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Hillary Clinton Attributes
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Democratic American Presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton?
Yes | No | Don’t know | |
Intelligent | 74% | 13% | 13% |
Hard-working | 71% | 14% | 15% |
A capable leader | 60% | 21% | 19% |
Understands the problems facing American | 57% | 25% | 18% |
Visionary | 39% | 39% | 23% |
Good in a crisis | 54% | 20% | 26% |
Superficial | 31% | 51% | 18% |
More honest than most politicians | 24% | 51% | 25% |
Trustworthy | 33% | 42% | 25% |
Narrow-minded | 22% | 60% | 18% |
Arrogant | 33% | 54% | 13% |
Out of touch with ordinary people | 34% | 47% | 20% |
Intolerant | 20% | 61% | 19% |
Aggressive | 28% | 57% | 14% |
Erratic | 20% | 64% | 16% |
Someone who will strengthen the US relationship with Australia | 53% | 21% | 26% |
The most common attributes for Hillary Clinton were seen to be:
- Intelligent (74%)
- Hard-working (71%)
- A capable leader (60%)
- Understands the problems facing America (57%)
- Good in a crisis (54%)
33% or less of Australians agreed that each of the negative attributes described Hillary Clinton.
In terms of negative attributes the most commonly agreed with were ‘out of touch with ordinary people’ (34%) and ‘arrogant’ (33%), however far more disagreed than agreed that these attributes described Hillary Clinton.
Over half (53%) believe that Hillary Clinton is ‘someone who will strengthen the US relationship with Australia’.

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