Clinton continues to lead Trump as conventions begin

But in a four-way match-up with Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary JohnsonGary JohnsonNew poll: Clinton widens lead over Trump Poll: Clinton’s national lead over Trump steady at 5 points Poll: Clinton, Trump tied nationally MORE and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, both Trump and Clinton lose ground.

Donald Trump’s selection of Governor Mike Pence gets a approving response from Republicans and conservatives across the critical battleground states – the ones that will decide the election – as 61% of GOP voters in these states say they approve of his selection. Nearly six in 10 say they are dissatisfied with the choice of Trump versus Clinton.

Both candidates remain highly unpopular – the two most unpopular in the history of Post-ABC polling. Republicans who wanted a non-Trump nominee are twice as likely to say they oppose Clinton than back Trump.

On Wednesday, July 13, Quinnipiac University released a series of polls taken in key swing states – that is, states in which neither Democrats or Republicans have historically held a significant advantage – showing Trump pulling ahead, and numbers for Hillary Clinton taking an alarming dip.

But he’s followed closely by Clinton’s 34 percent positive/56 percent negative score (-22).

The poll also comes after Clinton was spared prosecution by the government for her use of a private server as secretary of state. Meanwhile, Clinton is seen as qualified to serve as president by a 56 per cent majority of voters.

The reasons for Clinton’s slump were not entirely clear, but could be related to the racial unrest following the Dallas sniper slayings of five police officers, which may benefit the self-proclaimed “law and order” campaign of Donald Trump. One goal of the Trump campaign is to leave Cleveland at the end of the week with the party more united and enthusiastic about their nominee. Broad support among younger voters helped catapult Barack Obama to the presidency in 2008. He holds his widest edge over Clinton on handling ISIS, and also holds an edge on handling taxes.

A CNN/ORC poll had the former secretary of state up two points from June, garnering 49% support to Trump’s 42% support among registered voters nationally. By a margin of five points, he is seen as more honest and trustworthy.

An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll of registered voters found Clinton with a 5-point edge over Trump, identical to the findings in an NBC/WSJ national poll conducted last month.