shrewd reasoning!

[ghost of stonewall jackson]

you nailed it, fellow patriot

[DoughtyOne]

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[DJ Taylor]

[al_c]

Only 20%?!

[Talisker]

unprompted. big difference from giving a person a menu of words.

While true, largely irrelevant, because few people address the issue without context anyway. Hell, most people couldn't work a shopping cart outside of a grocery store aisle.

Even in a grocery store aisle, for that matter.

[ghost of stonewall jackson]

don’t forget the additional nine percent who called her a “criminal,” unsolicited

[needmorePaine]

Negative reactions add up to 40%, better but still too low!

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

In that case, 4 out of 5 Americans are idiots.

[ozzymandus]

So 80% of Americans are stupid? Sounds about right.

[Adder]

Wonder if “lyin b*tch bag” scored well also...

Would have been my unprompted response.

[conejo99]

I think my unprompted res ponce would be ‘criminal’ not ‘liar’.

[Adder]

Good point. I should probably shoe-horn in “criminal”.

[wiggen]

Hard to believe even 1% find her at all qualified.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Have no issues that Clinton is a liar. Have a problem with the people who said she is a liar will still vote for her.

[ldish]

GD, this country is worst off than I thought...unless you have sh*t for brains it should be 99 out of 100!

[Old Yeller]

What the hell is wrong with the other 80%?

[libbylu]

About the same feel that way about Trump, maybe a little higher. So?