News reports that its NBC/WSJ national poll has increased the lead that Hillary Clinton enjoyed over Donald Trump.
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Republican nominee Trump, on the other hand, has been seen to be squandering whatever chances Clinton offered by embroiling himself in needless confrontations, such as his outrageous spat with the Muslim American couple, Khizr and Ghazala Khan, who spoke at the Democratic convention. It is 20 per cent whiter than the USA as a whole, and has a large working-class base that is coping with the loss of manufacturing jobs and sympathetic to Trump’s anti-trade views. But Trump seems to be losing a rather large number of conservative voters to Hillary Clinton. He’s down by 69 points among non-white voters, the poll found.
Consistent with previous presidential elections in Pennsylvania, the Republican nominee’s biggest leads are in the southwest region of the state, while Clinton’s advantage is in the northeast, most notably in Philadelphia.
The ABT SRBI poll was conducted from August 1-4.
“Real talk: Trump is cratering”.
Trump’s problems in gaining backers in MI appeared to extend along racial and party lines as well: While Clinton’s substantial lead among black voters – 85%-2%, with 10% undecided – was expected, she also had a slight 38%-36% edge among whites, with 15% undecided.
Last month, Clinton held a narrow 3-point advantage, 42%-39% in a McClatchy-Marist poll. It’s a battleground state and could be pivotal for one side or the other.
In the last ABT SRBI poll, in May, Georgia voters preferred Trump to Clinton, 45-41.
Nationally, the picture isn’t much better.
According to the latest registration statistics from the Florida Division of Elections, 38 percent of registered voters are Democrats, 36 percent Republicans, and 26 percent independents. Rubio is poised to win the four-person Republican primary, polling at 62 percent with his nearest competitor, businessman Carlos Beruff at 12 percent, with just 24 percent undecided. “He needs to overhaul his general-election strategy if he wants to have any hope of winning in 95 days”. In a four-way match up, the poll found Clinton drew 43%; Trump, 34%; Johnson, 10%; and Stein, 5%.
Ayres cautioned that polls at this juncture early may yet be fluid.
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On Wednesday, Clinton’s lead in the poll had ballooned back up to 10 points, 49-39.
