99 days till the election, a new CNN poll has found that after the Democratic Convention and Trump’s confrontation with a Muslim family who lost their son who was serving in Iraq, Clinton now has a 7% lead.
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In early May, fewer than half of Clinton’s backers said their vote was more to show support for her than opposition to Trump. But 45 percent said they were more likely to vote for her.
She’s consolidated support among women, non-whites and independents since the Democratic convention, according to the poll. Those viewing the Democratic nominee in a positive light rose from 31 to 36 percent, while those with a negative view of Clinton were at 50 percent, down from 56 percent. And among Republican and Republican-leaning men, 28 percent called Clinton’s speech bad, vs. just 18 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning women. Before the convention, Clinton garnered only 78 percent of Sanders supporters last weekend, with 12 percent going to Trump, 6 percent voting for neither and 4 percent voting for a third party candidate. Back then, 48 percent said their vote was one of support for the former secretary of state, 5 percent% say so now.
The “Never Trump” contingent can breathe 7% easier this week. As a comparison, 58 percent of Americans gave a good or excellent rating to Barack Obama’s acceptance speech in 2008, while 44 percent gave good marks to Hillary Clinton’s speech this year, with just 20 percent saying it was poor or awful.
80 percent said they followed reports about the Democratic convention at least somewhat closely, with 41 percent saying they followed it very closely. That’s a bit smaller than Mike Pence’s increase after the Republican convention (his favorability rose from 26% before the GOP convention to 39% after), but those gains have faded some as just 29% of registered voters say they have a favorable opinion of Pence now. Just prior to both conventions, they were tied at 40 percent each.
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The survey of one thousand likely voters was conducted on July 28 and 31. The poll has a margin of error of plus/minus 3 percent.
