Why do so many people on here express hatred for Hillary Clinton when she is high in the polls?

Question

The Polls suggest she is extremely popular with a lot of Americans:
http://www.presidentelectionpolls.com/
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/democratic_presidential_nomination-191.html

This suggests this site is not representative of US attitudes generally.

The violence of the language used by Hillary-haters surprises me.

(I'm an Australian and not directly involved, fortunately! ~ Although anything America does affects other countries, including mine.)

Mommy K: I am indeed very thankful that I am not part of the brutality of US politics!!

Answer 1

In Y/A, as it is in life, the people with the most hateful opinions are often the most long-winded and the loudest, so to speak. Sometimes it is best not to even address them, unless you need to make your own position clear or set a boundary.

Another factor here is that Y/A is an open forum, the ranting that goes on here and in similar online sites, blogs, etc. are often their only chance to scream and rage at length.

What surprises me is how many Hilary-haters also claim to be Christians; Christ stood for love, peace, and justice--for all. Christ was the ultimate agent for social reform. Yet, they are conservatives in large part, desperately trying to maintain the status quo. Hilary probably scares them to near death, and so they are screaming in protest. It is a free world, and Y/A is an open forum. Let them scream.

Btw, I'm not a big fan of Hilary Clinton. Still, I'd like the folks in our Y/A community to stop the violence.

john_gal, please read my entire post before judging or taking offense. You are the one piling invective here. To repeat: I do not support Hilary; I support keeping Y/A a safe place for differences of opinion, a hate-free zone. Look at the tone of your own post, and then ask yourself what you are doing toward this end. Surely, we can all be adult enough here to agree to disagree. I don't even know you. Why would I insult you? Please do not insult me or any of the other users. Peace to you.

Answer 2

People are afraid of what they don't understand and of change. There are a great deal of Hillary-haters, as you put it, and I find it strange myself. I'm not sure why people can feel so strongly against someone like this when our current president gets away so easily, or at least it appears that way.
As one person pointed out, she is pushing for health care that would only cover Americans. Well, I am not against immigration or anything, but why should our tax dollars give health insurance to those who don't pay the taxes? We can't even seem to get health insurance for the poor children in this country, yet the uproar is about covering people who work here and don't pay into the system that they want to have a piece of...I don't understand that...
And finally, keep in mind that the people responding here are not even close to an equal representative of Americans. What you are getting in response is not most Americans' opinions, especially those who can vote and who understand politics and political issues, (no offense to the small percentage of you who are not in this group.)
Be glad and thankful that you are not part of this nasty, potentially devastating battle known as American politics.

Answer 3

She's very divisive still. But you see her popularity rising and her negatives decreasing, slowly but surely. I think the main reason for that is most people are dissatisfied with the Bush administration's handling of everything and in some ways long for simpler times, like during the Clinton administration. Even if a lot of people don't like Bill and Hillary personally I think overall they approved of his handling of things. That is perhaps why Hillary is leading in the polls. Its similar to 1968 in some ways, when Richard Nixon was leading in the polls. Nixon, like Hillary, was a divisive figure, he was Eisenhower's VP and ran against Kennedy in 1960. But with the Vietnam War all the Civil Rights and all the protests and violence and division that came along with the Johnson administration Americans wanted change, maybe to go back to a better, more peaceful time, in that case, the Eisenhower years. So many voters put all that aside and elected Nixon, and I think its very possible that many voters are willing to put all that aside and vote for Hillary if they believe she can bring back the more peaceful Clinton years.

Answer 4

In the 'real' world, she does have a lot of supporters and is doing well.

some people believe she is polarizing but, in fact, most consider her to do very well in 2 areas - bringing the 2 parties together and fundraising. she's had a fairly good record as a senator.

this site is not in the least representative of american attitudes, thank god.

there are lots of hateful comments (towards hillary, towards women, towards feminists) because we are still living in a world where misogyny exists and sometimes thrives.

-go hillary

Answer 5

It could be because she's a total idiot.

A little history lesson. If you don't know the answer make your best guess.
Answer all the questions before looking at the answers.

Who said it?
1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. None of the above


2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few...... And to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity."

A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. None of the Above

3) "(We) ...can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."
A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Josef Goebbels
C Boris Yeltsin
D. None of the above

4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own ... in order to create this common ground."

A. Mao Tse Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. None of the above

5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."

A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. None of the above


6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most
profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched."

A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. None of the above


Answers

(1) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 6/29/2004

(2) D. None of the above. State ment was made by
Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007

(3) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007

(4) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007

(5) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007

(6) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005


Be afraid, Be very afraid!!

Answer 6

You have to realise that polls are not very accurate and neither is yahoo. A lot of people responding here aren't even old enough to vote.

Take a look at results of polls in the past and see how quickly they change and how close they were to the real results of the elections they preceded. Funny eh?

By the way, she moved to New York because there was a Senate seat she could run for and win. Now she's after the presidency. If she loses though, when's the next general election in Australia?

Answer 7

I'm totally amazed that anyone can stand to hear the sound of 'that woman's' voice. Ack Ack Ack....Ack ack ack. She sounds like the aliens from Mars Attacks.

But the bottom line is that the billionaires really pull the strings. We are only voting for a figure head....so why such an ugly awful one in Hillary?

Answer 8

Right wing Americans will start a hate campaign against anybody who threatens them, so from Hilary's point of view she is probably doing very well. That has a certain ring about it here in Australia too.

Answer 9

I guess it is just the American way. She was the wife of a previous President so she knows her way around. (Even though Bill, who I admired), had some extramartial fun.She is the pick of a real bad bunch as far as I am concerned. It is bad as voting for the Liberals here in Aussie, to place your vote with the rest of this Rag,Tag team. Go Hillary.

Answer 10

Here is a poll from a reputable polling company in the USA
She is very popular in her own party but half of the country cannot stand her.
http://www.zogby.com/news/readnews.dbm?ID=1376