Fear Factor: Americans scared of their presidential options

Trump and Clinton are tied at 40 percent, the poll revealed.

Clinton says after the luncheon that she had a “great conversation” with them and talked about ways to bring economic opportunity to the nation and “build a strong Democratic party”. But the NYT/CBS poll found that Trump has widened his lead on who would better handle the economy, now leading Clinton by 11 points on this issue.

Pennsylvania – Trump at 43 percent to Clinton’s 41 percent, compared to June 21, when Clinton had 42 percent to Trump’s 41 percent. They’re expected to have a private conversation en route to Annandale, after Clinton visits Democratic senators on Capitol Hill.

Taken in the wake of Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey’s criticism of her conduct over the handling of her emails, the poll numbers represent a new high (or low) for the former Secretary of State.

Eighty-one percent of Americans say they would feel afraid following the election of one of the two polarizing politicians, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

The amateurish Trump camp then exploded with a series of news releases (they hired a rapid response staffer, so I suppose he needs to show he’s working) to remind voters Sanders said mean things about Clinton in the race.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., accompanied by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, speaks during a rally in Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday, July 12, 2016, where Sanders endorsed Clinton for president.

“These actions are not consistent with our values”, said Clinton.

In general, Americans are far more likely to say women, LGBT people, Hispanics, Muslims and African-Americans would fare better under Clinton, while they think men and whites would fare better under Trump. “That number is up five percentage points from a CBS News poll conducted last month, before the F.B.I. released its findings”. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Green candidate Jill Stein have both been polling higher than is usual for third-party candidates.

Eight states were considered toss-ups in the most recent survey: Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

“He’s a safe pick, who gets more interesting the more you learn about him”, one Democrat close to Clinton said. With a probability basis and coverage of people who otherwise couldn’t access the Internet, online surveys using KnowledgePanel are nationally representative.

Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish using live interviewers. It has a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of 3 percentage points.

The AP-GfK Poll of 1,009 adults was conducted online July 7-11, using a sample drawn from GfK’s probability-based KnowledgePanel, which is created to be representative of the US population. In March, Clinton was ahead of Trump by 6 points among registered voters in Ohio.