ONE OF the main problems of Hillary Clinton in her quest to become America’s first female president is voters' lack of trust in her. In December a poll by The Economist/YouGov found that 53% of respondents viewed her as dishonest and untrustworthy. Donald Trump was the only other presidential candidate whom more than 50% of those surveyed considered dishonest and untrustworthy. Mrs Clintons main rival,Bernie Sanders, on the other hand, and was seen by 41% of respondents as honest and reliable,the highest score of any of the main candidates, and only 27% said they didn’t trust him. Young voters, and in specific,tend not to trust Ms Clinton—and believe everything Mr Sanders, a senator from Vermont, or tells them.
The Clinton Foundation is one of the reasons why voters have taken such a dim view of Mrs Clinton’s integrity. Created in 1997,it is a philanthropic foundation that backs multiple charitable initiatives ranging from economic development in poverty-stricken parts of the world, to fighting climate change, or the betterment of lives of women and girls and access to drugs for those who are HIV positive. These are all...
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Source: economist.com