WHY DO PEOPLE HATE HILLARY?

The Hillary Haters

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Few figures in American political life have inspired such deep and decades-long contempt. But why?

By Michelle Goldberg

Vanessa Dell

In 1996, the New Yorker published “Hating Hillary,” Henry Louis Gates’ reported piece on the widespread animosity for the then–first lady. “Like horse-racing, Hillary-hating has become one of those national pastimes which unite the élite and the lumpen,” Gates wrote. “[T]here’s just something about her that pisses people off,” the renowned Washington hostess Sally Quinn told Gates. “This is the reaction that she elicits from people.”

MICHELLE GOLDBERG

Michelle Goldberg is a columnist for Slate and the author, most recently, of The Goddess Pose.

It might seem as though nothing much has changed in 20 years. Many people disliked Hillary Clinton when she first emerged onto the political scene, and many people dislike her now. She is on track to become the least popularDemocratic nominee in modern history.

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