Subject: 2016 GOP HIT on HRC
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 06:48:10 -0700

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As Clinton limps toward the finish line, "Dems should be alarmed by the former first lady's rising unpopularity." on.wsj.com/1Svc0ri<https://t.co/iXGl6s0AXv>
Clinton's Negative Majority<http://www.wsj.com/articles/clintons-negative-majority-1461106609>
She's getting more unpopular the longer the campaign goes on.
[Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaigns in New York on April 18.]ENLARGE
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaigns in New York on April 18. PHOTO: ZUMA PRESS
April 19, 2016 6:56 p.m. ET

Hillary Clinton<http://topics.wsj.com/person/C/Hillary-Clinton/6344> won New York's primary Tuesday, which means that barring an act of God or FBI director Jim Comey-they aren't the same-she will be the Democratic nominee for President. So Democrats should be alarmed by the former first lady's rising unpopularity.

The latest evidence comes in the new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll taken April 10-14. A regular feature of this survey asks voters about their "feelings toward" certain individuals or institutions-whether they are very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative or very negative. In April the poll found Mrs. Clinton hitting a dubious new record of 56% who have somewhat or very negative feelings toward her. Only 32% have a positive view.
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Editorial Page Editor Paul Gigot analyzes the latest WSJ / NBC News Poll on the New York state presidential primary. Photo credit: Getty Images.

As striking is the negative trend over the last three years. In Jan. 2013, not long after she left President Obama's cabinet, her net negative was 25%. As the nearby chart shows, her unpopularity has since climbed with only occasional exceptions. She broke through negative 40% in the middle of last year, and she hit negative 50% in February. In April a remarkable 42% had a very negative view of the woman Democrats are counting on to hold the White House.

Some of this is explainable by the pounding any candidate takes during a campaign. Bernie Sanders has been portraying Mrs. Clinton as a tool of the big banks, even if he's ducked her serious ethical problems. But what should worry Democrats is that Bill Clinton's wife has been a national political figure since 1992, and her political identity is well known and will be hard to change.

All of which means Republicans should be poised to retake the White House in November if they nominate someone remotely tolerable. Yet they may not. Donald Trump<http://topics.wsj.com/person/T/Donald-Trump/159> reinforced his GOP front-runner status Tuesday with a blowout victory in his home state of New York, but his negative rating in the WSJ/NBC survey is an astounding 65%. Ted Cruz<http://topics.wsj.com/person/C/Ted-Cruz/7753> is disliked by 49%, though he's less well known, with 21% having a neutral view. The Texan finished a distant third in New York to John Kasich.

Hard to believe, but Messrs. Trump and Cruz may be the only two Republicans who could lose to Hillary Clinton.

Lauren Hendricks