June 5, 201610 yr Reuters: Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 11 Points - Breitbart A new poll from Reuters shows Hillary Clinton regaining a solid lead over Republican Donald Trump. Clinton is backed by 46 percent of likely voters, while 35 percent back Trump. Clinton’s 11-point lead is a sharp reversal from last month, when Clinton and Trump were tied. That Reuters survey from mid-May showed a sizable bump for the Republican, as Trump clinched his nomination fight. Hillary Clinton was still experiencing a string of primary losses against Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders. While that contest continues through Tuesday, a break in primary contests has spared Clinton another round of negative headlines. After peaking at just over 40 percent of the vote on May 12th, Trump has shed support over the past two weeks, according to Reuters new poll. Trump has lost 5 points of support, while Clinton has gained 6 points. Since then, Trump has fielded questions over allegations surrounding Trump University as well as donations to veterans’ groups following a January fundraiser. Clinton leads Trump among women by 15 points. More surprisingly, perhaps, Clinton now also leads Trump among male voters. In mid-May, Trump led Clinton by 7 points among men. Currently, though, Clinton leads Trump by 8 points among men, a 15-point swing. Trump continues to lead Clinton among seniors. Voters older than 60 prefer Trump by 6 points, 43-37. Clinton dominates among young voters, though. She leads among voters younger than 35 by 30 points, 54-24. Clinton currently enjoys a bigger margin among young voters than President Obama did in 2012 against Mitt Romney. The Reuters data, in fact, suggests that Donald Trump has a long way to go to reach Romney’s numbers in a number of key groups. Trump currently leads Clinton by just 3 points among white voters. Romney won white voters by 20 points. Trump leads among white working class voters by just 6 points.
June 5, 201610 yr It's not over, but if that is the trend in June it doesn't bode well for the Trump campaign. HRC will gain momentum next week when Bernie drops out, when she names a running mate, when Obama starts to stump, and post convention. She has a dark cloud in the email scandal out there. Obviously if she were to be indicted her numbers would fall, but if the FBI wraps this thing up that's probably another bump.
June 5, 201610 yr Trump will hopefully learn from his mistakes and adapt. Two things to consider though. Trump has allowed himself to be scrutinized by the press. Hillary has not faced a tough question this entire election season. She will not be able to escape her record during the debates. Second, we are headed for recession. Both the jobs report and GDP decline point in that direction. Economic insecurity favors Trump strongly.
June 5, 201610 yr How big of a lead does Sanders have over Trump, or did it say? Last week I saw where he had a 13 point lead over Trump when all polls were averaged.
June 5, 201610 yr Come on - public polls are for a purpose. Here, its easy. She is facing indictment and if not indicted the FBI and SS people seem to ensure damaging leaks will come out. This poll is to show she has a commanding lead and how dare anyone indict her. Or its to show the big money donors that she can still get it done. This reminds me of the LHL poll on ALG showing she was close to McConnell. It was meant to keep money coming in and keep ALG in the race to the end. Without fraud and cheating HRC is unelectable. With those things - anything is fair game.
June 5, 201610 yr 11 points seems waaaay high. On the other hand, according to a Gallup poll out today, Obama's approval rating was plus 10 (53-43). Obama's approval rating will be an important factor in November.
June 5, 201610 yr I don't understand polls and their dramatic shifts seemingly overnight. I regularly check the RCP average - including June 3rd - and Secretary Clinton stays at a narrow lead. The biggest takeaway for me in watching the polls is how both of their numbers are gradually dropping in favor of Johnson.
June 5, 201610 yr Polls now are a talking piece, nothing more or less. Get through both conventions and then see what a poll is that only polls likely voters says. And then its not foolproof.
June 5, 201610 yr I agree, it's all over. Click on a different channel or a different link and the poll will be different. If Nbc, Abc and Cnn have Trump up 10 he will win easily, if Fox has HRC up 10 she will win easily. Polls are way to party driven to put much weight in them. I know, I know there's independent polls, but.....
June 5, 201610 yr The electorate has a very short memory. Lets see how Hillary answers the tough questions when she does not have a teleprompter!
June 5, 201610 yr The electorate has a very short memory. Lets see how Hillary answers the tough questions when she does not have a teleprompter! What tough questions will she be asked that the press and/or congress haven't asked? I am not even arguing the validity of the questions. I am just saying the woman has endured some grilling on all of these past matters, and it's hard to imagine a novel question.
June 5, 201610 yr What tough questions will she be asked that the press and/or congress haven't asked? I am not even arguing the validity of the questions. I am just saying the woman has endured some grilling on all of these past matters, and it's hard to imagine a novel question. I don't think she had teleprompters during the (I've lost count of how many) hearings.
June 5, 201610 yr What tough questions will she be asked that the press and/or congress haven't asked? I am not even arguing the validity of the questions. I am just saying the woman has endured some grilling on all of these past matters, and it's hard to imagine a novel question. You're kidding, right? When has the press asked her a tough question and gone after her like they have any Republican?
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