Clinton and Trump neck-and-neck nationally
Donald Trump is leading his rivals in Nevada, a state where Hillary Clinton was leading the pack in July, in a four-way Monmouth University poll released Wednesday.
But the Bloomberg poll is also not the first recent survey to show Trump gaining in OH, where Clinton had boasted fairly consistent leads for much of the summer.
Seventy-nine percent of voters have heard a lot or some about the Democratic presidential nominee’s health woes, according to a Morning Consult poll, which was taken after her caught-on-camera collapse during a 9/11 ceremony.
In terms of demographics, Clinton has more support from women (52 percent) than Trump (39 percent). Only 37 percent said the same for Donald Trump, who has repeatedly questioned her physical ability to be commander in chief.
Trump voters specifically were more enthusiastic than those supporting Hillary – with 45 percent of the billionaire real estate investor’s backers saying they felt very enthusiastic about voting, compared to 36 percent of the former top USA diplomat and first lady’s supporters saying they felt that way.
In Colorado, a state once considered a long shot for the Republican, the new Reuters/Ipsos survey has Trump narrowing a previously insurmountable lead to only two percentage points, 41 percent to Clinton’s 43. It has a margin of error of 4.37%.
The poll showed a yawning racial gap in the state’s electorate.
Privately, some people close to the Clinton campaign note that the campaign has worked hard to establish a significant ground game in OH in preparation for a close race. Her favorability rating there is worse than Trump’s, even among the broader pool of registered voters. But most Americans will have the option to vote for either of the two third-party candidates. Trump’s strong points come on managing the economy, terrorism and immigration.
Trump is also more popular with white voters; 51 percent choose him as their candidate, while 40 percent want Clinton to be president. Clinton will have 54 campaign offices in the state by the end of this week, while as of last month Trump had less than 20. In Ohio, interviews were conducted with a random sample of 1,006 adults who live in the state, including 769 likely voters.
The poll surveyed 960 likely voters between September 8-13 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.