Florida and OH are two of only three states in the last decade to have voted for every candidate that has won the presidency.
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The polls, which were conducted around the same time the Justice Department made a decision to not pursue criminal charges against Clinton for her use of a private email server while leading the State Department, show the issue is likely to keep dogging her campaign.
According to CBS News, citing a Quinnipiac University poll, Donald Trump has a three-point advatage in Florida, 42 to 39 percent, a value within the margin of error.
Republican Donald Trump has pulled ahead of Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania in a Quinnipiac Poll that includes responses from after the Federal Bureau of Investigation released its findings on Clinton’s email use.
Just over three weeks ago he was eight points behind her. As for Pennsylvania, the businessman has a slight advantage over Hillary Clinton, 43 to 41 percent, again within the margin of error.
State polling averages compiled by Real Clear Politics appear to confirm that the race is indeed tight in swing states.
Among likely voters, Clinton’s lead over Trump narrowed to 45-41. In Ohio, however, where Clinton lead Trump by six points in March, the two candidates are essentially tied, at 39 points apiece.
Yet the latest poll results show little change in the candidates’ prospects in Wisconsin.
Presumptive republican nominee Donald Trump took to Twitter following the announcement Tuesday, tweeting “I am somewhat surprised that Bernie Sanders was not true to himself and his supporters”.
Bennet leads Glenn by 48 percent to 35 percent, while Libertarian Lily Tang Williams and Green Party candidate Arn Menconi have support in the low single digits.
This is, in fact, not entirely surprising, given a Quinnipiac poll in June put him at just 1% support among black voters nationally.
Clinton’s drop in the polls comes after FBI Director James Comey last week criticised the “extremely careless” way in which she and her staffers handled e-mail communications when they were working at the State Department, in particular using a private server through which classified information was sent and received. Hillary’s advantage on Trump in the RCP rolling average in a four-candidate race is now 4 points.
When she began her quest for the presidency, it is added, her rating was 44 percent positive and 40 percent unfavorable.
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Clinton leads in nearly every demographic, expect with men, with whom Trump holds a very slight (within the margin of error) lead.
