Posted on 07/15/2016 11:29:53 AM PDT by usafa92
As the presidential race moves into a key two-week period, with the announcement of running mates and the party conventions, Donald Trump has taken an apparent slim lead over Hillary Clinton, based on strong support from white voters, particularly men.
That finding, from a USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Daybreak tracking poll, a new survey that begins publication Friday, marks a significant shift in a race that most polls indicated Clinton has led since mid-May.
The polls do not yet measure, for example, whether Clinton will receive a significant boost from Sen. Bernie Sanders’ endorsement on Tuesday. The next couple of weeks also could prove pivotal as voters tune in to the campaigns during the conventions.
Trump continues to face formidable obstacles to winning. Even as new surveys show the race tightening, he has not significantly increased his support: Since February, when he began to dominate the Republican primaries, his backing in head-to-head matchups with Clinton has rarely risen above 40%.
Instead, several new surveys show Clinton’s support declining, while the number of voters saying they will vote for a third-party candidate has risen.
In the new tracking poll, through Thursday night, Trump led Clinton 43% to 40%. That’s within the poll’s margin of error of 3 points in either direction, meaning the apparent lead could be the result of chance.
What isn’t known is whether the new surveys are capturing Clinton at a low that will prove temporary, as voters react to Comey’s criticism and the renewed attention to her use of a private email server, or whether they reflect a more lasting shift that could hobble the presumed Democratic nominee for the remainder of the campaign.
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An “apparent slim lead...”
The LA Times? Enough said.
More like an alleged lead
Trump’s lead will become more “apparent.”
56% of the country believed the “fix was in for the elites” and that she should have been prosecuted without question. How could they now vote for this sorry person?
Sounds a little like the British protest sign:
“Could someone maybe, perhaps, you know, do something?”
Yes; the grimace is apparent even in the headline.
It is surprising to me that so many question Mrs. Bill getting special privilege. I thought most would favor special privilege for her.
Lots of excuses and “well maybe she’ll get a bump...” desperation in here.
LAT is liberal beyond comprehension. Go back to Reagan vs. Carter when the media was non-competitive (no Internet and little cable) and they wanted to keep the race close which it was not.
The same is going to happen here with Trump and PIAPS - they will try and keep it close, which it will not be. They are going to try and drag her sorry fat ass to victory and it’s not going to be even close, IMO.
It’s not until the 6th paragraph that they can bear to give us the actual numbers (Trump 43, Clinton 40).
3% margin of error means a fairly large sample size.
Didn’t pick that up in my search. Mods please feel free to delete ot remove from Front Page.
The hedging in this article is hysterical...it must absolutely kill them to write this...
The polls do not yet measure, for example, whether Clinton will receive a significant boost from Sen. Bernie Sanders’ endorsement on Tuesday...
ROFL!!!! lol!!!! LMAO!!!!! :) LOL!!
Trump could be ahead by 50 points and the media would still refer to it as a “narrow lead”.
Trump continues to face formidable obstacles to winning.
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His biggest obstacle is a crooked and sleazy news media.
They are gibmedats ?
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