And while a majority (55 percent) say Clinton is qualified to be president, only 26 percent describe her as honest.
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The last poll three weeks ago showed Clinton coming out of the national conventions with a 15-point lead over Trump among likely voters, those who say they are certain to vote in the November 8 election.
This month’s results were the clearest indicator that Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein could shape the results in Wisconsin. Three percent (3%) like some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided.
What it means: Clinton’s post-convention bump in Wisconsin is gone. He’d repeal “Obamacare”, and he has expressed support for a House GOP plan to limit Medicaid spending and turn the program for low-income people over to the states. Trump’s support has been eroding, too, from his high of 44% at that time. The sample has a margin of error of +/- 4.9 percentage points. It highlights, however, that this remains a very close race.
Parties which have found support in this campaign’s dissatisfied electorate. Trump now has the backing of 71% of Republicans, down from 76% a week ago.
The firm’s accumulation of state polls, however, still leaves Clinton far ahead of Trump in total electoral votes. “They are not a challenge to the two major political parties, they are a pusher”. Ron Johnson, 54% to 41%, according to the Monmouth poll. Local 5’s Kris Schuller spoke with voters about the poll and why they support candidates outside of the mainstream. We won’t know for sure until Election Day, but Republicans are clearly more reluctant than Democrats this year to say how they are going to vote.
Among likely voters, Clinton receives 41 percent, Trump 38, Johnson 10 and Stein 4 with 7 percent lacking a preference.
Of the 803 registered voters polled from August 25 to 28, 33 percent said they had a favorable opinion of Johnson while 34 percent said their opinion of him was unfavorable. Trump is doing better than Romney among white men – 51% to 29% compared to Romney’s 56% to 42% win – but worse among white women – losing 33% to 50% for Clinton compared to Romney’s 46% to 53% loss to Barack Obama. In this poll, only 15 percent of white voters chose Clinton.
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However, although more voters said they trust Clinton more than Trump on health care issues, neither candidate has the confidence of most of the public. The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for reaction.
