Trump leads Clinton in Kansas, but voters hold negative views of both

Little has changed in overall support for either candidate since the end of the primaries in mid-June, despite major moments in the campaign, including Donald Trump’s announcement of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate; Clinton’s endorsement by her main rival for the Democratic nomination, Vermont Sen.

The poll also comes after Clinton was spared prosecution by the government for her use of a private server as secretary of state.

But one candidate has made gains since last month: Libertarian Gary Johnson.

Trump has pulled ahead of Hillary Clinton by three points 42-39 percent in Florida, according to a Quinnipiac University survey released on Wednesday.

In Florida, Clinton gets 41 percent of the respondents, Trump 36 percent, Johnson 7 percent, and Stein 4 percent. Add third-party candidates to the mix, and Trump’s lead is even larger. The same percentage say the candidate’s personal characteristics are extremely important to them.

However, both the surveys found about one in five voters in Florida were undecided or did not support either Trump or Clinton, media noted.

The share of Florida voters who wanted another choice increased.

In a two-way matchup between Clinton and Trump, however, Clinton still boasts a seven-point advantage: 49 percent to Trump’s 42 percent. More of Trump’s voters say they’re with Trump mainly to oppose Clinton than are with him mainly because they like him, specifically.

Of the respondents, 46% said Ms. Clinton best represented their views on health care, while 32% said Mr. Trump did.

Brandishing his running mate’s job-creating credentials, Trump ticked through a list of statistics he said showed how Pence had pulled IN out of economic recessions: an unemployment rate that fell to less than 5 percent on his watch, an uptick IN the labor force and a decrease IN IN residents on unemployment insurance.

Those numbers may shift, however, as a majority say they don’t know enough about Pence to have an opinion on him when they’re asked if they have a favorable or unfavorable impression. A steady conservative with extensive governing experience, Pence may also serve to reassure Republicans who are skeptical about Trump’s conservative bona fides.

The race for the November 8 USA presidential election has put a spotlight on Americans’ views of Muslims with Trump proposing a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.

She has criticized Trump’s harsh statements about Muslims and Mexicans while Trump has bemoaned what he calls American society’s devotion to political correctness.

The Post-ABC poll was conducted July 11-14 among a random national sample of 1,003 adults reached on cellular and landline phones.

All the state polls from Marist were conducted between July 5 and 11, and had margins of error of between 3.3 and 3.5 percent.