50% of Americans won't vote for Hillary! I guess it's better to be a Mormon.?

Question

According to a new Harris Poll, 50% of Americans would not vote for Hillary. That is crazy, it's not even good amongst Democrats...and she's their frontrunner. Should the Democratic party be really worried about her winning the nomination? Do you think someone else will win the nomination? Why are so many people unwilling to vote for Hillary? I know, a lot of questions. I think it's funny also, because it has been brought up that 30% of Americans wouldn't vote for a Mormon (re: Romney) and how that would hinder him, but this is much worse, because it's personally about her, something much more difficult to overcome.

Here's the link to the poll:

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=744

Also, this isn't about parties, because I have generally not voted party-line, but rather for the best candidate.

Answer 1

I agree with your philosophy- may the best (man is soooo un-PC) candidate win....

I look at what Hillary has done in the past... I look at what the "Mormon" has done in the past.... I look at what the various other candidates have done in the past...

I look at what each candidate has said, how they've voted, etc, how they've handled their private lives, etc.

I think the Democrats have been suck-ups for a long time- they tend to not really stand up for their issues, but do whatever the Republicans aren't doing... if the Republicans are for Issue A, then the Democrats will argue how horrible the Republicans are for wanting it.... whatever "it" is....

(I want to pick an issue that isn't too inflamatory to use as an illustration, but this is politics- everything is a hot topic.)

From what I've seen, the Democrats in Congress are more interested in being against the Republicans than in finding out what their constituents want.

Answer 2

I would put zero credence in any poll. These polls are part of the problem that plagues our society today.

The polls are created to sway public opinion, not that the numbers are always skewed, but the questions are leading. If Americans were given just an opportunity to listen to the participants and not showed questions that lead our minds to an answer along with what others feel about those questions. The Republican and Democratic parties would not exist.

I apologize, but I must say I find it amusing that you have a problem understanding how a "Christian" nation would have problems voting a woman into the presidency. The was a Christian Church in New York that recently fired a long standing woman because the new pastor did not feel it appropriate for a woman to teach a man. So Says his Bible.

Answer 3

Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." (Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton - June 28, 2004, in San Francisco at a Democrat Party fundraiser)

"I want to take those profits and put them into an alternative energy fund that will begin to fund alternative smart energy alternatives that will actually begin to move us toward the direction of independence." (Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton - February 2, 2007, at DNC Winter Meeting - regarding profits earned by oil companies, which are not [yet] owned by the government)

"As president I know I can't kill, jail or occupy every nation we don't agree with and I cannot just wish that all the terrorists be wiped off the face of the Earth" (Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton - February 10, 2007, at a campaign appearance in New Hampshire)

"We're going to change the way we finance the system by taking away money from people who are doing well now" — (Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton — March 24, 2007, at a health care forum in Las Vegas)

Answer 4

She’s a mother, but she isn’t maternal
She’s a wife, but she shows no wifely instincts
She’s a feminist, but she rode to power on her husbands coattails
She’s strong and assertive, but she has abetted decades of chronic infidelity
She inspires fierce loyalty among her followers, but she frequently stabs them in the back.
Edward Klein- The Truth About Hillary

Hillary is the frontrunner? Someone is on drugs, either the people telling that story (Media), or the people who created it (?). And yes, it IS difficult... no- impossible to overcome her biggest defect, which is being herself. HillarySucks.com Somebody start a website, I'll patronize it.
Oh, look there are some...

Answer 5

One day a fourth-grade teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living.
All the typical answers came up -- fireman, mechanic, salesman, doctor, lawyer, and so forth.
However, little Justin was being uncharacteristically quiet, so when the teacher prodded him about his father, he replied, My father's an exotic dancer and takes off his clothes in front of other people and they put money in his underwear.”
The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the other children to work on some exercises and then took little Justin aside to ask him, "Is that really true about your father?"
"No," the boy said, "He works for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, but I was too embarrassed to say that in front of the other kids."

Answer 6

I lean towards Democrat and I wouldn't vote for Hillary.
Here's why: she's a liar, she's two-faced, she'll say and do anything to get or stay in power and I wouldn't trust her any further than I could throw her.
Hell, she even lied about about being a New York Yankees fan, if I remember correctly, when she first decided to run for Senate in NY when she'd been long-identified as a Cubs fan. If you can't trust a person to back their favorite sports team come hell or high water, what can you trust them with? Certainly not the Oval Office!

Answer 7

There is a lot of time between now and the primaries, and I suspect a lot will change. For one thing, more voters will find out about Mormonism, more will find out about Rudy and Newt's personal lives, etc. But the bottom line is that each party will pick one candidate, and we as Americans have to hope they pick two good ones!

Answer 8

Personally I would have no problem voting for Romney at all. I believe he did the best job that he could in a demogog run state. You bring up about his religion, but don't forget---years ago people said that about JFK and his being Catholic. Obviously the voters were able to look past JFK's religion and if Romney were to get the Republican nomination then I hope that the voters would look past his religion too.

Answer 9

Hillary can not even stand up to her cheating husband, how can she stand up for the American people. It is about character and back bone, of which neither of the Clinton's has been able to prove that they have. Bill had no foreign policy. Hillary and Obama will split the democratic party.

Answer 10

I think someone else will win the nomination because Romney(my previous Governor) is not going to win and Hilary not going to win the only two left is Obama, and Edwards. People are not willing to vote for her because they think that she won't be a strong candidate for this country........ for right now. I think the Democratic party should be worried about all of their candidates.