Hillary’s Numbers Plummet, Majority of Americans Still Want Answers on Benghazi

April 18, 2014 By Greg Campbell

It appears that America is already souring on the idea of Hillary Clinton before she even runs. According to the Washington Post, Clinton is experiencing the worst approval ratings she has seen in six years while, at the same time, the GOP brand continues to rise in favorability amongst Americans.

 

Democratic pollster Anderson Robbins Research and GOP pollster Shaw & Company shows a 49% approval rating for Clinton with a 45% unfavorable rating.

 

The last time she enjoyed ratings this low was during the 2008 presidential primary as she and Sen. Barack Obama duked it out.

 

Though that appears far from disastrous, Hillary Clinton’s likely run for president in 2016 has a bit of a tailwind as many Americans want to see a female president in the White House. As we approach the 2016 elections, however, the GOP will come out strongly and very publicly against the former Secretary of State who has accumulated no significant political achievements, but still has the Benghazi scandal hanging around her neck.

 

After Islamic terrorists attacked our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012, Secretary of State Clinton and other top State Department officials spun a ludicrous narrative  concerning a YouTube video that was soundly rejected by the American public. After years of investigation, the scandal still remains at the forefront of political conversations, especially after Clinton infamously wondered during her Congressional testimony, “What difference, at this point, does it make?!”

 

According to the same polls, however, Americans appear to be warming to the Republican Party as we head into the midterms. 45% hold a favorable opinion, 45% hold an unfavorable opinion.

 

In October, only 30% held a favorable opinion of the GOP with 63% reporting an unfavorable opinion.

 

Furthermore, Clinton may encounter some significantly choppy waters as she approached her presidential bid as the majority of Americans believe that the government is hiding details about the Benghazi attack and the majority want Congress to continue to investigate.

 

Fox News reports,