“Heading into Cleveland last week, Clinton lead Trump by about three points in the polling average”, Silver sadi.
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CNN said its new findings were the best showing for Trump against Clinton since September 2015. But as Trump has improved his image on the right and Clinton has failed to improve hers on the left, they now find themselves in the same spot.
Hillary Clinton told a group of veterans on Monday that even she needs to get used to the fact she could become the first female commander in chief in November, an unusual nod to trepidation around her gender by the presumptive Democratic nominee. The CNN poll was also taken July 22-24.
And a week after stressing how humble he is, Donald Trump released a new online video over the weekend on the amount of applause his convention speech received last week – which might, just might, reinforce concerns about his over-the-top narcissism. Mr Trump now leads Ms Clinton, 57.5 to 42.5 per cent, in that scenario, according to Mr Silver’s website, FiveThirtyEight.
In a four-way scenario, with Green Party nominee Jill Stein and Libertarian Gary Johnson added into the mix, Clinton led Trump 46 percent to 37 percent, with Libertarian Gary Johnson at 5 percent, Green Party nominee Jill Stein receiving 3 percent, and 9 percent undecided. “Trump has a real chance of becoming president, and although Clinton is still favored, she’s already had a bumpy ride”.
Trump’s favorability also saw a bump in the CBS poll – 34 percent viewed Trump favorably, up from 30 percent earlier in July. But both candidates have inched up by two points since the GOP convention and Clinton’s selection of Kaine for the Democratic ticket.
Before endorsing Clinton after the Democratic primary ended, Sanders often described the political and economic system as “rigged”, and accused Democratic National Committee leaders of siding with Clinton.
The poll was conducted online in English with about 1,000 likely voters. After the Democrats held their convention, Obama then rose by a few percentage points and again pulled ahead. Half of those defecting say they plan to vote for Trump and half say they plan to vote for neither.
The audience of warriors whom Mrs. Clinton faced proved far more peaceful than some of the delegates her colleagues were simultaneously seeking to reassure hours before the convention was to gavel in.
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The network said there had not been a significant post-convention bounce in since 2000.
