Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a release that Clinton’s numbers also are dropping in other swing states such as Iowa and Virginia.
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But it is not just the head-to-head match-ups where Clinton struggles. Against Walker, the situation is even worse for Clinton, as she trails 47-38 in Colorado, 45-37 in Iowa, and 43-40 in Virginia. In Colorado: 35 percent favorable to 56 percent unfavorable; in Iowa: 33 percent to 56 percent; and in Virginia: 41 percent to 50 percent. Jeb Bush is the former governor of Florida. Many voters just aren’t paying close attention to the campaign yet.
One Democratic strategist who spoke on condition of anonymity described the poll results as “the canary in the coal mine”.
“And consistent”, Zeleny repeated, “and actually, this poll is really interesting“.
Still, other polls do reinforce that Clinton may have a perception problem.
“‘Do Colorado voters trust Hillary?”
“When voters are asked about whether a candidate is honest and trustworthy, whether a candidate understands the problems of average voters, whether the candidate is a strong leader – her numbers have consistently fallen”, Brown says. This sentiment extends beyond swing states, as well. The closest recent victor to that figure was Bill Clinton in 1992, who got 43 percent of the vote. “So, the door is open to a GOP candidate voters can believe in”. “I have great confidence”.
But as she’s been handing out beer koozies to Des Moines residents and inviting Cedar Rapids soccer moms to private dinners where she can pick their brains, her numbers have been tanking across the board – not in early states, but in the swing states she needs to top Republicans in the eventual 2016 contest.
So what’s a candidate to do?
“He’s offended people, but he speaks his mind and that’s important”, said Dave Binner, of Johnston.
Despite the dire warnings, Clinton supporters have a few reason to smile. Evans Witt, principal and CEO at Princeton Survey Research Associates.
Republican Party of Iowa spokesman Charlie Szold agreed that and said that in Clinton’s case “the more they learn, the less they trust her”. “That means there’s only a limited range for improvement, no matter what she does”.
However, the Bush campaign did use the findings for a fundraising appeal. “…It’s an indication that perhaps Mr. Trump will have trouble growing his coalition because so many people says that they see him unfavorably”. And they add that national polling has Clinton leading Republican opponents.
“There’s a very high level of dissatisfaction with the status quo”, Varoga noted, “and there’s a very large minority inside each party that wants something completely different”.
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“At this time in 2007, John McCain was ahead of everyone”, Chris Lehane, a Democratic consultant who worked in former President Clinton’s White House and on Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, said of the GOP nominee that cycle.
