Fallon has mostly seemed annoyed by the criticism he’s taken for his unforgivably (if entirely in keeping with his vanilla brand) light interview with Donald Trump.
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Clinton has a 5-point lead over Trump, but that’s down from a 9-point advantage five weeks ago.
The Siena results are in line with the average of all NY polls maintained by Real Clear Politics, which has the race at 51% to 34%.
North Dakota native Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate and former New Mexico governor, received 12 percent support, although more than a quarter of those surveyed said they did not know who he is. A key to Clinton’s final margin will be whether those doubting voters move to Clinton, stay home, go with the alternative candidates or possibly swallow hard and vote for Trump. Support for the minor party candidates was unchanged. She had a 25 percentage-point lead last month. Marco Rubio, the West Miami Republican seeking a second term, is in a tight race with his challenger, U.S. Rep. He has 49 percent of their votes to her 41 percent. Those demographic breakdowns are essentially unchanged since August. Trump was rated favorably by 32 percent of Florida likely voters and unfavorably by 56 percent, which is negative 24 points. Among likely voters, 50 percent support Clinton and 45 percent support Trump. “A brilliant journalist, but she’s a Democrat”, said O’Reilly.
The poll tracks more than 15,000 American voters weekly, and Reuters reports it “could end in a photo finish” as Clinton and Trump are running almost even in the Electoral College, the entity that ultimately elects the president. More recently, Trump and his surrogates have falsely claimed his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, first suggested that then-Senator Obama wasn’t a US citizen during her primary campaign against him in 2008.
But Trump hit back, saying his Democratic rival and the Obama administration hadn’t done enough to quell the group’s rise.
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The Republican-controlled Senate led by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-East Northport) was viewed favorably by 48 percent of voters, its top mark in the Siena poll; while the Democrat-led Assembly was seen favorably by 44 percent of voters.
