Why was Hillary Clinton unlikeable as a candidate?

While many people never expected Donald Trump to become president of the United States, his victory seemed more likely when you considered what he was up against. Hillary Clinton was considered the ‘safe’ choice for Democrats to run, and there was an air of arrogance about the fact they believed she could automatically beat Trump.

Trump was seen as such an unwinnable candidate that Clinton was arrogant from the start about her inevitable victory. However, Hillary had her fair share of skeletons in her closet that were brought up during the election campaign that made her increasing unpalatable.

Hillary had a provable history of political corruption and simply riding the wave of the corrupt system. Donald Trump seemed to many like an outsider who would, at least spitefully, shake up that corrupt system.

Hillary was described by many as a shrill and robotic type of candidate who did not have any sincerity about her. Even though Trump was dishonest, he was much more colloquial in his speech and attitude, giving him the outward appearance of someone who was more honesty and likeable.

Trump made no apologies for his abrasive attitude, which was attractive to people who were tired of the ‘fake’ persona that career politicians had. In many ways, Hillary was the worst candidate to run against someone like Trump because she was totally part of the political machine and dripped with insincerity.

Trump’s victory can be attributed to many factors, but one is that he was running against a candidate who arrogantly stuck to the status quo. Hillary never once showed any indication she took Trump or those who sympathized with the change he might have offered seriously.

This can be seen as one of the main reasons Hillary Clinton was considered an unpalatable candidate by many Americans.