Clinton led Trump by 4 percentage points, 41%-37%.
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Only 9 percent of Trump supporters believe the mainstream media is still helping the candidate, and a full 66 percent of Trump supporters believe the media is pro-Clinton. Clinton has so many paths to victory that, as it stands, even if Trump wins Ohio, Florida, Nevada and Iowa, Clinton still will be the next president.
August has thus far been kind to Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers both nationally and in some critical battleground states. She also massively outperforms Trump among the non-white electorate, with a lead of 24% among Hispanics (50% to 26%) and 83% percent among black voters (85% to 2%).
In contrast, 59% of Clinton supporters said life has improved over the past five decades, while 19% said things have gotten worse, and 18% said things are the same. The margin of sampling error was 2.8 percentage points for registered voters. The pins are meant to show support for the candidate, but nothing else. The state is a reliable one for Democrats, after choosing John Kerry in 2004 and President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.
Mike Fellows, chairman of the Montana Libertarian Party, acknowledged Johnson has an uphill climb but said his messages on the war on drugs, privacy laws and other issues are resonating with Montana voters. The Trump campaign is putting $4.8 million behind it for now, and it will run over the next 10 days.
The current CNN battleground map gives Hillary Clinton 273 electoral votes from states that are either solidly or leaning in her direction compared to 191 electoral votes for Donald Trump in states that are solidly or leaning in his direction.
This also extends to the middle class. Romney won this demographic by six points. Trump supporters believe immigration (66%) and terrorism (65%) are “very big” problems, while Clinton supporters believe the gap between the rich and the poor (70%) and the environment (43%) are major issues facing the country. But that strategy is proving ineffective in a general election, where the electorate is far different from the almost all-white GOP primary’s electorate.
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He needs those formerly reliable Republicans on his side if he is to avoid a landslide defeat in November.
