The majority of voters said they are scared of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump being elected USA president, according to a new poll released Thursday, highlighting a choice for one of the major candidates as the lesser of two evils. Clinton reversed Trump’s lead in North Carolina, earning 44 percent to Trump’s 38 percent. Johnson performs best in this state – he garners 12% support when included in the poll, which shrinks Clinton and Trump’s support to 39% and 33%, respectively. The most recent polls have been all over the place with a Quinnipiac poll showing Trump leading in Florida by 3 points earlier this week.
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Clinton leads in Florida 44 percent to 37 percent; the remaining 19 percent are undecided or prefer another candidate. Other recent surveys indicate things have tightened up in some swing states, though the overall picture indicates that the race is still Clinton’s to lose as she remains ahead in most battleground polling.
Clinton’s lead in Colorado decreased from other polls published by Fox and Monmouth University.
In the WSJ/NBC Marist surveys, both candidates are slowed by steadfastly high unfavorable ratings, with significant majorities in all four states saying they have negative views of Clinton and Trump.
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The NBC/WSJ/Marist polls were conducted July 5-11 of 794 registered voters in Colorado (which has a margin of error of plus-minus 3.5 percentage points), 871 registered voters in Florida (plus-minus 3.3 percentage points), 907 registered voters in North Carolina (plus-minus 3.3 percentage points) and 876 registered voters in Virginia (plus-minus 3.3 percentage points). Conversely, if Trump were able to win all four of the NBC swing states, he would still fall short of the 270 necessary electoral votes to win the White House-he’d need to pick off an additional swing state or two from the Democrats.
