But prior to their release Wednesday, his campaign continued to make an issue of the controversy surrounding Clinton’s private email server and missing emails tied to her time as secretary of state.
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As reported by The New York Times, the Hillary Clinton State Department allowed an elaborate transfer of almost 50 per cent of USA domestic uranium output to the Russian government through various parties while the Clinton Foundation received millions of dollars in donations from the parties involved. The Democratic nominee now breaks even, with 45% saying they view Clinton favorably to 45% who say the opposite – up from a -23 spread in a WBUR poll from May. Similar shares of Clinton supporters say that they have “a lot” (41%) or “some” (40%) close friends who also support the Democratic candidate.
The McClatchy-Marist survey reached 983 registered voters between August 1-3 and was statistically significant within 3.1 percent.
In the Senate race – one of the most competitive in the country – Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan has a 10-point lead over incumbent Republican Kelly Ayotte, the poll found.
Among registered voters, the gap widens to 13 points. It appears that Clinton has gained ground after seizing the nomination and working to rally Democrats behind her.
Some jittery GOP voters say they won’t vote for Trump and are throwing their support behind Johnson, the former Republican New Mexico governor who gets 7.5 percent support in the telephone operator survey. Voters anxious about Syrian refugees and terrorism in Florida will get Trump’s message even if he is talking to voters in Maine.
Likely Pennsylvania voters favor Clinton over Trump on the question of who has better judgment and experience, and who is more prepared to handle foreign policy and terrorism. Donald Trump now trails Hillary Clinton in the polling average by more than Mitt Romney ever did in the final 150 days. [Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images] While Clinton’s lead in MI isn’t quite as big as in New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, Richard Czuba, president of polling firm Glengariff Group Inc., said the Democratic nominee holds a “shocking” leading in the west and southwest areas of the state, which normally vote Republican.
In west and southwest Michigan, Clinton is ahead of Trump by 5 and 6 percentage points, respectively, according to the poll, which had a margin of error of plus-minus 4 percentage points.
Indeed, Clinton’s boost in the polls and net favorability may be less noteworthy than Trump’s coinciding week-long dive. It has a margin of error of +/- 4 points.
A chart put together by the American Presidency Project at the University of California Santa Barbara, shows a number of Democrats with sizeable convention bounces who went on to lose in November, including Jimmy Carter in 1980, Walter Mondale in 1984 and Michael Dukakis in 1988.
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“If Hillary Clinton can make it a referendum against Trump – his unfitness for office, his lack of understanding about the political system, his absolutely disgusting levels of empathy toward the American public – then she wins”, said Lara Brown, a political science professor at George Washington University. She leads 43% to 39% when third-party candidates are included. The survey found 50 percent of respondents said they had an unfavorable opinion of Clinton, while 44 percent said they had a favorable opinion. He’s even underwater among Hispanic Republicans, with 42 percent viewing him favorably and 47 percent unfavorably.
