CNN's New Day panel broke down poll numbers showing Hillary Clinton underwater in favorability in the swing states of Iowa, Colorado, and Virginia, with Nia Malika-Henderson saying Wednesday that Clinton is doing "terribly" in getting voters to believe she's trustworthy and cares about their issues.
"She is doing terribly in terms of people believing she is honest and trustworthy and she also just has low marks in terms of people believing she cares about their issues," Henderson said. "This has been a problem, I think, ongoing for her. You talk to folks in the campaign and they say, well, the campaign hasn't really started yet ... The others will start to take on water as well as the campaign heats up and as they face a barrage of negative ads, but my goodness, this is certainly a turn of events for her and we've just seen this steady slide in terms of her poll numbers."
A Quinnipiac poll showed Clinton with just 33 percent favorability in Iowa against 56 percent unfavorability, 35 to 56 in Colorado and 41 to 50 in Virginia. Bloomberg also broke down the numbers in hypothetical matchups with top Republicans Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, and Jeb Bush:
Clinton trails Rubio by a margin of 38–46 in Colorado, by 36–44 in Iowa, and 41–43 in Virginia, the poll, which was released Wednesday, found. Bush tops Clinton by a margin of 41—36 in Colorado, by 42—36 in Iowa, and 42—39 in Virginia. Against Walker, Clinton trails by 38–47 in Colorado against Walker, 37–45 in Iowa, and 40–43 in Virginia.
The numbers represent a decline for Clinton against the possible GOP opponents. In an April Quinnipiac poll, Clinton bested Bush by a margin of 41–38 in Colorado, by 41–40 in Iowa, and by 47–40 in Virginia. Against Rubio, she trailed by 40–41 in Colorado, led by 43–40 in Iowa, and was ahead by 48–40 in Virginia. Against Walker, she was behind by a margin of 41–42 in Colorado, but led in Iowa by 44–40, and in Virginia by 47–40.
Reporter Jeff Zeleny noted Clinton's large campaign apparatus in Iowa had failed to revive her faltering numbers there. It was the same state in 2008 that then-Sen. Barack Obama won the caucus and Clinton finished third, ultimately setting the stage for Obama's surprising run to the nomination.
Zeleny called the poor trustworthy numbers "troubling" for Clinton. Host Chris Cuomo noted Clinton did not get a bump from her interview with CNN's Brianna Keilar July 7, where Clinton claimed people "should and do trust me."
"This poll is really interesting," Zeleny said. "It spans about 11 or 12 days, which usually in polling is not a good thing, because so many things happen, but in this caseI think it's really instructive. It spans over a wide period of time. It shows that these just aren't changing no matter what she's doing here, so this is going to be an issue that she wrestles with."