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Senate Democrats Worried About Clinton’s Bruised Poll Numbers

Still, the state of the race between Clinton and Trump has evolved into such a competitive electoral battle over the popular vote – despite Clinton’s anticipated lead in the electoral college – that Johnson and Stein’s support collectively could add interesting new plot twists unseen since the 2000 presidential election.

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Large and growing numbers of voters view Clinton as dishonest, the poll indicates, but she is helped by Trump’s poor ratings on an array of personal attributes. Virginia 29 percent favorable, 65 percent unfavorable.

Support for Trump among blacks is at 5 percent in Florida, lower than the 7 percent that Mitt Romney received in Florida in 2012.

Kaine’s comments come as Clinton’s VP selection process is entering its final stretch, with an announcement expected next week after the Republican National Convention concludes. The Republicans’ convention in OH expects to see several protests in light of their presumptive nominee’s unpopularity among minority populations.

The Associated Press-GfK poll released Thursday found that 81 percent of United States voters were anxious by the idea of a Clinton or Trump presidency.

Half of white mainline Protestants prefer Trump, while 39 percent favor Clinton. Conversely, Trump holds a 53 percent to 24 percent lead among white voters who have not graduated from college. While voters generally picked their party’s candidate, 11 percent of Republicans chose Clinton’s health care views while only 3 percent of Democrats crossed party lines and chose Trump.

A key factor in the race likely will be independent voters, with a Marist analysis saying independents in all four of the states have not “coalesced behind either candidate”.

A new poll released Sunday, from NBC, the Wall Street Journal, and Telemundo, found that 76% of registered Latino voters supported Clinton, compared to just 14% who reported supporting Trump.

Clinton’s lead in Colorado decreased from other polls published by Fox and Monmouth University. The new poll, which Los Angeles Times reporter David Lauter says will be updated daily, has Trump up 43% to 40%.

Florida shows a less bleak picture, but nonetheless a steep hill for Trump to climb.

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The end result will likely be a jump in the 2016 presidential polls for Hillary Clinton, and a period of just a few months for Donald Trump to figure out how to right his ship and cut into Clinton’s lead. On making America great – Trump’s campaign slogan – 31 percent thought he would do a better job, 28 percent favored Clinton and 34 percent said neither. “I would agree that Obama in general got favorable attention from many people in the media”, she said.

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