Posted on 06/20/2016 10:52:30 AM PDT by usafa92
A new Morning Consult poll shows national security is back at the forefront of voters’ minds following the mass shooting in Orlando that left dozens dead and injured.
In a national survey taken in the days after Omar Mateen’s attack on Pulse, a gay nightclub, almost three out of 10 voters (29 percent) said security was their top issue under consideration when casting their vote — a 10-point increase from a poll in early June. Similar spikes in voters’ concerns about national security were observed following the attacks in Paris, San Bernardino and Brussels.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that whenever tragedy strikes, his poll numbers “go way up.” That trend bears out following the Orlando massacre, although his 3-point jump is modest at best.
In a head-to-head matchup with presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, Trump is gaining ground. He still trails Clinton 42 percent to 40 percent, which is within the margin of error for the poll. He has closed the gap by 3 percentage points from Morning Consult’s previous poll, when he trailed Clinton by 5 points, 42 percent to 37 percent. Seventeen percent of voters in the most recent poll remain undecided.
In a three-way field that includes libertarian nominee Gary Johnson, Trump and Clinton are tied at 38 percent each. Johnson pulls in 10 percent of the vote, and 14 percent of voters are undecided.
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And people think The Butcher of Benghazi is going to keep them safe? ROFL...the heat is getting to people’s brains...
Trump was the ONLY candidate both consistently and demonstrably right on the ONLY two issues that matter this year: Islamofascism and Illegal Immigration.
That's why Li'l Marco, Yeb! and Lyin' Ted are all going to be sitting at home in their underwear, watching the Cartoon Network, this November... and why Donald J. Trump is going to take the White House.
Title is wrong. They are tied at 38%. It’s a 3-way race.
The butcher of Benghazi is going down.
And the GOP is working overtime to get Trump to shut up about Orlando. Draw your own conclusions there.
The Beast will be too busy grifting to worry about anybody’s security but her own.
I have extended family that are fairly conservative. Several do not like Trump because of his “controversial” statements about the judge and other statements he has made. My advice to him is to simply tone it down a bit through November. The good news for him is that policy-wise, these voters are there to get. They just are not on board with him right now. He needs to solidify the Republican vote. If he does, he wins this race.
Even brainless rats know that when given a choice live/die they’d be more likely to have an opportunity of carrying out their lifestyle if alive. DUH!
Thanks for clearing that up! Makes much more sense.
Guess the blamestream media wants Bernie out of the picture. No dice, he’s crashing the party come July and it will be popcorn time for us bitter clingers.
If that is true and Hillary is STILL ahead, the country is toast.
Anyone who thinks Clinton is going to protect anyone but herself is delusional.
This poll had a much bigger sample.
Margin of error. This is a tie, and a very close race.
Hillary is not on the side of the American public.
How pictures of Huma whispering in her ear do people needs to see before they finally catch on?
This country has been toast for a while now..Obama won TWICE, even with a horrendous economy and Jihadist attacks..people care more about getting freebies than keeping this country safe
But but but the smart man on CNN said it’s all the fault of the scary bang bang sticks!!!
AND what part of my post DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND??????
But do you (or anyone, for that matter) honestly think that Gary Johnson will carry 10% of the vote? IMO, he might get a little more than the usual 1-2% that the 3rd party candidates usually receive, just simply out of protest from both sides of the aisle. But 10%? No way.
My bet .... and with the usual caveat about how it's a long way to November and the GoP likes to shoot itself in the foot and can still snatch defeat from the jaws of victory .... is that Trump wins this one, going away. It's his election to lose right now.
Goodness darlin’, I was agreeing with you.
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