Poll: Clinton at peak of unpopularity
Hillary Clinton has never been so disliked by Americans. That's according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll published Wednesday, a little more than two months before she faces voters at the ballot box.
Despite being ahead of her Republican rival Donald Trump in surveys on who should take the White House, this latest poll found that just 41 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Clinton, while 56 percent have an unfavorable one.
Those ratings are Clinton's worst in the quarter century she has spent in public positions, though still ahead of Trump's 35-63 split.
Clinton and Trump are the most unpopular presidential candidates in modern US politics. The last recipient of that dubious distinction was George HW Bush, who had 53 percent unfavorable ratings during a 1992 Washington Post-ABC News poll.
In a worrying trend for Clinton, support even dropped among groups that have historically supported her. She fell from 54 to 45 percent support among women, and from 71 to 55 percent among Hispanics.
With just 68 days to go before the elections, Clinton is five points ahead overall compared to Trump, with 42 percent support against 37 percent, according to a Real Clear Politics poll average.
Meanwhile, French far-right leader Martine Le Pen has told CNN Clinton would "destabilise the world" if she wins the White House.
"Hillary Clinton is war. Hillary Clinton is devastation," Le Pen told CNN late Wednesday.
Clinton's election in November would mean "geostrategic choices that will lead to world conflicts that threaten to be very heavy," said Le Pen, who is herself vying for the French presidency next year.
"In the interests of France," she said, the White House should go to "anyone but Hillary Clinton".
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