“Like Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson, another long-shot candidate, he’s staking his hopes on an unusual path to the White House: both are hoping that Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton will fall short of obtaining the 270 electoral votes needed for victory”, wrote the Monitor last week.
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The previous Marquette Poll had Clinton with 52 percent support among likely voters to Trump’s 37 percent support. Feingold led Johnson by 11 percentage points in early August. Given the sample sizes, that’s not a significant difference from the 91 percent of this group who responded similarly in early August, despite his recent appeals for their votes.
Two days ago it was 6.1 points and about a month ago, Clinton was leading on an average by almost 10 percentage points.
Clinton received a standing ovation from most in the crowd on the first floor ballroom of the convention center before delivering her 36-minute address. Half of those who voted for Ohio Gov. John Kasich (49%), who won the NY, N.Y. district, say they will vote for Gov. Johnson juxtaposed to 25% for Mr. Trump.
Still, Clinton pulls ahead of Trump in national polls, most notably outpacing the GOP nominee’s support in battleground states including Colorado, Virginia, and New Hampshire.
Polls, Thomas said, “can be somewhat useful if done more regionally, like getting an idea of where specifically resources can be deployed on the ground”.
That’s a sharp decline from three years ago when Americans had record favorable views of Clinton (67 percent) and near-record low unfavorable views (26 percent).
In fact, the former secretary of state hit a new milestone on Wednesday, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll showed.
A fair number of voters also appear to be considering other contenders or remaining undecided. But she’s also lost 8 points in this measure among independents (to 31 percent) and among Democrats (to 79 percent in her home party, vs. Trump’s 72 percent among Republicans).
What makes the election unpredictable is how unpopular both candidates are.
Only 41% of those polled said they Clinton favorably.
Union County Democratic chair Rick Thomas said, “I really can’t be overly concerned about polls this cycle”.
Johnson’s campaign issued a statement saying Feingold had “little to show” for the campaign he’d been running. The race in Wisconsin, site of his most humiliating primary stand, has significantly tightened according to two new surveys released Wednesday.
The poll found that 38 percent of registered voters view Clinton positively and 59 percent view her negatively, compared to a 37 percent versus 60 percent split for Trump.
In a two-way race without Johnson and Stein, Fox finds Clinton’s lead extends to six points, 48% to 42%.
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Marquette surveyed 803 registered voters from August 25-28, which included 650 likely voters.
