[campaignPete R-CT]

2 candidates with big negatives ...

mistake to assume the “non-voters” who are coming out this time are a tidal wave for Trump ... although he will have a healthy margin vs. Hillary among them.

These non-voters don’t get polled.

[goldstategop]

First-time Trump voters haven’t been polled.

That and the assumption Hillary will do as well as Obama have colored the race.

We’re in for surprises in November.

[John Robinson]

I wouldn’t suspect non-voters to come out in mass to vote against a candidate. Non-voters are overtaken by apathy for a system that has always left them in the cold after begging for their vote. They have given up. Trump is hope renewed. One last chance.

[cymbeline]

“2 candidates with big negatives ...”

With me Trump has huge positives and a few, mild, negatives.

His positions on the issues are the biggest positives, and his ability to get things done is right up there. Also, as president I think he will communicate vociferously with we the people.

[Steve_Seattle]

"mistake to assume the “non-voters” who are coming out this time are a tidal wave for Trump"

Maybe not a tidal wave, but among normally non-political people I know, they are mostly for Trump. If you are a traditionally apathetic voter, you are not going to come out of the woodwork to vote for "more of the same" Hillary unless you really believe all of the "Trump is Hitler" nonsense. Apathetic voters usually have more common sense than that; if they were vulnerable to that sort of rhetoric, they would already be partisan Democrats.