Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson received 13 percent in a new poll released by Quinnipiac University.
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Though Johnson and Stein are securing just single-digit support in most polls, many voters still want to see them in the debates. The rest say that they harbor reservations about their candidate or that they are voting simply to thwart the other nominee.
Worryingly for Clinton, Trump leads in two of the key battleground states of OH and Florida. Johnson and Stein both failed to meet that threshold for the first presidential and only vice presidential debate on the schedule. Almost two-thirds of Americans hold unfavorable views of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. While Clinton and Trump retain most of their support when Johnson and Stein are included, slightly more of Clinton’s supporters move to Johnson or Stein, compared to Trump’s supporters. But one disadvantage for Clinton is that enthusiasm among Republican voters has remained steady, while enthusiasm among Democrats has dropped.
Whites without a college degree are strong supporters of Trump (58 percent back him), while Clinton leads Trump among white voters with a college degree. It exists to protect Hillary and Trump – not to look out for the American people.
A majority of voters say Trump does not care about the needs or problems of Hispanics; most voters see Clinton as caring about Hispanics, and a majority of voters agree with her view that most immigrants living in the country illegally should be allowed to stay and eventually apply for citizenship. She is qualified as a write-in candidate in three additional states. About as many think the candidates have released enough information about their health already. The margin of error for the sample of likely voters is plus or minus three points.
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The nationwide telephone poll was conducted with 1,433 registered voters from September 9-13 on cellphones and landlines.
