Over the years, mail-in early voters usually have been older, better educated and more likely white, while in-person early voters were often young people and black Americans, according to University of Florida professor Michael McDonald, an expert in election statistics.
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Opinions about Clinton are not as negative, but still only 31 per cent registered voters say Clinton would be a good or great president.
Clinton continues to face questions about her treatment of classified e-mails while serving as Obama’s secretary of state, while Trump’s off the cuff remarks about Muslims, girls and immigrants have rankled members of his own party.
According to the Pew Research Center, if the U.S. presidential elections were held today, 41 percent of registered voters would support Clinton and 37% would vote for Trump. There’s a reason that campaigns spend a lot of time going after voters that show up.
The survey was conducted August 9 to 16 among 2,010 adults, including 1,567 registered voters, with the margin of sampling error being 2.8 percentage points with registered voters. According to the poll, neither candidate is regarded favourably by most Americans, and two-thirds of USA adults believe the country is on the wrong track.
Trump’s standing in the White House race plummeted throughout the summer and he now trails Clinton in preference polls of most key battleground states.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are locked in a statistical dead heat in Nevada, according to the results of a new Suffolk University poll.
Pollster Kellyanne Conway, who has known Trump for years and gained his trust during her brief tenure working for him, will serve as campaign manager. They may be a bit more apprehensive about the future, however: 38 percent said they thought life would be better for the next generation, while 28 percent said it would be the same and 30 percent saw it getting worse.
Pew’s data found a dramatic turnaround in the view of free trade agreements among Republican voters.
And Gramley says she sees a great deal more enthusiasm for Trump around the state.
Democrats, meanwhile, have remained largely supportive of free trade agreements. Just 17 percent of Clinton supporters say the same of immigration, and 36 percent of terrorism.
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Voters were split on the question of whether the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership would be good for the US, with 1 in 4 voters undecided.
