The NBC/Journal/Marist state polls were conducted between July 5-11, with registered voters numbering 794 in Colorado, 871 in Florida, 907 in North Carolina, and 876 in Virginia, with a margin of error of about +/- 3.3 percent in each.
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The poll shows Trump’s disapproval numbers at 64 percent, 16 points higher than Clinton.
Recent polls showing Hillary Clinton in a tightening race with Donald Trump have some Democrats nervous. As he heads to Cleveland for the convention, the reality remains that Donald Trump still has no clear path to the White House.
This survey was conducted among 1,100 Florida likely general election voters from July 6 – 10, 2016.
By comparison, respondents overall had an equally unfavourable view of atheism at 38 percent, compared with 21 percent for Hinduism, 16 percent for Judaism and 8 percent for Christianity. Trump only approached her level of support in May, after his last two remaining rivals quit the race and he became the presumptive Republican nominee.
OH voters questioned over the past week expressed disenchantment about their current status, with majorities saying they were “falling further and further behind economically”, that “the old ways don’t work and it’s time for radical change” and that “public officials ‘don’t care much what people like me think'”.
“The broad discontent is reflected in the head-to-head contest, which has Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton tied at 40 percent”. Trump led among voters 45 and older, Clinton among those younger.
His endorsement, five weeks after Mrs. Clinton became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, brought the most prominent holdout in the party’s liberal wing into her camp.
Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein of the Green Party have no chance to win the election, but they could have a strong influence.
Both surveys found that most voters – regardless of how they might choose – had unfavorable impressions of both Clinton and Trump with the GOP candidate generating more negative views than the Democrat.
Through Thursday’s results, Trump led among men, 47% to 36%, while Clinton had a smaller, 41%-34% edge among women.
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“Bernie Sanders endorsing Crooked Hillary Clinton is like Occupy Wall Street endorsing Goldman Sachs”, Mr. Trump said on Twitter.
