Posted on 07/15/2016 8:55:06 AM PDT by MaxistheBest
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.
It comes amid a flurry of other surveys, both nationally and in battleground states, that show support for the former secretary of State declining since last week when FBI Director James B. Comey characterized her handling of classified material while in that office as “extremely careless.” Comey also said her conduct and that of her aides did not clearly violate the law or warrant prosecution.
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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The poll also offers some support for a prediction that Trump’s backers have made – that he would appeal to disaffected voters who did not cast ballots in 2012. Those who did not vote that year or voted for a minor-party candidate were more likely to favor Trump than Clinton, the poll indicated.
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Can’t wait for the LA Times to discover that women don’t trust or like Hillary either.
Your explanation is too hermetic. Too smug.
It is a lot more fluid then that.
Trump will no doubt do a lot better than your numbers.
I agree the only person to profit from getting a stellar VP is Hitlery! Because her negatives are so high VP can only help!
All FReepers need to say they will vote for Hillary if polled. She is beatable and we can't have her replaced last minute.
“apparent slim lead”
Yeah. Right. When Crooked Hillary was APPARENTLY ahead in the polls with a “slim” lead, the enemedia never described the situation as an “apparent slim lead”. Only when Trump rises to the top is the lead described as just “apparent”, you know, as in “maybe [hopefully] not real”.
Latest polls are out here in PA.
She is cratering among women.
Is this national or CA??
If the former, great, if the latter, this race is over.
No kidding. That headline is spinning so much I almost lost my lunch.
Wow! OK, I know this was a survey, but how can the Hildebeast even be competitive if her numbers could be THAT low? People I talk to state they are NOT voting for her. Polls show her still competitive, then something like this comes out that reflects she is not. Last week, one of the cable channels has a survey asking respondents for which of the two candidates they would vote: Trump or Hillary. The survey had Trump winning by better than a two-to-one margin, I think. The channel was Bravo, not a bastion of conservatism by any stretch of the imagination.
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