Michelle Obama crushes Trump in hypothetical matchup- Newsweek on Reuters/Ipsos poll: 50%-39%

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31. Yes, it took work to convince people that she was unpopular, and disinformation still being pushed:

"Prior to running for president she had a 66 percent approval rating. She ranked high among the most admired women in the world. She was commended by politicians on both sides on the aisle for her ability to work with Republicans as well as members of her own party. ... By 2014, a year before Hillary announced her intention to run for president, a New York Times/CBS poll found that 82% of Democrats favored Clinton over both Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, and a Quinnipiac poll reported that registered voters in Ohio (yes -- Ohio) chose Clinton over the six likely Republican candidates: Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich. 'If the election were held tomorrow, ' John McCain said, 'Hillary Clinton would most likely be president.'

"But as her friend, and former congresswoman, Ellen Tauscher had warned her before she left the State Department, that would all change once she actually entered the ring. 'The moment you move back into politics,' Tauscher told her, ''you go from 66 to 46 to 26 faster than a split second.' ... It was relentless -- and if you think this is an exaggeration, just take a look at the June 2016 report from Harvard's Shorenstein Center which showed that even when 'scandals' were not involved, 84 percent of Clinton's coverage was negative compared to 43 percent of Trump's and 17 percent of Sanders's. The report notes, 'Clinton's negative coverage can be compared to millions of dollars in attack ads, with her on the receiving end.'"

Susan Bordo

Happened to Elizabeth Warren when she ran for office, will happen to anyone.