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WaPo: The continuing political decline of Hillary Clinton (she's dropping like a rock in the polls)
Washington Post ^ | July 18, 2016 | Aaron Blake

Posted on 07/19/2016 6:19:44 AM PDT by Zakeet

If it weren't for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton would be the most disliked major-party presidential nominee in recent American history.

That qualifier, of course, is important here. Clinton doesn't need to be liked; she needs to be liked slightly more than Trump in what will very likely boil down to a two-candidate race.

But it's hard to overstate just how bad Clinton's numbers are. And a new Washington Post-ABC News poll is the latest to suggest they just keep getting worse — so much so that they are in some ways about as bad as Trump's.

The poll shows 54 percent of all Americans have an unfavorable view of Clinton and 44 percent have a "strongly unfavorable" view of her. When you boil it down just to registered voters, those numbers tick up to 57 percent and 47 percent, respectively.

Either way you slice it, Clinton's image is as bad or worse than it has ever been.

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But while Trump has certainly struggled, he seems to have leveled off and maybe even improved a bit in recent months.

Clinton, meanwhile, is trending worse and worse and flirting with Trumpian levels of negative feelings.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016polls; clinton; hillary; polls
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To: Williams
Well she’s dumb as a rock.

Yes, but isn't it sad how evilness can circumvent that and allow success?

61 posted on 07/19/2016 7:59:49 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough)
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To: Liz

Oh poo......the Royal Idiot did not win two elections......


That sort of denial will NOT help us to restore the country. We have to face facts. He DID win those elections because we have a real serious problem with the electorate in this country.

Too many Julias who thought Mitt Romney was going to take away their birth control.

Too many black voters who followed the siren call of another black man to “vote their revenge”.

Too many mind-numbed idiots who thought that electing an Alinskyized Radical from the halls of academia would solve race relations in this country, simply because he was black.

Too many third-world imports who are living hand-to-mouth and are by design highly dependent on government.

Too many old-school Democrats who still buy the line of crap dating to the 1930’s that they’re “for da workin’ man”.

Too many self-styled intellectuals who think that voting for Democrat Progressives is the only intelligent and cultured way to go.

Too many voters in general who are willing to vote for more FREE SH*T and do whatever the talking heads on the tee-vee tell them to do.


62 posted on 07/19/2016 8:01:18 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Debates might happen if she is given the questions AND Answers ahead of time.


63 posted on 07/19/2016 8:34:11 AM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: Zakeet

internal polls muct be interesting.

perhaps voters don’t like a nagging old shrew whose behavior is akin to a female canine.


64 posted on 07/19/2016 8:34:18 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Trump is going to win big in Nov. The MSM is starting to realize it and can’t figure out what to do.


65 posted on 07/19/2016 8:44:18 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Zakeet

I’ve been watching the Stossel/Lott betting odds page for the last few months. I try to check it at least once a week.

It was wildly absurd > IMO, but I did want to see how it changed over time.

Over the last week Hillary lost 5.9% there. A the same time Trump gained 7.7%. The spread narrowed by 13.6%.

Trump is still trailing by 39.9%, thus the absurdity, again > IMO, but it will be interesting to see how it narrows as time goes by.

A week ago Hillary was at 74.4% and Trump was at 21.9%. A few more weeks like this, and we’ll be looking at some numbers that are fairly close. Right now Trump stands at 29.6% and Hillary is at 68.5%.

I’m not sure that I fully understand these betting odds, because it’s absurd to me to think she’s going to beat Trump at all, much less by 40-50 percent.

There’s no denying that Hillary is tanking at the moment.

https://electionbettingodds.com/week.html


66 posted on 07/19/2016 8:50:12 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: wbill

Right. She will bomb and all of the media reps will say how wonderful she was. That aould be the only scenario. But I don’t think it will happen. It might


67 posted on 07/19/2016 8:52:07 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“There will be no debates. She would have to be absolutely insane to get on the same stage with Trump.”

True, and I fully expect her to find some way to wriggle out of facing Trump in front of the world, but refusing to debate him will be viewed as rank cowardice by voters, no matter what her reasons are.

If she doesn’t debate Trump, it’s going to cost her in November. Trump will make hay out of it, day and night, until the polls close. Count on it.


68 posted on 07/19/2016 9:13:08 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I listen to a talk radio show out of South Florida. The hosts love Trump and despise what they called Imam Obama. They’re convinced that he will pardon Mumia the cop killer, Joanne Chesimard and Tupac Shakur’s mother also cop killers. The two women are currently in Cuba.


69 posted on 07/19/2016 9:27:39 AM PDT by surrey
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To: Zakeet

I trust Hillary more than the Washington Post - at least her lies are artless.


70 posted on 07/19/2016 9:38:35 AM PDT by GOPJ (Diversity was a byproduct of people coming here 'yearning to be free', diversity was NEVER the goal.)
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To: surrey

Mumia is in prison on state charges (about 60 miles from where I sit). I do not think Obama has the power to pardon him.

Though that little detail never stopped him before.


71 posted on 07/19/2016 9:43:38 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Let’s hope. Obama would like nothing better than to give the country a big FU and the finger as he leaves.


72 posted on 07/19/2016 9:45:37 AM PDT by surrey
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To: heterosupremacist

What Aaron Blake of the Washington Post doesn’t ‘get’ is that the MSM has done everything they can to cover up Hillary’s problems... WHILE writing and spreading every bit of bad news they can about Trump.

It’s not working. The MSM is impotent to help Hillary. That’s the lament here... it’s for themselves. The people don’t trust the press anymore - that’s why Hillary’s unfavorables are sky high AND THE PRESS CAN’T HELP HER.

Trumps numbers are high FOR A DIFFERENT REASON.

And in spite of the MSM’s hatred of Trump and their endless mockery of him he prevails. Aaron Blake knows this sits at the steps of the Washington Post too... they have done their best to destroy Trump and he’s on the same level as Hillary. The Press carried Hillary in the race and attempted to break Trump’s legs... and still the race is even. Aaron Blake and the MSM are getting scarred...

Aaron Blake


73 posted on 07/19/2016 9:50:32 AM PDT by GOPJ (Diversity was a byproduct of people coming here 'yearning to be free', diversity was NEVER the goal.)
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To: wbill

I hope team trump goes full whup ass on moderator selection.

(seriously does the debate even matter any more? they are not debates)


74 posted on 07/19/2016 9:54:29 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: surrey

He’s going to give us a big FU anyway by closing Gitmo (by giving it back to Castro) and issuing pardons to Hillary, Lois Lerner, and the entire Chicago Gang.


75 posted on 07/19/2016 9:55:48 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Trump is going to win big in Nov. The MSM is starting to realize it and can’t figure out what to do.

What they are going to do is raise a frantic alarm between now and the Dem Convention to try and scare the superdelegates into kicking her to the curb. Trump should prepare to meet Biden or Warren.


76 posted on 07/19/2016 9:58:54 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: GOPJ

Post #73 ~ It’s not working. The MSM is impotent to help Hillary. That’s the lament here... it’s for themselves. The people don’t trust the press anymore - that’s why Hillary’s unfavorables are sky high AND THE PRESS CAN’T HELP HER.

Trumps numbers are high FOR A DIFFERENT REASON. ~

Exactly. Right on.


77 posted on 07/19/2016 10:01:27 AM PDT by heterosupremacist ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

It could happen.


78 posted on 07/19/2016 10:06:21 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Psalm 144

This news broke just this afternoon. Wright State will not host the first debate, citing costs.
I wonder if they fear spending the money only to have Hillary cancels at the last minute citing ‘health’ problems? Something acute but temporary, like a mild case of bronchitis?
http://www.whio.com/videos/news/wsu-withdrawal-from-hosting-presidential-debate/vDqzC8/


79 posted on 07/19/2016 12:08:00 PM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: Pravious

But not here:
http://www.whio.com/videos/news/wsu-withdrawal-from-hosting-presidential-debate/vDqzC8/


80 posted on 07/19/2016 12:09:41 PM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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