Clinton using Republican convention to spur voter signups

Some attribute Clinton’s slight dip to FBI Director James Comey’s criticism of her handling of classified information while serving as secretary of state, which the director characterized as “extremely careless”.

The poll shows that Trump is buoyed by white men.

These numbers come as Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, has spoken out against free trade.

However, it did indicate a tightness in the race, which was also apparent in some of the battleground surveys released by CBS News and YouGov today.

Clinton carried 42 percent, while Trump had 37 percent, Johnson had 13 percent and Stein had 5 percent.

In Michigan, she’s ahead 42 percent to Trump’s 39 percent, a lead that’s within the poll’s 4.1 percent margin of error. In fact, Clinton has held a steady lead over Trump throughout 2016, and Trump has not polled above 43 percent nationally in the Huffington Post Pollster.com average since December of past year.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is launching a major voter mobilization drive during the Republican National Convention, setting a national goal of getting more than 3 million people to register and commit to vote in the 2016 election.

Additionally, 61 percent of voters across these three states gave Trump a thumbs up for picking Indiana Gov. Mike Pence for his running mate.

Sunday’s release of the trio of polls, however, show a slight uptick since a CBS News/ New York Times poll out last Thursday showed the race between Trump and Clinton in a 40%-40% tie.

The survey shows that Clinton remains five points ahead of Trump among registered voters. Among those voters under age 35, 46% back Clinton, 21% Trump, 20% Johnson and 10% Stein. Bernie Sanders, and the announcement by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that Clinton would not face charges for her use of a personal email server while secretary of state. He is just as likely to make voters less likely to vote for Trump (16%) as to make them more likely to do so (17%), while 62% say their vote is unchanged.

Fifty percent of voters say Clinton doesn’t have the right judgment to be a good president. More broadly, however, Pence is not as well known beyond the GOP rank and file, and overall the pick gets mixed reviews, with 34 percent approving, 28 percent disapproving, and a sizable 38 percent unsure.

Recent polls have shown large numbers of voters, including independents, expressing wariness of both Clinton and Trump, signaling that the election could pivot largely on the ability of each party to turn out its electoral base.

Trump heads to the Republican national convention after naming Indiana Governor Mike Pence, a social conservative with strong appeal to many traditional Republican voters, as his vice presidential running mate.

Of course, Clinton will also receive a boost after she names her vice presidential pick and from her convention, which is scheduled for the following week.