Donald Trump's attempts to damage Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential run by attacking Bill Clinton as somebody with a "terrible record of women abuse" may not be having the impact he wishes. More Americans consider the former president to be more respectful of women than the Republican front-runner, according to a new poll by Fox News.
Exactly half of those polled say Clinton is more respectful of women, while 37 percent say Trump is more respectful of women. Women say Clinton is more respectful than Trump 55 percent to 31 percent. Along party lines, 85 percent think Clinton is more respectful, while 68 percent of Republicans think Trump is. Among Independents, 41 percent say Clinton, 34 percent say Trump and 20 percent say there's no difference.
Those who responded to the Fox News poll also said that Bill Clinton's sex scandals have hurt Hillary Clinton's political career: 46 percent say he's hurt her career, while 21 percent say it helped. An additional 29 percent say his scandals haven't made a difference either way.
In recent weeks, Trump has said attacking Bill Clinton for his indiscretions and accusations of sexual misconduct is "fair game," saying the former president has a "penchant for sexism," NBC News reported. On Sunday, TPM reported that Trump said, "She's married to an abuser. A woman claimed rape, and all sorts of things. I mean, horrible things."
Also on Sunday, Hillary Clinton appeared on CBS' "Face The Nation" and when asked about Trump's attempts to attack her husband, the former secretary of state said it "won't work."
"If he wants to engage in personal attacks from the past, that's his prerogative. So be it," Clinton said on Sunday, noting that she will continue to focus on issues important to women, such as equal pay and abortion rights, Politico reported.
Clinton added: "They can do whatever they want, more power to them. I think it's a dead end, a blind alley for them, but let them go. I'm going to talk about the differences between us because I think that's what Americans care about."
