After Hillary Clinton's recent health scare, a new Morning Consult poll shows that 4 of 10 Americans are concerned about the Democratic presidential candidate's health.
Most voters have heard "A lot or some" about Clinton's health:
- A lot: 43 percent;
- Some: 36 percent;
- Not much: 11 percent;
- Nothing at all: 10 percent.
Morning Consult compares this to the 9 out of 10 who had heard about Clinton's private email server at the height of the scandal.
When asked to "describe the overall health" of Clinton, respondents said it was:
- Excellent: 24 percent;
- Above average: 31 percent;
- Average: 26 percent;
- Below average: 4 percent;
- Very poor: 3 percent;
- Don't know/no opinion: 11 percent.
An earlier poll at the end of August showed that 29 percent thought Clinton was in "above average or excellent" health, and 26 percent said it was "below average or very poor."
Opinions on the issue differ drastically based on political affiliation.
Republicans rated Clinton's health:
- Excellent: 4 percent;
- Above average: 5 percent;
- Average: 17 percent;
- Below average: 33 percent;
- Very poor: 36 percent;
- Don't know/no opinion: 6 percent.
Democrats were more positive:
- Excellent: 17 percent;
- Above average: 21 percent;
- Average: 38 percent;
- Below average: 11 percent;
- Very poor: 5 percent;
- Don't know/no opinion: 8 percent.
Trump fares better when it comes to voters' views of his personal health, and more think he has given accurate information about his health than Clinton has:
- Clinton accurate: 29 percent;
- Clinton inaccurate: 54 percent;
- Trump accurate: 38 percent;
- Trump inaccurate: 40 percent.
By a narrow margin, voters think Clinton's health would affect her ability to serve as president:
- Yes: 44 percent;
- No 43 percent;
- Don't know/no opinion: 13 percent.
Most voters think there should be a requirement for presidential candidates to release a physician's letter attesting that they are physically fit to serve:
- Yes: 71 percent;
- No: 17 percent;
- Don't know/no opinion: 12 percent.
Most also believe there should be a similar policy for mental health:
- Yes: 78 percent;
- No: 13 percent;
- Don't know/no opinion: 9 percent.
Most said candidates ought to be required to release their medical records:
- Yes: 66 percent;
- No: 24 percent;
- Don't know/no opinion: 10 percent.
Jay Jacobs, a Clinton ally and Democratic Party leader in New York, defended Clinton's reluctance to reveal her health problems, speaking to The New York Times.
"Usually you would think that the truth sets you free, but in the experiences that Hillary Clinton has lived through, that's not necessarily accurate," he said.
"Whether it's Whitewater or Travelgate or other things, when the facts came out, it still didn't solve the problem. They did nothing wrong, but there was still controversy. She is a very private person, and she would rather not put out information that she did not feel needed to be shared."
Morning Consult surveyed 1,501 registered voters Sept. 12-13, with a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.
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