Hillary Clinton's Approval Rating Tumbles
Favorability rating drops from 61 percent to 52 percent
On Friday, Quinnipiac University released a new poll showing Hillary Clinton's approval rating collapsing in the wake of the Benghazi investigation. In today's poll, just 52% of voters have a favorable impression of Clinton, while 40% have an unfavorable view. This represents a 16-point negative swing since February, when Clinton's favorable rating was 61-34%. Such a dramatic move for a politician as well known as Clinton are highly unusual and cast a shadow on her future political ambitions.
"Her score is down substantially from her all-time high score in February," said Peter Brown, Quinnipiac director of polling, in a statement.
Almost half of voters, 48%, believe she is at least somewhat responsible for the deaths of 4 Americans at the American consulate in Benghazi. Her standing fell most substantially among men, Republicans and Independents.
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This, of course, proves that the Benghazi "scandal" is nothing more than a hyped-up partisan witch hunt to smear Clinton's reputation.
So 52% of the people surveyed would fail an IQ test.
"Her standing fell most substantially among men, Republicans and Independents." In other words, the Hildebeast is left with those most likely to be blindly loyal to her, ie. female democrats. That may be enough.