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Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton: New polls showing tightening presidential race

However, Clinton appears to a more specific stance on marijuana than Trump, and doesn’t view it with much stigmatization. Ron Johnson. Feingold is leading Johnson with the support of 47 percent of likely voters, compared to Johnson’s 41 percent. “Ever, ever, ever”, Trump, the Republican contender, told a rally late Tuesday in North Carolina, the mid-Atlantic battleground election state that is crucial to both candidates.

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Monmouth pollster Patrick Murray notes Clinton’s increased leads in Wednesday’s polls comes after Trump, much to his own detriment, stole the spotlight back with his birther backtrack. Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson is at 9% and the Green Party’s Jill Stein is at 3%.

In North Carolina, Trump has a 5-point lead over his Democratic rival.

While it may not have impacted vote preference, Clinton’s pneumonia scare has made people slightly less willing to less willing to think she is healthy enough to serve effectively as president for four years.

CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News all took Clinton’s remarks about the recent police shooting in Tulsa, OK and Charlotte, NC live. On the Democratic side, Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state continues to bother voters; 64 percent showed concern about the issue. Asked about the Clinton team’s expectations for how Trump is getting ready himself, Palmieri said, “I’m not saying he won’t be prepared”.

“My biggest concern continues to be a low bar set for him on expectations”, Clinton’s communications director Jennifer Palmieri told reporters during a flight to Orlando today, referring to the debate at Hofstra University on September 26 – the first of three face-offs between the two White House hopefuls. “It’s a very small Clinton advantage, but one that’s well within the margin of error”.

Each of the three Fox News polls had a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.

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Democrat Hillary Clinton’s edge over Republican Donald Trump has been diminishing rapidly over the weeks and is down to 1.1 points from a full 6 points in August, according to the Real Clear Politics average of major polls.

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