Hillary Clinton's standing with public rises after Benghazi testimony, poll finds

[DemocratSinceBirth]

The 11 hours Hillary Rodham Clinton spent at the House Benghazi committee last month appears to have been time well spent: The former secretary of State has significantly improved her standing among key groups of voters, a new poll indicates.

Among Democratic primary voters, 72% said they were now satisfied with Clinton's responses to questions about how she handled the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012, according to the Wall Street Journal/NBC poll. That's up from 58% before her testimony.

Clinton's lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont among primary voters also grew slightly, the poll found. It now stands at 62% to 31%

Clinton made progress as well among swing voters, the survey found. Before her testimony, 84% of swing voters had said they were not satisfied with her responses to questions about Benghazi. In the latest survey, only 40% said so.


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Clinton still has some major deficits with the public. Overall, Americans with a negative view of her outnumber those with a positive view, 47% to 40%. That's not great, but it's considerably better than several leading Republicans, including Donald Trump (27% positive and 56% negative) and Jeb Bush (19% positive, 43% negative).

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-clinton-benghazi-poll-20151102-story.html

[Fred Sanders]

1. BGazhi is dead, EGazhi has one foot in the grave and the shoe is on the other foot for the GOP.

Clinton "Swinging" to White House?

"Clinton made progress as well among swing voters, the survey found. Before her testimony, 84% of swing voters had said they were not satisfied with her responses to questions about Benghazi. In the latest survey, only 40% said so."

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. The box quote is salient...You can't look at favorability ratings in a vacuum.

EOM

[NCTraveler]

2. Hillary Debates Republicans, Wins.

That is on of the most apt lines I read after the hearing.