--- title: 2016: Hillary Clinton Faces Trustworthiness Drop in New Polls description: A growing proportion of Americans have negative views of Hillary Clinton, according to new polls canonical: https://time.com/3904698/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race-poll/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-02T12:17:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:43.829Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Faces Questions of Trustworthiness in New Polls og:description: Fewer Americans say Clinton inspires confidence, is trustworthy and honest og:url: https://time.com/3904698/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc8841fcfeee9f2d/6988528bcd1bba6b256fb977/hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4818 og:image:height: 2710 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton Campaigns South Carolina og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Faces Questions of Trustworthiness in New Polls twitter:description: Fewer Americans say Clinton inspires confidence, is trustworthy and honest twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc8841fcfeee9f2d/6988528bcd1bba6b256fb977/hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Faces Questions of Trustworthiness in New Polls > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=eda07401-2166-496a-85ff-81797628e87b&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments [Watch (HLS stream): Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2015-04-09. Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics._ by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 2, 2015 12:17 PM UTC  Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sits with a customer as she visits the Main Street Bakery on May 27, 2015 in Columbia, SC. Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sits with a customer as she visits the Main Street Bakery on May 27, 2015 in Columbia, SC. Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 2, 2015 12:17 PM UTC A growing proportion of Americans have negative views of Hillary Clinton, according to [new](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2015/images/06/01/2016.poll.pdf) [polls](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/poll-hillary-clinton-weakens-trustworthiness-jeb-bush-slides/story?id=31454068), even as the former Secretary of State remains the overwhelming favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination. The CNN/ORC survey released Tuesday showed that more Americans now have an unfavorable view of Clinton than at any time since 2001\. Fifty percent of Americans say Clinton does not inspire confidence, up from 42% in March of 2014\. Fewer think she cares about people like them. And a growing number of people, now up to 57%, do not consider her honest and trustworthy. An [ABC News/Washington _Post_](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/poll-hillary-clinton-weakens-trustworthiness-jeb-bush-slides/story?id=31454068) poll released Tuesday found similar drops in Clinton’s trustworthiness. And while Clinton remains the prohibitive favorite in the Democratic primary race, the gap between her and top Republican contenders is shrinking, according to the CNN poll. In head-to-head match-ups with Republicans, Clinton is facing a stiffer challenge Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Scott Walker and Jeb Bush than in previous surveys. The CNN/ORC poll of 1,025 American adults, conducted between May 29 and May 31, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. ## Transcript You know, I'm not sittin' here some little woman standing here by my man like Tammy Wynette. I'm sittin' here because I love him, and I respect him. Now is our chance to beat the historical odds, and give the American people the health security they need. If there is one message that echoes forth from this. Let it be that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for all. The great story here for anybody willing to find it and write about it and explain it is this vast right- wing conspiracy that has been conspiring. Against my husband since the day he announced for president. I would be happy to, when you give me the signed letters. Well, right here. Right here. When you give me. Right here. Sign it right now. We'll shake. We'll shake on this, Ray. No, no, I want your signature, cause I think that everybody wants to see you signing something that you said you were for. You know, I have so many opportunities from this country. I just don't wanna see us fall backwards. Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it. The battle to stop Al Qaeda and its affiliates. Does not end with one death. What difference, at this point, does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator. I took the unprecedented step of asking that the state department make all my work- related emails, [ MUSIC ] Public for everyone to see. 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