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WPA OPINION RESEARCH

SUBJECT:

HILLARY CLINTONS UNLV SPEAKING FEE

D ATE:

JULY 17, 2014

The following memo highlights the key findings for a statewide survey WPA conducted in Nevada of
405 likely voters July-14-15, 2014. The full sample has a margin of error equal to 4.9%.
The Results
The overwhelming majority of likely voters believe that Hillary Clintons UNLV speaking fee of
$250,000 is unfair.
The following question was read to respondents.
As you may have heard, UNLV has agreed to pay Hillary Clinton two hundred and
twenty five thousand dollars to speak at a school foundation fundraiser. This comes
even as tuition at the university has gone up seventeen percent. Do you believe the
fee for Hillary Clinton to speak at UNLV is fair or unfair to UNLV students?
Fair
Unfair

29%
55%

The Implications
Swing State Implications
N early three-in-five of the Independent voters who Clinton would need to capture this swing
state in 2016 say the speaking fee was unfair.

Independents
F air
Unfair

24%
57%

W om en aged 35-54 also play a key role in swing state outcomes and a majority think the fee
w as unfair.
W om en 3 5 -5 4
F air
Unfair

39%
50%

Hillary will also need Hispanic support to win Nevada in 2016. Unlike Independents and
w om en, the majority of Hispanics believe that Hillarys speaking fees are fair. However, she
cannot rely on Hispanic support alone.
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N om ination Implications
Even beyond the swing state implications, Nevada has played an important role in past
Dem ocratic nominating processes.
W hile Democrats are more forgiving of Hillarys actions, a sizeable minority (nearly two -in-five
think the fee was unfair).

Dem ocrats with Prim ary H istory

F air

46%

Unfair

37%

M ore than a third of Nevada Hispanics, a key group both in the nominating process and in a
general election, think that the fee was unfair.

H ispanics
F air

48%

Unfair

35%

Conclusion
The recent string of missteps from former Secretary of State Clinton have continued as she further
alienates voters with her out-of-touch image management. Clinton has irked voters in the critical swing
state of Nevada with the exorbitant fee she is charging UNLV, especially in light of the recent increases
in tuition students are being forced to pay.
About Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research
Since 1998, WPA Opinion Research has been a leading provider of political polling for campaigns from
Governor and U.S. Senate to Mayor and City Council in all 50 states and several foreign countries. In
the 2011-2012 election cycle, even with Obama at the top of the ticket, more than 65% of WPA direct
campaign clients won.
WPA has been nationally recognized for our efforts to provide cutting edge research to help our clients
win. The American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) awarded a Pollie to WPA for our
Predictive Analytics. The award highlighted WPAs Adaptive Sampling and Predictive Analytics
methodologies which allowed us to buck national GOP polling trends and deliver industry-leading
results.
In rankings released by Nate Silvers fivethirtyeight.com of 2008 election data, Wilson Perkins Allen
Opinion Research was statistically tied as the most accurate partisan pollster and we find that WPA
was significantly more accurate than other partisan pollsters.

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