Clinton’s lead in Colorado decreased from other polls published by Fox and Monmouth University. Last month’s shooting at Pulse, a popular LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida, provided Trump a temporary boost in certain polls.
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According to Washington Post, “as John Podhoretz noted, the Times poll confirms that Hillary is deflating”, but “Trump isn’t gaining”.
His endorsement, five weeks after Mrs. Clinton became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, brought the most prominent holdout in the party’s liberal wing into her camp.
“The driving force behind voters’ choices is the negative impressions they have of both Trump and Clinton”.
The two are more in sync in OH, where they remain tied 41-41 in both. The sentiment among many Democrats seems to be: “We’re not excited, but she’s all we’ve got”. Clinton’s supporters think that Clinton’s fall can not be Trump’s rise. Somewhat alarmingly for Clinton, however, is that her lead shrinks when the poll is limited just to voters who say they definitely will vote in the fall, narrowing to just three percentage points in Florida.
A potential Trump presidency was seen to be scarier than that of Clinton; 33 percent said they would be afraid if Trump was elected and 25 percent said they would be afraid of Clinton.
Meanwhile, 77 percent of Democratic voters think Bernie Sanders supporters should now support Hillary Clinton as the nominee.
Among Republican voters, 74% said Mr. Trump best represented their health care views, while 11% said Ms. Clinton did, and 13% said neither did.
She added, “We may not have a flawless candidate but [Trump] may be the one, like the Book of Daniel – the most high God may have lifted up Trump, because very possibly, he’s the only one that could defeat Hillary Clinton this fall”.
Clinton does not fare much better: If she is elected president, 48 percent say they would be afraid and 46 percent say they would feel regretful.
Half of Clinton’s own supporters consider her only slightly or not at all honest, and more than a third say she’s only slightly or not at all likable.
Trump’s nomination is more baffling.
Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein of the Green Party have no chance to win the election, but they could have a strong influence. Ten percent were undecided and 2 percent chose someone else. And yet, the big picture remains grim, with Clinton and Trump shaping up to be two of the most disliked candidates in United States history.
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Lee M. Miringoff, director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, said in comments released with Friday’s poll numbers that Trump is “playing catchup” against Clinton in Florida, Colorado, North Carolina and Virginia.
