But if you look just at registered voters, the new poll actually shows Clinton’s image is about as bad as Trump’s, with 38 percent having a favorable impression and 59 percent unfavorable, compared with a 37/60 split for Trump.
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The poll did show among registered voters 63 percent viewed Trump unfavorably and 58 percent felt the same about Clinton. Interestingly, voters age 65 and older were much more closely divided, with 47 percent saying they trusted Clinton and 44 percent trusting Trump.
Hillary Clinton hit her stride after the Democratic National Convention, riding to a double-digit lead over Donald Trump in some national and swing-state polls – her highest of the year. Voters may dislike Clinton a bit less than they dislike Trump, but they aren’t about to give her a mandate in the form of Democrat control of Congress. Clinton leads Trump with black voters by 68 points in the four-way ballot test, and by 19 points with Latino voters.
Reuters shows Trump even closer now than right after the Republican convention, and again, it reflects a dramatic drop in Hillary’s support as the primary driver of the race’s tightening.
Johnson draws support from eight percent (8%) of Republicans, three percent (3%) of Democrats and 12% of unaffiliated voters.
The Aug. 4 poll showed him lagging Ms. Clinton in the southeast 60 percent to 20 percent. On the other side, 29 percent of Donald Trump supporters said they would be excited about Trump winning.
Here are five other poll findings. Libertarian candidate Johnson got 10 percent while Green Party candidate Stein got 2 percent.
In that interview, Clinton said she “did not recall receiving any emails she thought should not be on an unclassified system”, the Federal Bureau of Investigation documents say, according to The New York Times.
The former secretary of state led Trump 54 per cent to 38 per cent among women, 92 per cent to four per cent among African-American voters and 65 per cent to 24 per cent among Hispanic voters.
And, Trump now gets the nod from voters on protecting the country from terrorism (41 to 40 percent), handling the economy (42 to 40 percent) and being honest and trustworthy (33 to 27 percent) when Clinton had the advantage on those traits in July.
The numbers were gathered from the Reuters/Ipsos polls conducted from June 26 to July 26, where more than 5,000 respondents participated.
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Voters don’t care for either Clinton or Trump, but they are sticking faithfully to their parties’ nominees.
