Clinton, the former secretary of state, holds a 19 percentage point advantage on handling the USA image overseas, a 12 point advantage on handling health care, and a 10 point advantage on who’s trusted more to fill Supreme Court vacancies. Still, 93% of Republican and Republican-leaning white evangelical voters would choose Trump over Clinton if the election were held today.
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The NBC/Marist poll had Clinton ahead in Iowa, 42 percent to 39 percent, within the survey’s margin of error, and tied in OH with 39 percent apiece. It had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
The poll was conducted after FBI Director James Comey criticized Clinton for mishandling classified information as secretary of State but declined to recommend criminal charges against her.
More than half said Clinton was better prepared to be president and more intelligent. Americans also think she would be better at working with Congress, by a 20 point margin. He has continued to attract controversy and clash with members of his own party over his praise for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his campaign’s tweet of a graphic that contained an image described by many, including U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, as “anti-Semitic”. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, maintained 41 percent support since the June poll.
“Forty per cent of registered voters now say they will back Clinton (a dip of three points), while 40 per cent will vote for Trump (a bump up of three points)”.
Pennsylvania hasn’t supported a Republican presidential candidate since George H.W. Bush in 1988.
Eighty-one per cent of Americans say they would feel afraid following the election of one of the two polarizing politicians, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. Sixty-three per cent have a negative view of Trump, compared to the 31 per cent who think well of him.
Trump has called for Ginsburg to resign, saying her “mind is shot”.
Sosar says the polls will be more meaningful after the dust settles following each party’s convention.
Trump, who plans to claim the Republican presidential nomination next week in Cleveland, has jumped on the FBI’s statement, adding it to his indictment of “Crooked Hillary”.
She’ll also be reporting from the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia the following week.
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CLEAR LAKE, Iowa- On Tuesday, Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton, after the two went head-to-head in the primaries.
