CBS Poll: 26% of Americans now have a favorable view of Hillary Clinton

[RiverLover]

CBS
March 26, 2015

Most Americans (65 percent) say their opinion of Clinton has not changed in the wake of the email controversy, but 29 percent say their opinion of her has grown worse. Forty-nine percent of Republicans say their opinion of her is worse, as do 28 percent of independents.

More generally, 26 percent of Americans now have a favorable view of Hillary Clinton, while 37 percent view her unfavorably; another third are undecided or don't have an opinion of her. As Clinton weighs a presidential bid, her favorable views are 12 points lower than they were in the fall of 2013, just months after leaving her position as secretary of state. Her unfavorable views have ticked up slightly, but the percentage that is undecided about her has risen eight points.

Clinton's highest favorable rating in CBS News polling occurred in March 2009, early in her tenure as Secretary of State, when 58 percent of Americans viewed her favorably. Clinton received her lowest favorable rating - 24 percent - in June 2003, soon after the publication of her memoir Living History....

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/views-on-hillary-clinton-and-the-email-controversy/

[hrmjustin]

1. She will still be the next president.

[aspirant]

5. Okay, CBS voice vote

All in favor = 26%

All opposed = 74%

[hrmjustin]

9. 74 percent against her running or won't vote for her?

[aspirant]

12. What does it matter.

If you don't like 74% of your neighbors who cares what they do?

[Donald Ian Rankin]

18. Probably not, but she is likely to be the next Democratic nominee.

With one exception, no party has held the presidency for 12 years since the war. Whoever the Democrats nominate is going to have to a severely uphill struggle to overcome the millstone of incumbency.

[Scuba]

20. Then we're truly screwn.

[hifiguy]

25. Eeyup. nt

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

37. Tried to tell so many Democrats who are hell bent on supporting this woman. Can't stand the Clintons

The Democratic Party is making a HUGE mistake and will put a fucking Bush right back into office--all because the Clintons and their worshippers are so entitled.

[RBInMaine]

40. Oh enough of that nonsense. And your alternative is??? (And please, don't say Warren.)

Warren's not running and could not win anyway. Forget Bernie. He's a confirmed "socialist" so is DOA.

Who else? Hillary is PROGRESSIVE (though not TeaLeft Purist), qualified, and ready on day one.

[cali]

31. lol. absurd. Anything can happen- and what is for sure is that she is a shit campaigner

she was just not up to it in 2008 despite her ENORMOUS advantages. I see no reason to think that has changed.

[hrmjustin]

33. Name me on Democrat that can beat her?

[brooklynite]

38. And yet she got as many votes as Obama did...

...was he a BETTER campaigner? Sure. But you're hard-pressed to point to any evidence she's a bad one.

[cali]

39. Much better. duh. that's why he won. she had every possible advantage- and

managed to lose.

Hard pressed? Hardly.

[joeybee12]

42. Obama only won because he made one very smart move...

Concentrated on Iowa and got recognition...had he lost Iowa, he would might have been a one-term senator.

[cali]

46. If ifs and ands were pots and pans and all the sea was ink and all the trees were

bread and cheese, what would there be to drink?

So why did Hill blow it so badly in Iowa? How?

[uponit7771]

34. +1

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. You forgot to insert the

thingies.

[KMOD]

3. a few other highlights in the article

Clinton gets more positive assessments on leadership and empathy. Fifty-seven percent says she has strong qualities of leadership, while 38 percent don't think she does.

More than half of Americans (56 percent) think Clinton cares about the needs and problems of people like themselves

Most independents think Clinton is a strong leader and half say she cares about their problems

[RiverLover]

6. And another~

When asked to evaluate Hillary Clinton on some key characteristics, the public gives Clinton her most negative marks on honesty. Fewer than half - 42 percent- say she is honest and trustworthy, while more - 47 percent - don't think she is.

[KMOD]

8. 77 - 16 when asking democrats.

But yes, she is not winning over any independents on that, and republicans obviously hate her.

[Maedhros]

32. I would agree that Hillary is a strong leader.

I just believe she's helping to lead us off a cliff.

[MannyGoldstein]

4. What part of *inevitable* don't the Proles understand?

Sad.

[DeSwiss]

14. !

[Silent3]

7. Considering the kinds of scandals and so-called scandals I've seen come and go...

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...during elections over the years, it's hard to imagine this whole email server thing turning out to be much more than a footnote in this campaign when all is said and done, no matter how much temporary effect it might have now while there's so little else going on for the media to latch onto.

Hillary, or any other Democrat, will start to look better and better as the next Republican clown car begins to form, especially when it's off to such a promising start with Ted Cruz.

[morningfog]

10. Her foolish email practice is just a pre-game issue.

There will be far worse, actual scandals, attached to each of the republicans who announce as well as to Hillary.

What remains to be seen is which scandals are the worst and which ones break at the best (or worst) time.

[Scootaloo]

11. I have a generally favorable view of her

Just not towards the idea of her as president. it's like that friend you like a lot, that you would never allow to drive your car.

[DeSwiss]

16. Talk about damning with faint praise!

- Excellent!!!

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. Unfortunately for the so-called progressives with no candidate

This too shall pass.

[demwing]

21. Remind me again?

1. who are the fake progressives and who are the real ?

2. There must be a strong list of declared candidates. Care to share yours?

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. Oh, I'll happily support whichever Dem wins the nomination

I'm not interested in spending a whole bunch of time tearing any one of the possibles down.

So called progressives, in my definition, are those who manage to create worse conditions for people in their fanatical desire to create a world after their own image. I support progressive causes, but I don't support them in principle to the point where their opposite gets instantiated as policy and in practice. Example: Al Gore may have held a wide range of policy beliefs that I disagreed with from the Left. That said, I wouldn't attack him endlessly until, say, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney were in charge of US foreign policy. To do so would make me a so-called progressive, since I am progressive in principle, but counter-progressive in practice.

[joeybee12]

43. That's the Dems biggest problem...we eat our own far

more than we eat the Repukes. That needs to change...seems like the gloves go back on once the primary ends.

[Wella]

15. You know, the Clintons always bounce back, for better or for worse.

We'll see what happens. I don't count her out yet.

[DeSwiss]

17. ....

[woo me with science]

23. Kick

[FiveGoodMen]

24. Shame on those 26%

[RiverLover]

27. That's what I say.

What the heck are they thinking?

[LynneSin]

26. Of course they do when the media spends 100% of the time painting her as a horrible shrill woman

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Look I know the woman isn't a saint but she isn't the spawn of satan either. I don't know how any woman has managed to stay in the public eye as long as Hillary Clinton despite as much media shit thrown her way. Some of it has been deserved but much of it like Benghazi and this Email 'Scandal' has been so blown out of proportion.

Lesser men would have received half the shit Hillary has received and still have crumpled under the pressure.

[joeybee12]

44. +1

[Prism]

28. That's incredibly different from another poll

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6372745

I'm curious if anyone knows why this disparity.

[Android3.14]

30. Money-money-mo-ney

Money!

[Dawson Leery]

36. I wonder who paid for this poll?

All other polls have her favorability over 50%.

[Android3.14]

29. Ruh-Roh

It looks like she would be unable to win an election for high school class president.

[pansypoo53219]

35. the media's work is done. the GOP thanks the gnewz.

[RBInMaine]

41. SHIT poll with skewed SPIN from PIECE OF SHIT corporate SHIT media. And, polls mean NOTHING now.

[BlueStater]

45. Maybe people are finally sick of her after 23 FUCKING YEARS?!?

It's totally ridiculous that very few people are willing to challenge her for the nomination. Where's the next generation of leaders, for pete's fucking sake? Sickening.