That has to be the main takeaway from a Quinnipiac Poll released Wednesday, showing that Republican Donald Trump suddenly has a 42-39 lead over Hillary Clinton in Florida, with a 3.1 percent margin of error.
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Among registered voters polled, 43 percent supported Clinton and 37 percent supported presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump – a 6 point spread. In that case, Trump bests Clinton 41-36 percent, with 7 percent for Johnson and 4 percent for Stein.
The poll results were the first since F.B.I. director James Comey publicly scolded Clinton for being “extremely careless” in using a private email account and server to transmit her emails as Secretary of State, a few of which were found to contain classified information.
Clinton delivered a largely somber speech on respecting racial and ethnic differences amid escalating gun violence in accusing the GOP candidate of turning the Party of Lincoln into the “Party of Trump”.
Clinton has also lost ground among no-party-affiliation voters in Florida.
Clinton’s stop in the IL capitol comes just one day after former rival Bernie Sanders endorsed her campaign for president. The poll also has her falling two points behind Trump in Pennsylvania and into a tie with him in Ohio.
Evangelical support for Trump over Clinton isn’t limited to the socially conservative issues of abortion and marriage.
Fifty-six percent of Americans said they would feel afraid and 48 percent say they’d feel regret if Trump wins the White House.
Similarly, since his Clinton endorsement, Sanders no longer has Secret Service protection, something granted only to active presidential candidates who meet qualifying criteria, including “actively campaigning” for the “nomination of a qualified party”, according to the Secret Service.
OH voters questioned over the past week expressed disenchantment about their current status, with majorities saying they were “falling further and further behind economically”, that “the old ways don’t work and it’s time for radical change” and that “public officials ‘don’t care much what people like me think'”.
Scott, a retiree, said she’s seeking answers to the countries problems – and failing to find them from either candidate.
The polls were conducted July 5-10 of 822 registered voters in Iowa, 848 registered voters in OH and 829 registered voters in Pennsylvania.
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In reporting on its poll, The New York Times reported that a growing number of voters believe Clinton can not be trusted. Hispanic voters, who will play a big role in deciding the outcome in Florida, make up 13 percent of the electorate in the Sunshine State.
