A new poll conducted by the Maine People’s Resource Center shows that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made significant gains in the last month, especially in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
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In a four-way race that includes Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein, Clinton tops the field with 43 support.
A four-way matchup shows Clinton has 43% support of likely voters while Trump has 37%, in the new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll.
“Donald Trump has reduced Hillary Clinton’s lead overall, particularly with ideological moderates and political independents”, said Dr. Harry Wilson, director of the Institute for Policy and Opinion Research.
And in a two-way race, Clinton’s edge among registered voters is seven points, 48 percent to 41 percent – also down from nine points in August.
The poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points and a 95 percent level of confidence, gave Trump a commanding lead, 45 to 27 percent, among voters unaffiliated with either of the two major political parties.
Clinton still claims the support of 88 percent of Democrats, while Trump has inched above 8-in-10 Republicans (81%).
The survey was conducted between September 16 and 19.
The media have largely whiffed lately-except for Matt Lauer when he was questioning Mrs. Clinton.
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Those without a college degree break for Trump, 53 percent to 35 percent, while those with college degrees tilt in Clinton’s favor, 49 percent to 43 percent. However, on the question of who has the right temperament to be president, Clinton leads Trump 56 to twenty-three. The margin of error of the poll is 3.2 percentage points.
