Posted on 06/03/2016 2:48:23 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, regaining ground after the New York billionaire briefly tied her last month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday.
The shift in support comes as Clinton steps up her attacks on the real estate mogul's policy positions, and as Trump fends off criticisms of his eponymous university and the pace at which he doled out money that he raised for U.S. veterans.
Some 46 percent of likely voters said they supported Clinton, while 35 percent said they supported Trump, and another 19 percent said they would not support either, according to the survey of 1,421 people conducted between May 30 and June 3.
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They wish. Trump will crush the Democratic candidate, whoever it is.
Yup. If it was accurately weighed, the race would be tied.
Which is in real life.
But they want to show Hillary a winner, so they had to skew the number with a fantasy D+ lead.
Even with that blatant massaging, she is still not getting over 50%.
Thanks.
...if I could just give that ‘grand slam’ to my Reds against Washington...
:>)
It's also a 100% Internet poll.
How much did you bet on Jeb?
2016 US Presidential Election - Republican Presidential Nominee
Odds as of August 5 at Bovada
Jeb Bush +150
Scott Walker +300
Marco Rubio +400
Donald Trump +750
Rand Paul +1200
Ben Carson +1600
Chris Christie +2000
Ted Cruz +2500
It’s true I see Burnie bumper stickers in Boston and surrounding areas and no hillary anywhere any time. There is also a huuge billboard for Trump saying “Vote Trump. He is Right!
That 3% is crazy. No way Trump’s lead in whites is only 3%.
Some of the reading I did last year said the best polls combine landline, cell phone, and internet. This reuters poll, like any poll, is useless if it is being used for a political purpose.
Investors who bet on Jeb or Rubio lost everything.
When people play it safe, sometimes they get burned.
Is this the poll that realclearpolitics doesn’t acknowledge? No doubt, however, the media will be all over it as if it is the poll of polls.
Regardless, Trump needs to stay on the economy. The news today is a huge gift and he needs to totally play it up. It’s what people care about anyway, not that stupid lawsuit by a bunch of money grubbing lawyers and loser realtor wannabes.
I'll crawl over burning coals to vote for Trump in November.
But if some disembodied voice calls and wants to know who I'm voting for, I don't plan to vote. Why invite some thug to egg my house or my car -- or assault my family? It's like the household gun ownership question, there is absolutely no upside to answering the question and plenty of downside to answering it.
I guess the election is over. The Republic is doomed.
Schools have more people than that.
Even in liberal CT I have yet to find one serious Shillary supporter. I know people who will vote for her because they hate Trump so much, though they cant explain why.
Same in CT/MA. Some might vote for her to try to prevent Trump from winning, but I don’t know anyone who truly supports her.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-idUSKCN0YP2EX
However, if the Reuters poll showed it a tie in mid May, and found Hillary double digits ahead now -- something is wrong with their poll. (The one in mid May, the one now, or both. IIRC Reuters was the first one to show Trump and Clinton essentially tied and I blew it off at the time.)
BTW, THIS is "Reuters Polling Explorer" methodology: http://thomsonreuters.com/en/articles/2013/new-interactive-tool-launched-reuters-polling-explorer.html:
"Instead of using telephones to gather results on a semi-regular basis, we partnered with the research firm Ipsos and opted to reach a huge number of mostly pre-screened respondents online. The result is that we have not only polled far more people than a traditional telephone survey can reach, but we've been polling continuously for more than a year and a half, asking hundreds of questions of about 11,000 people every month."
Caveat emptor. I'm not sure what this poll shows, or doesn't show.
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