Clinton slight lead on Trump, Johnson gets double digits

FOX News released a new poll on Thursday that shows Donald Trump trailing Hillary Clinton by a slim margin.

“If the election were held today, there’d be a significant number of blue collar, whites – males particularly, but some females – who are registered Democratic and would vote for Trump”, said former Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa. However, 25 percent more voters view Clinton as “unfavorable” as opposed to “favorable”. Even so, Bernie Sanders actually outperforms Hillary against Trump, 49/38, capturing 45% of independents as opposed to 30% for Hillary Clinton.

Florida (Hillsborough County) – Trump +2 percent: Again, neither candidate has bright and shiny favorability numbers in Florida, but Trump has a seven-point lead among non-partisan voters (38 percent to 31 percent). The divide is almost twice what it was in 2012, when President Barack Obama raised 44 percent of his funds from women versus former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s 28 percent. Despite some Republicans expressing a sense of buyer’s remorse about Trump, conservative Christians seem to be sticking with him. He’s been caught up in his latest self-inflicted firestorm – this time relating to attacks he’s launched at a federal judge over his Mexican heritage. “Because you see, this election isn’t about Republican or Democrat”. Sixty percent of Clinton supporters are happy to vote for her, while 37 percent said they were holding their nose.

For Trump, that means NY and California, two of the three biggest electoral prizes.

About half of Trump supporters said they weren’t happy with voting for either candidate, while 60 percent of Clinton supporters said they were happy with the choice between the two presumptive candidates.

During the campaign this year, Trump, who previously supported abortion rights, said Planned Parenthood had done “some very good work” for millions of women and, in response to North Carolina’s contentious new law, that transgender people should not face bathroom restrictions.

“She’ll appoint radical judges who will legislate from the bench, overriding Congress, and I’ll tell you, the will of the people will mean nothing – nothing”, he said. He is independently wealthy but even he can not afford the close to US$1 billion (S$1.36 billion) it is estimated to take to win a modern election. “And he’s just heightened the issue”. But a new poll from Axiom Strategies and Remington Research is catching the eye of some political analysts – and certainly must be cause for enthusiasm within Donald Trump’s campaign.