Voter Doubts About Her Honesty Costing Clinton

[bijou]

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is being hobbled in her race to overtake Illinois Sen. Barack Obama by persistent questions among voters about her honesty, according to polls.

A new poll in North Carolina – which after the April 22 Pennsylvania primary, is the next big prize on the campaign trail - says a key element in Obama’s success is that the state’s voters value trust over experience. The survey for the Charlotte Observer/WCNC-TV reported that only 25 percent of voters gave high marks to Clinton for trustworthiness compared to 48 percent for Obama and 54 percent for Arizona Sen. John McCain . Nearly 9 in 10 voters said trust would be a major factor in deciding how they would vote.

Surveys in North Carolina have consistently shown Obama with a big lead over Clinton, and that was underscored again today in a new Rasmussen Reports poll. The poll, conducted April 3, says Obama’s lead over Clinton has now soared to 56 percent to 33 percent.

Rasmussen noted that one bit of bad news for Obama is that 56 percent of Clinton supporters said they would not be likely to vote for Obama in a race against McCain. The Charlotte Observer poll put that number lower, saying 20 percent of Clinton supporters would vote for McCain if Obama gets the nomination while 13 percent of Obama backers would do the same if Clinton is the nominee.

The Charlotte Observer poll was conducted as Clinton got caught up in news reports contradicting her account of once coming under sniper fire in Bosnia. The same doubts about Clinton’s honesty have surfaced in polls by Gallup and Pew Research

On the honesty issue, Rasmussen says 77 percent have followed news stories about Clinton’s misstatements about her Bosnia trip. Twenty-three percent say they are a “very important” issue while 25 percent say the issue is “somewhat important.” Sixty-three percent say that most politicians lie or embellish the truth when discussing their own accomplishments.

The Charlotte Observer poll also found:

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[Uhhuh35]

Well you know what they say: "The more you know..." 

What I still can't wrap my brain around is why, if she didn't get the nomination, would a large percentage of her supporters vote for McCain? The same seems to be true for Obama but with fewer numbers defecting the party.

And you don't have enough Bitch Slaps Bijou, here's another one for ya'! 

[bijou]

Well you know what they say: "The more you know..." 

What I still can't wrap my brain around is why, if she didn't get the nomination, would a large percentage of her supporters vote for McCain? The same seems to be true for Obama but with fewer numbers defecting the party.

And you don't have enough Bitch Slaps Bijou, here's another one for ya'! 

Because she's cornered the racist vote in the Dem party?


And