In the WSJ/NBC Marist surveys, both candidates are slowed by steadfastly high unfavorable ratings, with significant majorities in all four states saying they have negative views of Clinton and Trump. Clinton takes 44 percent while Trump garners 37 percent. Trump supporters are 90 percent “yes”, and 88 percent of Clinton supporters have made up their minds.
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The study also shows that the degree of support is similar among white evangelicals who attend religious services regularly and those who don’t as often. Two-in-three voters, 67 percent, said Clinton is not honest and trustworthy, an increase of 7 points from last month, before the FBI investigation’s conclusion.
Many white evangelicals did also express their ambivalence about their feelings toward the two candidates.
The Associated Press-GfK poll saw that a staggering 81 percent of those surveyed said they would be afraid if either Clinton or Trump became president in November.
Clinton did make gains elsewhere, taking control of Georgia from Trump and increasing her lead in Nevada. “I think this is a combination of a historic advantage Democrats have had on health issues, and they’ve been talking more and more broadly about health issues than the Republicans or the presumptive Republican candidate has”.
Thompson, of CT, said he supported neurosurgeon Ben Carson’s campaign in the Republican primaries but recently placed a Trump bumper sticker on his auto.
US Senator Elizabeth Warren, a fierce critic of Wall Street, and Julian Castro, a Latino who is the US secretary of housing and urban development, are among two popular figures mentioned by Democrats who want to see Ms Clinton be bold in her vice presidential decision.
Clinton’s lead over Trump is even less pronounced among all millennial voters, as opposed to those considered likely to vote: 34 percent to 17 percent.
About a third (36 per cent) checks “well-informed” for Clinton, compared with 13 per cent who do so for Trump.
Some 55 percent thought Clinton would be better for Muslims, while just 9 percent thought Trump would be.
For her part, Clinton did not hesitate to adopt some of her formal rival’s rhetoric.
Clinton had lunch with Democratic senators on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
The NBC/Journal/Marist state polls were conducted between July 5-11, with registered voters numbering 794 in Colorado, 871 in Florida, 907 in North Carolina, and 876 in Virginia, with a margin of error of about +/- 3.3 percent in each.
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Forty-seven percent of Trump’s supporters consider him only slightly or not at all civil, 39 percent say he’s slightly or not at all likable and 31 percent say he’s only slightly or not at all qualified. Clinton has lost some ground with independent voters and they have now swung Trump’s way. But the poll showed a stark dividing line between Democrats and Republicans.
