Some polls last month showed a tigher race in South Carolina, leading to some excitement among SC Democrats.
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Clinton has slim leads in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, while Trump has a slight edge in OH; the two are tied in Florida, according to the latest Quinnipiac polls.
The new poll found 49 percent of independents support Trump while just 29 percent support Clinton.
Most voters see Clinton’s family foundation, which has come under sharp criticism from Trump over how donors to the foundation interacted with Clinton while she was secretary of state, as an organization that should be shuttered if Clinton is elected to avoid possible conflict of interest, with a sizable share saying it should be closed down now.
Trailing well behind are Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson on 7 percent and the Greens’ Jill Stein, on 2 percent.
Clinton leads by a small margin, with 35.1 percent to Trump’s 33.5 percent and a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percent, the poll said.
The picture for smaller slices of the electorate can change slightly with Johnson and Stein factored in – for example, Trump’s lead among independents falls to five points – but the outlines remain largely the same.
Most women said they would choose Clinton (53%) rather than Trump (38%) while the reverse was found to be true among men, 54% of whom said they back Trump, with 32% choosing Clinton. Only 37% of North Carolina voters said they have a favorable opinion of Clinton, while a majority – 55% – said they have an unfavorable opinion. The S.C. Democratic Party touted the poll results as evidence the state could turn blue much sooner than anticipated.
“She’s a fine person”, Trump said Monday, adding he “never spoke to her about it at all”. On the most straightforward level, it seems that Mrs. Clinton is coming down from the bounce she received after the successful Democratic convention. The poll points to Clinton and Trump in a close race going into the general election in November.
It’s a dead heat in the Sunshine State between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado, North Carolina and the nation as a public service and for research.
The latest batch of United States presidential election polls suggesting Donald Trump’s national vote has recovered, to be within striking distance of – or even surpassing – Hillary Clinton, has made for great media headlines and ignited nervousness among Democrats this week. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percentage points.
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Of the four red state contests, Trump is most likely to win MS, but his recent rally in the state makes a lot more sense given the context of this poll.
