--- 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: 2026-08-04T07:59:04.974Z 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Faces Questions of Trustworthiness in New Polls ## 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. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3904698/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3904698/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race-poll/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Faces Questions of Trustworthiness in New Polls","datePublished":"2015-06-02T12:17:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:59:04.974Z","description":"Fewer Americans say Clinton inspires confidence, is trustworthy and honest","url":"https://time.com/3904698/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race-poll/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Rand Paul","Scott Walker","jeb bush"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc8841fcfeee9f2d/6988528bcd1bba6b256fb977/hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc8841fcfeee9f2d/6988528bcd1bba6b256fb977/hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton Campaigns South Carolina","caption":"Hillary Clinton Campaigns South Carolina","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3904698/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race-poll/","name":"Hillary Clinton Faces Questions of Trustworthiness in New Polls"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments","description":"Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/L3I0gpwt/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-09T19:18:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3904698/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race-poll/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3904698/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race-poll/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```