Clinton also has a 5-point lead on average when third party candidates are included in the poll questions.
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The Clinton campaign is responsible for nearly two-thirds of pro-Clinton spending on the airwaves, while Trump’s campaign is responsible for not even one-third of pro-Trump television ad spending. John Anderson got 6.6 percent in 1980 against Ronald Reagan, and libertarian Ed Clark got 11.7 percent in Alaska in the 1980 election.
Clinton leads in four regions of the state, F&M said, including southwest Pennsylvania (39 to 36 percent), Philadelphia (83 to 12 percent), Allegheny County (56 to 30 percent), and the southeast (45 to 31 percent). Interestingly, in the two-way horserace Clinton bests Trump 48-42. Democrats are aware of the state’s swing potential – it was carried by George W. Bush twice, then twice by Barack Obama – and are hoping some Republicans dislike Trump enough to vote for Clinton.
Clinton had touted her growing support from small contributors, with $44 million contributed online.
A Suffolk University/USA Today poll of voters likely to cast ballots in the November presidential election, put Clinton 7 points above Trump nationwide.
Real Clear Politics polling average – which includes the Rasmussen Reports’ poll – has Clinton up by nearly 4 percentage points.
“After a strong bump in Clinton’s favor following the national party conventions, the electorate in Wisconsin has returned to about where the vote stood in July, prior to the conventions”, said Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll and an MU professor of law and public policy.
Whether IBD’s poll proves to be an outlier or an indication that the race is tightening is unclear. However, his fundraising in July nearly matched hers, largely because of a surge of small-dollar contributions – suggesting Trump could also post a large number for August, as well. “It’s still a pretty big hurdle”.
Two new surveys released in Wisconsin, by Marquette and Monmouth universities, show Trump much closer to Clinton than in previous polls in the state. Meanwhile, white registered voters who do not have a college degree chose Trump over Clinton by 23 points.
The most recent Trump surge is happening now after Clinton peaked in late August with a six-point lead.
Ms Conway alleged that the Hillary Clinton Campaign is trying to shift the focus of the elections from these issues.
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Including Johnson and Stein, Clinton leads over the three among African-American voters at 68 points and 15 points in women. That reflects an improvement for Clinton, who trailed the billionaire businessman on handling the economy in the CNN/ORC Poll and other surveys taken before this summer’s political conventions.
