Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonPoll: Clinton holds 46-point lead among Hispanics Progressives praise Clinton’s stronger stance against the TPP Trump campaign official: Clinton “lied wildly” on childcare tax deduction MORE leads her GOP rival Donald TrumpDonald TrumpPoll: Clinton holds 46-point lead among Hispanics WATCH LIVE: Trump campaigns in Florida Media companies ask for Trump divorce records MORE by 46 points among Latino voters, according to a poll released Thursday.
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Trump’s one-day drop comes as the poll begins to incorporate voter opinions after he made controversial comments about the Second Amendment that some interpreted as a veiled threat of violence against Clinton.
Respondents to the University of Michigan’s monthly survey of consumers showed that the net share of households who expected Clinton to beat Trump in November rose to 39 percentage points in August.
The poll found that she leads Trump in North Carolina 48 percent to 39 percent, expanding the margin from a 6-percentage-point lead from last month.
In North Carolina Clinton is leading Trump by nine points. But 56 percent of Trump supporters said they back him because they oppose Clinton.
Meanwhile on the Senate side, things are mixed.
But there is some good news for Republican incumbents.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, on the other hand, is performing well against his Democratic challenger Rep. Patrick Murphy in Florida. The poll has a credibility interval of 3 percentage points. Michael Bennet has a significant lead over El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn, 53%-38%. That number is unchanged from July.
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Because the poll is conducted online and individuals self-select to participate, a margin of error can not be calculated. The poll also included 921 registered voters in North Carolina where the margin of error was plus or minus 3.2 points. And 897 registered voters in Virginia were surveyed with a plus or minus 3.3-point margin of error. In Florida, 862 registered voters were surveyed with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 points.
