PPP surveyed 944 likely voters from August 12-14, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percent.
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Donald Trump is leading Hillary Clinton by 6 percent in Texas, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey, with the Republican nominee holding a lead based on a 30-point advantage among senior citizens. The results of the tracking poll were released Tuesday.
While polls have shown Clinton building a lead following the Philadelphia convention, Democrats are fearful that a depressed voter turnout might diminish support among the minority, young and female voters who powered Obama to two victories.
On the other hand, Trump has experienced shifts from 33 to 39 percent as he battled controversies over the past weeks. (Bonus: The new #NeverTrump candidate Evan McMullin got 0 percent.) But the poll also shows the potential for continued civil strife from angry GOP voters.
In response to the latest outbreak of racist Black Lives Matter violence, Donald Trump delivered some straight talk on a long neglected subject, the Democratic Party’s betrayal of black communities and their promotion of racial violence as a political tactic.
Chris Christie was also under consideration for the Republican vice president nomination by Trump. It was signed by past members of the Congress and staff of the Republican National Committee (RNC). The letter also requested the RNC to stop assisting Trump because his actions were risky to the party.
Trump has resisted pleas from fellow Republicans to overhaul the flame-throwing approach on the campaign trail that powered his surge to the top of the Republican field in the primary season. And while Clinton addressed questions and topics about the economy, health, unemployment and foreign issues, Trump had to deal with controversies brought about by his own comments and opinions.
In Trump’s case, 23 percent of his supporters say they’re pro-Trump, while 61 percent are anti-Clinton.
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In recent national polling, Clinton leads head-to-head match-ups against Trump, with the Democrat holding 47.2 percent support compared to 41.2 percent for the NY businessman, according to averages compiled by RealClear Politics. That’s virtually unchanged from a June Siena poll. A small number, 9 percent, said they were “very liberal” while just 19 percent said they were “very conservative”. Around 13 percent were still undecided. Over the course of seven days, the full sample size for the poll, Clinton added 1.3 percentage points to her total, while Trump remained almost flat, adding 0.4 percent. The poll has a credibility interval of 3 percentage points.
