Hillary Clinton’s advantage over Donald Trump has narrowed to just three points — resulting in a dead-heat general-election contest with more than five months to go until November, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »
A Post-Primary Rally Boosts Trump, Albeit with Challenges Aplenty
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows a close contest in presidential election preferences, with Republicans lining up behind Donald Trump as their party’s presumptive nominee while the continued Democratic race is keeping Hillary Clinton’s side more unsettled. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »
Election 2016 shapes up as a contest of negatives
The coming presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump begins in a virtual dead heat, a competition between two candidates viewed unfavorably by a majority of the current electorate and with voters motivated as much by whom they don’t like as by whom they do, according to a new […] Read more »
The Republican Party is rallying behind Donald Trump. Just like we thought.
… As the Times writes, “[U]nfavorable views toward Mr. Trump among Republican voters have plummeted 15 percentage points since last month; 21 percent now express an unfavorable view of him, down from 36 percent in April.” We pointed out last week that consolidating the Republican base would make Trump’s favorability […] Read more »
Most Democrats Say Continued Campaign Not Hurting the Party
Although Bernie Sanders has scored a series of victories in recent primaries to slow down Hillary Clinton’s likely presidential nomination, the vast majority of Democrats (70%) do not think the continuing campaign for the Democratic nomination is hurting the party. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
The Hidden Importance Of The Sanders Voter
Donald Trump has gained on Hillary Clinton in recent national polls after becoming the presumptive GOP nominee this month. But Trump may also be helped by the ongoing primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Although Clinton’s substantial lead in pledged delegates (and larger lead in overall delegates) makes […] Read more »