Democrats are less than thrilled about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Now with Vice President Joe Biden rumored to be just days away from entering the race, this could soon be the end for Clinton.
“She kind of turns me off,” said Marsha Campaniello, a 63-year-old real estate appraiser from Concord, as she walked out of a recent Clinton rally.
At ice cream shops and book stores, at summer fairs and fall festivals, Clinton is running into voters such as Campaniello and their questions about her character.
Interviews with nearly 70 Democratic and independent voters in the past two weeks, all at places where Clinton has campaigned in the first-to-vote states of Iowa and New Hampshire, repeated a similar theme.
Voters expressed a litany of concerns with Clinton and her candidacy. Some say they are skeptical of her positions. Others question her honesty and how she handles controversy, including recent inquiries into her use of a private email account and server.
Jim Gallagher, a 61-year-old, real estate investor from Manchester admitted that, “she just rubs me the wrong way.”
The unenthusiastic reaction her candidacy receives from some Democratic voters shows that despite her nearly quarter-century on the public stage, Clinton struggles to inspire the kind of personal passion that could win her the White House.
The public’s opinion of Clinton has grown steadily more negative since she returned to partisan politics with the April launch of her second White House campaign, after a period of high ratings while she was secretary of state.
Gallup surveys conducted in August and September found her positive ratings at their lowest point since 1992, her final year in Arkansas before becoming first lady.
Donna Colabella, 66, a mental health counselor from Manchester, said “There is a lot of baggage with Hillary that concerns me.”
Speculation about Biden’s plans swirls, a prospect that intrigues some voters. Splitting an ice cream sundae with his 2-year-old son on a late-summer night in Derry, Michael Thiele, 33, said he hoped the vice president could rekindle Democratic enthusiasm.
“If Biden decided to run tomorrow, I’d be in his campaign office signing up,” he said. “It does come down to sincerity now that I think of it. And I think he’s really sincere.”
The Associated Press contributed to this article
It amazes me that so many people don’t know what is going on in the world, it was just on the news that only 20% of the people know about Benghazi where Hillary Clinton refused the ambassador request for more security and then Hillary or Obama told reinforcements during the attack to stand down, that allowed the terrorists to cut his testicals off and drag him through the streets. Four great Americans were killed. Then blamed a video for the attack instead of the terrorists. If people knew what the democrats have done to destroy our country they wouldn’t even be thinking about voting for more of the same. That includes all democrats.
Vern;
The other 80 %, or more, are only concerned about Dancing with the Stars !
So you are not a democrat. Exactly who are you supporting for President?
Either the” People who are Controlling the Events of the World ” are planning to destroy us anyway and do not really care who THEY put in the White House,(Joe Biden the Bumbling Idiot, REALLY ?) or they have become COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT. The later circumstance gives me great HOPE that there may be REDEMPTION for the AMERICAN PEOPLE, but only if we turn to GOD our Creator and the TRUE RULER of ALL THINGS!
But Brzezinski promised Joe he could be President if he did a good job on Ukraine! His son Hunter got the Directorship of Ukraine Oil, and Joe gets to be king/President.
Work it out guys….
BTW: I agree that there is no way that I would vote for Hillary!
I’d vote for her….I’d vote that Hitlery and Billery both be booted out of the country….Well, wait a minute, I guess we don’t believe in deportation either.
Hillary reminds me of my Ma who is a Webster river rat.
I AGREE MOST HEARTENINGLY WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE. IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC PUT PRESSURE ON CONGRESS TO PASS A LAW THAT ANY ONE VOTING IN THE USA ELECTION MUST HAVE A PHOTO ID THAT GUARANTEES THAT THE PERSON IS AN AMERICAN CITIZENS. THE ONLY REASON THAT OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO RESIST THIS IS THAT THEY WANT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO VOTE FOR THEM.
I AGREE MOST HEARTENINGLY WITH ALL THE ABOVE. IN ADDITION I BELIEVE THAT CONGRESS SHOULD PASS A LAW REQUIRING A PHOTO I.D. THAT GUARANTEES THAT THE HOLDER IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. THE LIBERALS DEMOCRATS AND OBAMA HAVE BEEN PUTTING ALL KIND OF PRESSURE TO ELIMINATE THIS REQUIREMENT SO THAT THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL VOTE FOR THEM. THE PUBLIC SHOULD PUT PRESSURE ON CONGRESS TO PREVENT THIS, OR WE ARE GOING TO BE IN DEEP TROUBLE
In the best interests of being charitable; I am still inclined to say that it would be catastrophic and disastrous if this woman were
to be a nomine for the democratic party. She is clearly devious and lies blatantly. Her tracks record is one of grandiosity and
unadulterated greed. Having her as president would mean that her less than admirable husband would honker down in the
white house as well. I would rather have Mickey Mouse in the white house than Hillary.
You are one ill puppy, Stoney.
Hillary and Bill in the White House again? We don’t need that nefarious couple anywhere, again! Except, maybe, in Sing Sing.