One hint that it could fade: Support for both Johnson and Stein appears concentrated among those less enthusiastic about voting this year, suggesting their supporters may be less apt to turn out in the end. The ABC/Post survey said 58 percent of voters say they are dissatisfied with their choice between Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton, and Trump, the one-time television reality show host.
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And the growing support for third party candidates also seems centered among younger voters, which could prove harmful to Clinton’s campaign.
According to the poll, 83 percent of Trump voters said they would never consider Clinton, and 85 percent of Clinton’s battleground-state voters said they would never consider Trump.
As Trump prepares to accept his party’s nomination, the poll suggests he’s increased his backing among Republicans. Though Johnson peels support away in both groups when the four-way matchup is asked.
According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, Clinton is leading the Republican presumptive nominee Trump by 47-43 per cent among registered voters.
Voters across these states want to hear specifics from Trump in the convention (73% say so) and many – 41% – would like to hear a softened tone and rhetoric. That was up slightly from Clinton’s favorable ratings: 34% of respondents said they viewed the former secretary of state positively, compared to 56% who said they viewed her negatively. And although more say they’d be proud to have her as president than say so about Trump, almost 6-in-10 say they wouldn’t be proud should Clinton win the presidency.
Trump heads to the Republican national convention after naming Indiana Governor Mike Pence, a social conservative with strong appeal to many traditional Republican voters, as his vice presidential running mate.
Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, is trailing Clinton in OH, 44 percent to 40 percent, among likely voters.
“I don’t care”, Trump said on 60 Minutes when journalist Lesley Stahl asked him about Pence’s support of the war. Donald Trump is an eye-popping net (-71). She is responsible for ISIS.
The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll surveyed 1,000 registered voters between July 9 and July 13, while the Washington Post/ABC poll surveyed 1,003 adults, including 816 registered voters, between July 11 and July 14, and the CNN/ORC poll surveyed 1,013 adults, including 872 registered voters, between July 13 and July 16.
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In Michigan, she’s ahead 42 percent to Trump’s 39 percent, a lead that’s within the poll’s 4.1 percent margin of error.
