Hillary Clinton is ahead of Donald Trump in several key battleground states, according to this week’s polls as reported by a series of NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls of registered voters released on Friday, July 15, 2016.
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New polls from swing states released this week by Quinnipiac University showed Trump leading Clinton 42 percent to 39 percent in Florida.
Three-quarters of voters say their pick for president is motivated by a desire to cast their Election Day ballot against Clinton or Trump, more than those who say they’re voting for the candidate who shares their positions on the issues or is the most qualified to hold the office.
Still, it’s way too early for any candidate or their supporters to put too much weight into any poll. NBC published a previous series of polls Thursday in which Trump gained over Clinton in Pennsylvania and Iowa, and tied Clinton in Ohio. “More promisingly for her, three-quarters say Mrs. Clinton stands for the core values and principles of the Democratic Party”. Latinos are one of the country’s fastest growing demographic groups and Clinton called on them to help her party win up and down the ticket in November. Voters say by almost two-to-one margins that they have unfavorable views of Clinton in these surveys, but Trump actually exceeds that mark.
Trump had 34 percent favorable and 61 percent unfavorable, for a net negative rating of 27 points.
The poll was conducted July 5-11. In Virginia, Clinton’s lead increases nine points to 44 to 35 percent. This is not so good news for Trump; especially since the Republican National Convention is scheduled to start next work.
Meanwhile, 77 percent of Democratic voters think Bernie Sanders supporters should now support Hillary Clinton as the nominee. In a press conference about the findings, Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey still slammed Clinton’s handling of her classified emails as “extremely careless” and irresponsible, which Lichter said could make Clinton vulnerable to jokes about her perceived dishonesty.
Many more voters said they believe Clinton is better prepared to be president – 50 percent, compared to 30 percent for Trump.
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The margin of error is plus or minus 3.3 points in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, and 3.5 points for Colorado.
