Posted on 05/11/2016 7:54:54 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper
NEW YORK — Donald Trump's support has surged and he is now running about even with Democrat Hillary Clinton among likely U.S. voters, a dramatic turnaround since he became the Republican party's presumptive presidential nominee, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.
The results could signal a close fight between the two likely White House rivals as Americans make up their minds ahead of the Nov. 8 election to succeed Democratic President Barack Obama. As recently as last week, Clinton led Trump by around 13 points in the poll.
In the most recent survey, 41 percent of likely voters supported Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, and 40 percent backed Trump, with 19 percent not decided on either yet, according to the online poll of 1,289 people conducted from Friday to Tuesday. The poll had a credibility interval of about 3 percentage points.
The results reflect a big increase in support for Trump since he knocked out U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Governor John Kasich last week to become the last Republican in the White House race.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
“I thought everybody hated Trump?”
I’ve been slicing and dicing the Trump polls since this thing started. One thing I noticed was that his unfavorables were always much higher than his support. It’s a matter of who will get the job done. You may not like him, but .....
The MSM and the arrogant Clinton supporters always laughed when Trump said he would do well with Latinos, women and he will put PA.,OH., etc. in play.
They’re not laughing now!!
Some thoughts here suggesting closet Trumpsters.
Trump’s advantage in online polls compared with live telephone polling is eight or nine percentage points among likely voters.
If the NYTimes is forced to say “it’s going to be a close fight”... you know that means it isn’t and that they’re downplaying data showing that it could be a landslide.
There wont be red or blue states this time. Just Trump states.
We’ve reached peak #NeverTrump and now consolidation is underway. I expect that only the most extreme free traitors and globalists will defect to Hillary or sit it out. The point about previous Democrat presidential polling is a good one; Trump by 8 points come November.
The list is endless of the people that have to be wrong for Trump to be right
< /famous cruz supporter>
Five tractor-trailer loads of Depends likely at the Times loading dock...
If it is a fair and honest election, I think Trump will run away with it....
And here I thought the polls assured us of massive defeat.
At least they did a month ago. According to a certain poster.
I suppose it’s not too late for you to admit you were wrong.
Let’s see if you man up here.
Ah, the NY Times! They obviously are very depressed that Cruz left the race and they want him back in. Take anything they say with a big pinch of salt.
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Almost Even With Clinton in National U.S. Poll , LOL ,good one
Maybe I’m too cynical, but I keep wondering if all those polls showing Trump had no chance against Hillary were designed to give that result, and to damage Trump’s chances of being the nominee. And as so often happens, once such an effort has failed, people have to back away and present something more truthful simply to try and preserve some amount of credibility going forward.
Clintoon may become a footnote in history if/when Putin releases her emails.
Not to worry, Putin/the Kremlin has all of these missing emails, and they will probably be available for all of us to read after Cankles becomes the Rat candidate.
Hillary’s Emails Hacked by Russia – Kremlin Deciding Whether to Release 20,000 Stolen Emails
The Gateway Pundit ^ | May 10, 2016 | Jim Hoft Posted on 5/10/2016, 6:38:13 AM by maggief
The Kremlin is debating whether to release the 20,000 emails they have hacked off of Hillary Clinton’s server.
According to a report from four days ago, beginning in 2011, the Russians began monitoring Romanian computer hacker Marcel Lazăr Lehel (aka Guccifer) after he attempted, unsuccessfully, to break into the computer system of the Russian funded RT television network.
After monitoring Guccifer, the Russians were reportedly able to record (both physically and electronically) his actions which allowed the Russian intelligence analysts, in 2013, to not only detect his breaking into the private computer of Secretary Clinton, but also break in and copy all of its contents as well.
The report notes that shortly after Russia obtained Clinton’s emails, they released a limited amount to RT TV which were published in an article in March 2013, titled Hillary Clinton’s ‘hacked’ Benghazi emails: FULL RELEASE.
Apparently no Western journalists promoted this story in 2013.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com .
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3429226/posts
LOL
I work in DC — everyone here wants to vote for Hillary.
I really do find it hard to believe that Hillary could have as much support as it is said she has...
It is so obvious that she is a lying, vindictive, criminal minded, arrogant, devious person...
Don’t hold your breath.
He is not capable of manning up!
Either better English, or turning off auto correct might help explain your post.
I really have no idea what you were trying to say.
No biggie, just please try again.
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