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Local Democrats hope to capitalize on the Republican divide this Election Day.But Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's camp has its own issues with another round of hacked emails from her campaign staff under the microscope.The question is, how does Clinton win voter trust when she's constantly under investigation?Democrats say investigators fail to mention every search is fruitless."They have gone over this information with a fine-tooth comb, and what they have found is that there was nothing criminal," Douglas County Democratic Party Chair Crystal Rhoades said.Yet Clinton's emails continue to be the subject of debate.The latest round of emails with her campaign staff were published on Wikileaks. "If there was anything actionable there, they would have taken action," Rhoades said. "It's just playing politics at this point."Rhoades said it's less about substance and more about distraction, especially since it's not the first time a political email server has spurred an investigation."George Bush used a Republican National Committee server. After he got a subpoena, 22 million emails were destroyed," Nebraska Democratic Party Chairman Vince Powers said.Powers added that he cannot ignore Donald Trump's recent comments about women, and he believes neither will local Republicans."I know plenty of Republicans. They don't talk like that," he said. "The Republicans I know respect women. That's not a political issue. It's just disgusting."But since it's become part of the political conversation, local Democrats believe it'll translate into votes for Clinton and Brad Ashford."What the polling is, is fluid," Rhoades said. "It changes all the time. The only poll that's going to matter is on Election Day."Democrats said because Ashford votes bipartisan and spearheaded a new VA center, despite what the other national party believes, he will take away Republican votes.