A plurality of Idahoans think Donald Trump is more qualified to be president than Hillary Clinton, even though a majority still don’t think he has the temperament for the job, according to the latest poll released by Idaho Politics Weekly.
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When the poll included other candidates Trump was at 44 percent, with 39 percent for Clinton, followed by Libertarian Gary Johnson at nine percent and Green Party candidate Jill Stein at three percent.
A previous CNN poll, taken between July 13-16, showed Clinton topping Trump, 42 percent to 37 percent, in a four-way race.
When given just two choices, Trump led Clinton, 48 percent to 45 percent.
Mrs Clinton will attend the Democratic National Convention this week in Philadelphia with Mr Trump now enjoying his best ratings with CNN/ORC since September a year ago.
National polls don’t have a large enough sample to accurately reflect the state of play in key battlegrounds, and there is little information thus far on how Trump’s convention performance has affected the presidential race state-by-state.
Of the 23 percent of voters who said the convention made them “much more positive” toward Donald Trump, 34% were over 65 years old. After the RNC in Cleveland, Trump is getting the support of 81 percent of Republicans – a slight uptick from before the convention, but short of the 90 percent Romney was getting after the conventions four years ago. Half of those defecting say they plan to vote for Trump and half say they plan to vote for neither.
Documentary-maker Michael Moore has predicted Trump will win the election but called on Americans to prove him wrong.
Beyond boosting his overall support, Trump’s favorability rating is also on the rise (46% of registered voters say they have a positive view, up from 39% pre-convention), while his advantage over Clinton on handling top issues climbs.
Seventy-four percent of registered voters watched at least some of the 2016 Republican National Convention, up from 64 percent who watched it when Mitt Romney was nominated in 2012. “There’s no more solemn or serious a responsibility than that”, Clinton said. For Clinton, it’s 44 percent.
Still, 40% called the speech excellent or good and about half of voters (45%) said Trump’s speech reflected the way they feel about things in the US today; 48% said it did not reflect their views.
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The poll, taken entirely after the GOP convention, was taken July 22-24 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percentage points.
