Hillary Clinton is overwhelmingly viewed by voters in Colorado as neither honest nor trustworthy, with 67 percent of voting-age residents there describing her as such.
That figure is more than two times the 30 percent of voters in the key swing state who view Clinton as trustworthy, a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday shows. The Democratic presidential candidate’s favorability rating is similarly negative in the state, with 61 percent holding an unfavorable impression of Clinton and only one-third a favorable view.
Clinton’s unfavorable score is higher than all Republican candidates mentioned in the poll, including businessman Donald Trump, who is viewed by Colorado voters as the most unfavorable candidate in the GOP pack.
Moreover, Clinton would lose the presidential race to any of the top Republican contenders by at least 11 percentage points if the general election were held today. Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) would beat Clinton 52-36 percent, neurosurgeon Ben Carson would topple her 52-38 percent, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) would win against Clinton 51-38 percent.
So too would Trump come out on top, winning 48 percent of the Colorado vote to Clinton’s 37 percent. Her leading primary opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), would fare better against Rubio than Clinton though the Republican candidate would still win.
The poll comes as Clinton continues to weather scrutiny for her use of a private email while at the State Department, a matter that the FBI is currently investigating.
Clinton’s negative numbers in Colorado come on the heels of reports that the FBI has expanded its probe into the former secretary of state’s personal email and is particularly looking at possible violations of U.S. criminal code.