Latest SC poll gives Trump big lead

Donald Trump sits at 45 percent support, and Hillary Clinton has 43 percent in a CNN/ORC poll released today.

“Clinton’s lead is not a surprise given that the Democratic presidential candidates have carried the state since 1988 and the party has a significant registration advantage in Oregon”, DHM Research said in a press release.

Clinton faces a smaller expectations gap than President Barack Obama did heading into his debates in 2008 and 2012. Johnson claimed only about 4% in the poll, though the most recent CNN/ORC national poll has his support pegged at 7%.

Almost 50 percent said Clinton had made the Democratic Party more welcoming, while 11 percent said more hostile and 36 percent said she had no effect.

It might not be intentional, but there appears to be an arms race between the campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to see who can gather more endorsements from military officials.

“He is getting 14 percent from OH voters, and how that cohort eventually votes could be critical in this swing state – and in the nation”, Brown said in a statement.

For reasons that aren’t completely clear yet, Clinton’s lead in national polls has slipped since mid-August, when she led Trump by about 8 percentage points.

Trump’s favour among Republicans has also bounced six percentage points to 78 per cent over the past two weeks, despite controversial staff shake-ups and his seemingly wavering stance on immigration.

Speaking to supporters in Philadelphia Mr Trump said his campaign against the barbaric terrorist cult would not only include “military warfare but also cyber-warfare, financial warfare and ideological warfare”. Nationally, more Latino voters chose “Other” (14.3 percent) than Trump (11.2 percent).

Yet perhaps most striking is how low Clinton and Trump’s numbers are in some states with just two months left in the race.

However, likely voters reported having a more favorable view of Trump than Clinton.

Because the poll is conducted online and individuals self-select to participate, a margin of error can not be calculated.

Clinton is still favored to win 17 states, including many with large, urban populations such as New York, New Jersey and California that heavily influence the outcome of the election.

The poll surveyed a random national sample of 1,001 voters by phone between September 1 and 4, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.