The online poll shows Clinton with 49.45 percent to Trump’s 45.15 percent.
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Well, not really. When Fox News polled Hispanic voters in May of this year, Trump was getting 23 percent of the vote from the group, trailing Hillary Clinton by 39 points. Last month she was ahead by 6 points among registered voters and 4 points with likely voters.
The returns will show Clinton paid an effective tax rate of 35 percent and gave about 10 percent to charity, CNBC reported. Before the conventions, Trump’s net unfavorable rating was 29 and afterward grew to 37.
Hillary Clinton has opened up commanding leads over Donald Trump in several critical battleground states, including North Carolina and Colorado, according to a new poll Friday.
When it comes to Wisconsin politicians, House Speaker Paul Ryan has a 54-percent approval rating among state voters – with 80-percent of Republicans here giving him high marks.
Liberal GOP nominee Mitt Romney carried SC by more than ten percentage points in 2012, while John McCain carried the state by nine percentage points in 2008. This is the first survey of likely voters in this election cycle and cannot be compared to earlier surveys of registered voters.
Clinton’s lead jumped from one point to eight after becoming her party’s presidential nominee at the Democratic National Convention.
There have of course been reports that Democrats with an unfavorable view of Clinton are switching their support to Trump.
Hispanics overwhelmingly believe that the former secretary of state represents their views better than Trump (72 percent to 14 percent).
In July, Feingold was up 5 points among likely voters and 7 points among registered voters.
The Post’s analysis chalked up the difference to Johnson being less well-known in Wisconsin than senators in other states, such as Florida Sen. The poll showed Clinton taking 48 percent of the Latino vote to Trump’s 32 percent.
An Aug. 9 Quinnipiac Poll found Clinton and Trump tied in Florida at 43-43 in a four-way race with Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein.
Among GOP insiders, 58 percent believed Trump would remain in the race while only 2 percent believed he might drop out. The Democratic nominee was described as “somewhat favorable” or “very favorable” by 31 percent of those surveyed.
Republican voters switching to Clinton is bolstered by the Democratic candidate now regularly receiving endorsements from key figures within the Republican party.
That would put the race within the survey’s margin of error.
Critics, including 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, have blasted Trump for failing to disclose his tax rate and raised questions about what his returns say about his net worth and various business ties, particularly in Russian Federation.
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The poll was conducted by phone August 4-7, after the Republican and Democratic national conventions.
