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2016 Postmortem

2016-05-31T16:06:18+00:00

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/05/29/female-voter-focus-group-shreds-reckless-hillary-clinton-over-email-fiasco-n2170025 Bernie beats Hillary among Women under 30 68-31%! If Hillary Clinton wants to maintain a bunker mentality until Election Day, I would suggest switching courses. She hides while Donald Trump calls her crooked Hillary for monthsbad move. With the latest State Department Inspector General report that the former first lady had violated the Federal Records Act, Clinton is keeping away from the press . Her campaign maintains that she did nothing wrong, though the facts dont hold up with that narrative. Moreover, it seems to be impacting her stance with young women voters, who have flocked to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, since they think that her private email system showed that she was reckless, not accountable for her actions, and played by her own rules. The latter is a throwback to the criticisms lobbed against couple in the 1990s. Last week, NBC News Chris Jansing sat down with a focus group of women voters, who pretty much savaged the former Secretary of State over her email fiasco. I take national security really seriously and the idea that she would have a private email serverit demonstrates someone who thinks theyre outside of the rules and not accountable. And its reckless, said an undecided voter, who served in the Air Force for six years. Exactly, responded another female voter in the group. The Air Force veteran continued by saying, the most disappointing part about all of it is that I dont feel like shes taken responsibility for it. When people are in positions of power, they have a responsibility and a duty, to make sure that what they do is transparent. And the entire problem with this email server issue is that shes [Clinton] not being transparent, said another voter. The Air Force veteran concluded the segment by saying, it (the email server) speaks to her character I want someone who I can trust, who I think has a character that is credible, and that Im going to believe what that person says to me. After taking into account all of the exit polls from past primary contests, women voters under the age of 30 split for Sanders 68/31 over Clinton. Jansing said that this group looks at this election as an existential crisis, noting that many have student loans and want to start families. It also proves that women are not monolithic in their voting behavior, which is a trap that many Democrats fall into when assessing the strength of their coalition. They obviously want someone who has a good character, who would be held accountable, and who does not consider themselves above the rules. Thats not Hillary Clinton. A NBC News/WSJ poll showed that 19 percent of voters found Clinton as trustworthy and honest, while only 35 percent felt the same for Donald Trump. Theyre very low numbers, but as MSNBCs Steve Kornacki notedtwice as many voters felt Trump was more sincere. Moreover, what the Clinton supporter in the focus group left out, and what Kornacki referenced, was that the State Department was never approached by the Clinton team over setting up this sort of email arrangement, and even if she didit probably wouldnt have been approved. Maybe thats why liar is one of the most popular words used to describe Clinton.