Poll: Swing Voters Don’t Think Clinton’s State Department Record Was Positive

Hillary Clinton CGI America, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation, Denver, Colorado - 24 Jun 2014 (Rex Features via AP Images)
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Less than half of voters in swing states and swing districts believe that Hillary Clinton’s record as secretary of state was “excellent” or “good,” according to a Politico poll released Monday.

The poll found that 42 percent would rate her State Department tenure with those positive descriptors, while 21 percent rated it as “fair” and 32 percent as “poor.”

The poll, conducted July 3 to 13, surveyed 834 likely voters in states and districts with highly competitive 2014 congressional races. The margin of error is 4.1 percentage points.

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  1. Because Politico isn’t a right wing operation.

  2. So 63% said her performance was fair, good, or excellent.

    Show me any other current or recently out-of-office pol that has that high a rating.

  3. First it is a single poll with a small sample, and second it is worthless because Politico has an agenda. Romney and McCain believed in polls until reality slapped them across the face.

  4. In today’s edition of TeaFucked Orwellian Headlines, I offer you Tiger Beat on the Potomac.

  5. Avatar for msny msny says:

    Wait. Doesn’t 42% Positive v. 32% Poor mean that MORE have positive than negative views? And doesn’t that mean they actually DO rate her as positive?

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