Among registered voters, Clinton is ahead of Trump by seven points in Florida, nine points in Virginia, eight points in Colorado and six points in North Carolina. That contrasts with the nones’ support for President Barack Obama at this time during the 2012 election cycle, when 50 percent of votes for Obama were pro-Obama, as opposed to the 13 percent that were anti-Romney.
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Democrat nominee Clinton now holds a 17-point advantage among Catholic registered voters, driven largely by support in the Latino community.
Both candidates are more disliked than liked.
Just two days ago, Quinnipiac released new swing-state polling that rattled the political world: Donald Trump, the results said, is narrowly leading Hillary Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania, and the two are tied in Ohio. Marco Rubio, who changed his mind and chose to run for re-election, leads likely Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy by just three points among registered voters, 47 percent to 44 percent.
But even while they voice concerns about their own candidate, vast majorities of voters see the alternative as far worse.
Clinton had a 37 percent favorable and 58 percent unfavorable rating, for a net negative of 21 points. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.3 points in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, and 3.5 points for Colorado. However, they were divided when it came to determining which candidate would be better at handling race relations, with 46 percent saying Trump would handle them better, and 44 percent saying the same for Clinton.
In Maryland, both candidates get support just for showing up – Donald Trump on the Eastern Shore, and Hillary Clinton in Baltimore.
Clinton saw her poll numbers bruised after FBI Director James Comey condemned her and her former State Department aides for being “extremely careless” in transmitting classified information over a private email server.
In Florida, Clinton gets 41 percent of the respondents, Trump 36 percent, Johnson 7 percent, and Stein 4 percent. Johnson performs well here too – Clinton leads Trump 41% to 34% when he’s included, and he draws 10%.
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Despite this generally positive view of Democrats on health care, more voters have an unfavorable view of the Affordable Care Act (47 percent) than those who view President Obama’s signature health care law favorably (40 percent).
