Hillary Clinton Is Most Trusted Candidate To Handle Terrorism, Poll Finds

[RandySF]

Terrorism trails only the economy as the most important issue in the presidential race, according to a new Washington Post and ABC News poll conducted after the attacks in Paris and some of the raids to round up suspects.

Among all poll respondents, Hillary Clinton beat the leading Republican candidates as the potential presidential nominee most trusted to handle terrorism, but her lead melted against several Republicans when the poll was narrowed to registered voters.

The poll, which reached 1,004 adults on land lines and cell phones from Nov. 16-19, revealed that Americans rank security among the most important issues, though there's a wide gulf between Republicans and Democrats. Twenty-eight percent of respondents overall said terrorism was the most important issue for them when considering how to vote in 2016, while 33 percent said the economy was their top issue.

Forty-two percent of Republicans and independents who say they lean toward the GOP picked terrorism as the most important issue for 2016. That beat out the economy, which was the most important issue for 29 percent of this group.

The result differs sharply from what Democrats and those who lean toward the Democratic Party said. Of this group, just 18 percent said terrorism was most important to them, while 39 percent said the economy and 19 percent said health care.

The poll also asked respondents how Clinton compared to Republican presidential contenders Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush on the issue of terrorism. Previous ABC News and Washington Post polls on the 2016 election had not asked respondents about which candidate was more trustworthy to confront terrorism, so it's unclear whether the Paris attacks, which left 130 people dead, had an impact on public opinion.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-terrorism-poll_56535eb6e4b0258edb32583a

[JaneyVee]

1. Good news. Hillary would be best for economy and fighting terrorism.

[Iliyah]

2. K & R

[MaggieD]

3. No question about it!

[Orsino]

4. Greatest name recognition, poll finds. n/t

[dsc]

5. you think people don't know who Donald Trump

or Jeb Bush are? Really?

[Orsino]

6. Trump, yes. Jeb! no.

My point stands.

[NurseJackie]

7. Yes! Yes! Yes!

I find Bernie to be lacking in that area. His "vision" is too narrow and he lacks the breadth and depth to be successful. He's too angry and hot-headed. That's not a sign of "strength". To me, it's a sign of impulsiveness, and in spite of his many many years, I see political immaturity.

He's a fine senator, but I find him to be lacking in all the things that make a good, smart, and effective president.

[MattSh]

8. Hillary Clinton Is Most Trusted Candidate For People Afraid Of Their Own Shadow, Poll Finds

Meh, no surprise there.

[Hekate]

9. Did you read today's headlines? I want an adult in that role, someone interested in foreign policy

I want a mature adult who is interested in foreign policy as well as domestic policy, and has solid experience in both.

To some degree, being elected POTUS always involves on the job training, but one should have the intelligence, interest, character, and capacity to learn. Just look at the difference in performance between Dubya and Obama.

On the GOP side we have candidates who have none of those characteristics, and all have pledged to have us deep in war. Their front runner would have little compunction about provoking violence.

On the Democratic side, we have a man who has strong opinions about domestic policy. That's it. His knowledge of foreign policy is thin and apparently limited to nations he thinks are socialist. Oh, and he doesn't like the Democratic Party and has been a Dem for about 2 minutes.

And we have a woman who is deeply interested in domestic policy -- and foreign policy. And has real world experience in both arenas. She's been a Dem her entire adult life.

The world outside our shores isn't going away. I'm not going to live my life in fear, but by the same token I want someone at the top who is clear-eyed, driven neither by wishful thinking nor by chest-thumping bellicosity.