Clinton has received subpar polling news elsewhere recently, watching her lead evaporate in the CBS News/New York Times poll and having a series of battleground polls showed tight races with the Manhattan billionaire.
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The Marist poll included 871 registered Florida voters, who were surveyed from July 5 through Monday.
In a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday, Mrs. Clinton extended her lead over Mr. Trump to 13 percentage points, up from 10 percentage points at the end of last week.
The WSJ/NBC/Marist findings in Virginia and Colorado findings are in line with other recent polls in those states.
Poll after poll shows more and more voters disappointed with both Clinton and Trump, so much so they just don’t want to vote at all on Election Day. Rather than outline talking points on why Trump is not fit to be president of the United States of America, she instead chose to let him do the talking. Ten percent were undecided and 2 percent chose someone else. According to a RealClearPolitics average of polls, he now stands only 3.1-points behind her: 44 to 40.9 percent. About one-third of voters (37 percent) said health care is extremely important to them, making the issue’s importance similar to that of gun control, the economy and jobs, and education. As the poll was in the field, Comey also testified before a congressional committee where Republicans challenged his decision not to seek criminal charges.
This is despite many evangelical leaders suggesting Trump’s policies are incompatible with their principles and beliefs. He saw some improvement, however.
The polls are being released as Virginia party delegates head to national conventions.
The Clinton campaign website has also set up a “Gotta Catch “Em” All” event in OH at “Madison Park Pokestop & PokeGYM”. “And if I’m elected president, that will happen”, Trump said. In the later NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist University poll, Clinton led in Pennsylvania 45-36, a 6 point lead over Trump.
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Clinton’s nomination is not hard to explain, considering the Democratic Party’s nominating system is geared towards status quo candidates and, as the spouse of a former president and a former secretary of state and senator herself, she was ideally positioned to fill those shoes.
