August 31, 2016, 07:54 am
Poll: Record number of Americans dislike Clinton
By Mark Hensch
Hillary Clinton’s image is at its lowest point with Americans in her 25 years of public service, according to a new poll.
Fifty-six percent of U.S. adults view the Democratic presidential nominee unfavorably in The Washington Post/ABC News survey released Wednesday.
Forty-one percent see her favorably instead.
July’s edition of the same poll had Clinton earning a 42 percent favorability rating.
Clinton’s previous benchmark for unfavorability, meanwhile, was a 55 percent ranking in June’s version of survey.
Wednesday’s results found Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, remains even more unpopular.
Sixty-three percent view Trump unfavorably, while 35 percent consider the real estate tycoon favorably instead.
The Washington Post/ABC News conducted its latest sampling of 1,020 adults via cell and landline telephone interviews from Aug. 24-28. It has a 3.5 percent margin of error.
Both Clinton and Trump have received low favorability ratings from voters throughout the 2016 general presidential election.
Clinton has a roughly 55 percent unfavorability rating overall, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average of samplings.
Trump fares even worse with voters, netting an approximately 61 point unfavorability rating overall in the same index.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/293908-poll-record-number-of-voters-dislike-clinton
