The poll also suggests that Trump still faces difficulty unifying the Republican Party after the contentious primary campaign, as he gets no more than 79% of the Republican vote in all four swing states polled.
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Hillary Clinton vowed to expand President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration after the Supreme Court’s deadlocked decision, calling on Latino voters to help stop what she called GOP rival Donald Trump’s efforts to “fan the flames of racial division”.
Fifty-six percent of Americans said they would feel afraid and 48 percent say they would feel regret if Trump becomes president – in contrast to just 22 percent saying that a Trump win would make them proud and 26 percent excited.
In Florida, Clinton has dropped 8 points since the last poll was conducted on June 21, with a 47 percent to 39 percent lead now a 39 percent to 42 percent deficit. In Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, Clinton polls at 37 percent favorable, 58 percent unfavorable.
When those options were included, Clinton had 41 percent, Trump had 36 percent, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson had 7 percent, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein had 4 percent.
When every state considered close enough to be a toss-up was removed, Clinton’s lead over Trump went from 320- 212 to 225-190.
Sixty-seven percent of voters say that Clinton is not honest and trustworthy, which is up five points from the month before, when the Federal Bureau of Investigation released its findings. Fewer (35%) say the same about Hillary Clinton.
The Florida survey was one of four battleground states conducted by NBC News/WSJ – Clinton leads in all four of them. The margin of error in both polls is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
She added, “We may not have a ideal candidate but [Trump] may be the one, like the Book of Daniel – the most high God may have lifted up Trump, because very possibly, he’s the only one that could defeat Hillary Clinton this fall”.
Clinton and Trump both remain deeply unpopular in these states, however, with voters holding slightly more unfavorable views of the billionaire businessman.
Black and Hispanic youth who back Clinton are far more likely to describe their vote as one of support for the former Secretary of State, while white and Asian young adults who favor her mostly say they are expressing opposition to Trump.
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The results come from a survey of 871 registered voters from July 5-11.
