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Most swing-state voters distrust Hillary, poll finds

Majorities of registered voters in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida say they do not think Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic front-runner in the presidential race, is honest or trustworthy, according to a new Quinnipiac University Poll.

Majorities of voters in the key swing states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida say that Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton is dishonest and untrustworthy, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.

In Pennsylvania, 54 percent of voters said "no" when asked if they thought Clinton was honest and trustworthy.  Fifty-three percent of Ohio voters and 51 percent of Florida voters agreed.

Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the poll, said that that number is "more troubling" for Clinton than tightening head-to-head general matchups with several Republican candidates tested in the survey.

In the early stages of her campaign, Clinton has endured revelations about her use of private email servers while secretary of state (and apparent destruction of some contents), as well as controversial donations to her family's charitable foundation from foreign governments and favor-seekers, and her and former president Bill Clinton's voracious speech fees, which have made them wealthy.

Quinnipiac University interviewed registered voters by landline and cell phone between June 4 and June 15:

In Florida, 1,147 voters were surveyed, with results subject to a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. In Ohio, 1,191 voters were queried, with results subject to an error margin of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points. The university interviewed 970 voters in Pennsylvania, with results there subject to a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.