A swing state poll released by Quinnipiac University on Thursday shows a close race between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and rival Republican Donald Trump.
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Trump received support from 59 percent of those voters who said they were older than 65; while 59 percent of voters between the ages of 18 to 29 backed Clinton.
In a CNN poll, Mr. Trump is leading Ms. Clinton by two percentage points among likely voters, while she still has an edge among all registered voters.
Clinton also led in North Carolina, 47 percent to 43 percent, in the Quinnipiac poll.
Importantly, these are two-way polls between Trump and Clinton, meaning they aren’t separating out Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
Another 16 per cent back Johnson and six per cent Stein. White women favor Trump by 2 point. Among men, no such marriage gap emerges, as both unmarried and married men favor Trump. Voters are less enthusiastic than they were in 2008 and 2012, but Trump supporters are more enthusiastic than Clinton supporters. But Clinton maintains an Electoral College firewall that appears to be far more resilient than Trump’s, according to state polling.
Trump’s lead is built among white men, which he carries 52 percent to 21 percent over Clinton in the four-way contest. Some are saying that they will know who to vote when they go to the polls.
After being presented with several possibilities for how they may vote, about a quarter of poll respondents said they would vote for a third-party candidate or a candidate “from the other political party than the one that you usually support”.
Clinton’s post-convention bump has dwindled as of late, with national polls showing an increasingly tight race.
Undecided voters will be key for Trump, however both candidates are yet to prove whether they can inspire floating voters to get out to the ballot box.
Overall, two-thirds of voters say they are more interested in watching this year’s debates than previous ones; just a quarter say they are less interested. The overwhelming majority of likely voters – 73% – surveyed are anxious about an economic downturn that could negatively affect their families. The lack of enthusiasm spikes among Clinton supporters.
Mr. Trump’s interview for the Russia-backed news outlet comes as he faces criticism for lavishing praise on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
That poll, from Suffolk University, also found almost half of the state’s voters think the Democrat will win the presidency. Johnson grabs 11 percent support in Vermont. Since the GOP convention, Trump’s numbers have fallen off dramatically, going from polling even to being down by as many as seven points nationally to #Hillary Clinton.
But those tossup states, which include traditional battlegrounds like OH and Florida, also suggest normally safe Republican states such as Texas, Georgia and MS are in play.
Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, seized on the episode to tweak Clinton over her distance from the media – including not holding a full-blown press conference since last December.
Democratic presidential candidate and former secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that President Barack Obama called her when negotiators had reached a deal on Iran’s nuclear program.
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And when voters were asked to name the one issue that would be most important to their vote for president, 5 percent named honesty or trustworthiness as their top choice, ranking it on par with foreign policy and jobs.
