Other polls conducted with Pennsylvania voters have suggested the two candidates are neck-and-neck in the state. In mid-July, polls conducted in each state found the race to be within 3 points in either direction. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 points. Although both Trump and Clinton still have a negative rating.
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Those numbers skyrocket among Democrats: Bill Clinton gets a score of +76 points and Obama +87 points. Sixteen percent said they disliked him, while 12 percent described him as an “idiot” or a “joke” and 10 percent as a “racist” or a “bigot”.
Clinton also benefits from a 49 percent to 23 percent advantage over Trump among undeclared voters, which make up a significant portion of New Hampshire’s electorate. Trump is viewed favorably by 33 percent of registered voters and is viewed unfavorably by 62 percent.
Trump told supporters at a rally in Florida on Wednesday the Republican party has never been more united since he jumped into he race.
The Trump campaign continued to blast Clinton on the economy Friday, despite the day’s release of a better-than-forecast payrolls report showing 255,000 jobs created in July and an upgrade of the June figure to 292,000.
Clinton could also be pulling Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan ahead of vulnerable incumbent Sen.
The Franklin & Marshall College Poll of Pennsylvania shows Clinton up 49 to 38 percent. A CNN/ORC poll this week showed Clinton with a similar 9-point edge over Trump nationally.
Since Republicans lost the White House in 2012, the party has trying to be reaching out to young voters, but they have failed to do so with Donald Trump as their candidate, the latest polls show. It is the first sign that Donald Trump’s typically good relationship with poll numbers has started to flag.
Many voters are also unfamiliar with the Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson.
It’s the latest in a string of bad polling news for Trump, who saw his support collapse nationally in this week’s Fox News poll and in three major battleground states.
The Democrat, though, leads among white college graduates, 48 percent to 36 percent; among Hispanics, 55 percent to 26 percent; and among blacks, 93 percent to 2 percent. In only in one of the surveys has Clinton’s lead actually increased when Johnson and Stein are included.
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When asked which candidate cared more about people like them, voters picked Clinton, 45 percent to 29 percent. The Real Clear Politics average of national election polls (which does not include this McClatchy poll yet) has Clinton up 5.8 points based on polls taken over the past week.
