Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan leads incumbent GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte. Hassan leads Ayotte, 50 percent to 40 percent, in a race that’s been neck-and-neck all summer, according to the WBUR poll.
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An average of polls aggregated by Real Clear Politics showed Clinton ahead of Trump by 6.8 percentage points on Friday, up from 3.9 on August 1. Now she is up nine points, leading Trump 47 percentage points to 38.
In Pennsylvania – a Democratic-leaning Rust Belt state that Trump has vowed to put in play for the GOP this election – another poll released Thursday showed Clinton leading Trump by double digits. Sixty-seven percent of Clinton voters said their vote was for her with 28 percent saying it was more a vote against Trump. Her lead swells to 13 points, 47% to 34%, with Johnson and Stein included. Other than that, though, Clinton’s lead is exceptional. Each of the four had Clinton gaining ground since the last time the same outlet released a poll, by an average of about five points.
Another interesting data point was why respondents said they supported Trump’: 57 percent called their backing Trump an “anti-Clinton” decision, while 36 percent said they were voting for Trump because of man himself.
PredictWise gives Clinton even better chances. With an economy which is increasingly becoming more amicable to large corporations, and a political setup which is turning into an oligarchical system with every passing election, it appears only right that these millennials believe that America’s next president should attempt to restrict the country’s role overseas and focus on the reeling domestic economic, political and social problems.
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Another battleground poll released Thursday – Michigan – also found Clinton holding a significant lead over Trump. That’s according to a recent McClatchy-Marist poll for August.
Pollster Richard Czuba told the Detroit News the survey found a “shocking” Clinton lead in typically reliable Republican areas in west and southwest MI, where she carries leads of 5-6 points. (The results in the Fox News poll were similar.) Comparing how Trump is faring in these polls to how Mitt Romney did (according to exit polls) is revelatory.
On the other side of the spectrum, Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s progressive policy positions, many of which concur with Bernie Sanders’ mentioned positions on issues like healthcare, gun regulation and college debt, mean that she has been able to attract young voters who would otherwise have voted for the Vermont Senator had he managed to win the Democratic nomination.
While majorities of young African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Hispanics do have a positive view of Clinton, 7 in 10 young whites have a negative opinion.
The poll also found a majority of MI voters – 61% – say Trump is “ill-prepared to be commander in chief”. She doubts she’ll ever see a party, or a candidate, seek that reform voluntarily.
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“There’s more hope, I think, for the Democratic Party, but we’re going to have to force them”, Mace said.
