Hillary Clinton’s unfavorable rating has received quite the boost since her private email scandal broke in March.
According to a newly released Gallup analysis, the share of U.S. adults that view the Democratic presidential candidate unfavorably has increased seven percentage points in two months.
Specifically, 39 percent of adult Americans had an unfavorable impression of Clinton at the beginning of March when reports of her private email first emerged. At the start of April, that number had ticked up to 42 percent. By May 6-10, 46 percent of voting-age Americans viewed Clinton in unfavorable light.
In addition to the controversy surrounding her use of a private email account while at the State Department, Hillary has also undergone scrutiny in recent weeks because of the Clinton Foundation’s suspect acceptance of donations from foreign governments and entities.
Clinton’s unfavorable rating has ticked up across party lines, though the increase has been more dramatic among Republicans.
The share of Democrats viewing Hillary unfavorably has increased from 10 percent in March to 13 percent, and that of Independents has ticked up an equal three percentage points to 43 percent.
Whereas 75 percent of Republicans saw Clinton in unfavorable light in March, 88 percent see her so in May.
Hillary has remained rather tight-lipped about her controversies during the rollout of her presidential campaign, merely dismissing them as part of a partisan effort to undermine her candidacy.
Republicans have zeroed in on Hillary has their main target ahead of 2016. There is, of course, only one other Democratic candidate in the race thus far — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — while the GOP has already seen six hopefuls make official their bids for the White House.
