An overwhelming share of Americans rate Hillary Clinton poorly on trustworthiness in light of the reports of her use of a private e-mail system, according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Monday.
Specifically, 43 percent of voters give Clinton a “very poor” rating — 1 on a scale of 1-5 — on “being honest and straightforward,” a figure that is up 14 percentage points since June 2014.
This share vastly outweighs the 12 percent of Americans who give Clinton a “very good” rating — 5 — on her honesty. Overall, 50 percent of American adults give the former secretary of State a 1-2 rating on trustworthiness, while only 25 percent award her with a 4-5 rating.
Moreover, the share of voters that harbor a “very negative” view of Hillary sits at 32 percent and has increased by 9 percentage points since March when the reports broke about the personal e-mail controversy.
Nevertheless, despite her sinking approval and honesty ratings, Hillary Clinton still remains the frontrunner in the 2016 presidential election ahead of a formidable pack of GOP hopefuls.
Hillary Clinton leads Rand Paul by 3 points, Marco Rubio by 6 points, Jeb Bush by 6 points and Scott Walker by 10 points.
Among Republican voters, Bush is the current favorite, followed by Rubio, Walker and Paul.
Though Clinton has thus far been able to weather two major scandals — one involving her e-mails and the other the Clinton Foundation’s suspect foreign donations — during the rollout of her presidential campaign, the road to 2016 is nevertheless a long one.
If Hillary’s favorables continue to drop, her power over GOP challengers will likely wane.
