Perceived Honesty Gap for Clinton Versus Obama, McCain

[pdxmom]

Hillary Clinton is rated as "honest and trustworthy" by 44% of Americans, far fewer than say this about John McCain (67%) and Barack Obama (63%).

The latest USA Today/Gallup poll, conducted March 14-16, asked Americans to rate the presidential candidates on honesty and nine other character dimensions. The 23-point gap separating Clinton and McCain on honesty is the largest between any two candidates for any dimension tested in the poll.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/105097/Perceived-Honesty-Gap-Clinton-Versus-Obama-McCain.aspx

[babylonsister]

1. Ouch! I wonder why she's not trusted by so many. nt

[polpilot]

2. A 'Clinton' not perceived as honest & trustworthy. How absurd!!

[chimpymustgo]

3. When the media and your political opponents call you a liar everyday - I'd say that's

a pretty good number.

[pdxmom]

5. Gallup is suggesting it's because she is better-known, but

I don't understand why that would equate to the honesty issue. Not sure if Gallup is implying that if McCain and Obama were more well-known, people would think were dishonest as well.

[babylonsister]

6. Maybe her husband has to do with the perception; not fair, but that

could explain it.

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. People remember things like the so-called "filegate"

when her Rose Law records went missing for a year and a half, to suddenly 'appear' in her office. that was never explained - but in that time it would be easy to purge the files of anything she didn't want released.

IMO, anyone who fights for closed records and against open government must have something to hide.

[Drachasor]

4. I wonder how that percentage for Obama is going to change over the next couple of weeks

Considering his speech yesterday.