Clinton leads Trump by 12 points ahead of Republican convention: Reuters poll

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Source: reuters





| Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:10pm EDT




NEW YORK | By Grant Smith and Chris Kahn



Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump trailed Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by 12 percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday, making him the clear underdog ahead of next week's Republican National Convention.

Forty-five percent of likely voters supported former Secretary of State Clinton, 33 percent supported Trump, the wealthy businessman, and the remainder supported neither, according to the July 11-15 online poll.

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Clinton has been ahead in the poll since early January. Trump only approached her level of support in May, after his last two remaining rivals quit the race and he became the presumptive Republican nominee.

Trump's favorability has dropped since then, .................

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The poll results suggest that Clinton’s use of personal email for government business while secretary of state and her handling of classified information have not damaged her support among likely voters. ...................

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[Doctor Jack]

1. There we go

Between this and the NBC polls from yesterday, we are seeing the theme that the race is "too close to call" rapidly crumble.

[Cryptoad]

7. It has to be too close to call,,

or all this spent on gravel to ballot box coverage is lost! ,,, and we can't have that. plus it pisses off the GOP

[Hokie]

2. Good news on top of the NBC/WSJ/Marist results

And Pence will not help Trump. He is a homophobic-right-wing-light-weight-not-ready-for-prime-time nobody.

[Protalker]

26. Too kind but we'll said.

Roe V Wade to the ash heap of history.

[Kingofalldems]

3. But but--the internals!!!11!!!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

5. "There are some causes for concern for the Clinton campaign, however......."

"And as soon as we find them we will gleefully report them!!!!"

[Tess49]

9. Especially Andrea Mitchell. "We're getting reports that Hillary Clinton has a hangnail. This could

be devastating to her campaign. This is not something she needs right now, as we know her campaign is already struggling."

[Thinkingabout]

4. I expect to see a little bump in Trump numbers after the convention but then I expect

To see Hillary get a bump after the DNC convention. It will be on to the debates of which Trump may or may not show up. It is time to start repeating his lies just during the time the campaigns have been running, he wants to talk about lies, then we should feel his desire with his own lies. It will have to come from a PAC group. Lyin' Trump.

[GulfCoast66]

6. I really will be shocked

If he debates her.

[treestar]

10. I even wonder if he will have the opposite

the convention will expose him more for what he is - may not help him at all.

[Politicub]

25. It's early, and I'm ashamed

Because when I first read your post, I thought you said, "a bump in the trump trousers."

Now I need to take a shower.

[AgadorSparticus]

8. 12 pts! Woohoo. It is going to be a landslide. Bank on it.

[mcar]

11. K&R

For reality!

[George II]

12. This is the same poll that a week or two ago, when it went from a 9% lead to a 9% lead...

....they said that Clinton's lead "narrowed"!

No it's up by 1/3 over the previous lead and they act like she's only ahead.

On the other hand, national polls are pointless, a candidate only wins by winning from state to state.

[Squinch]

13. Where are all of our very concerned friends? You'd think they would be swarming these

good poll posts with relief, given how very, very concerned they were.

And yet, oddly, they are completely absent.

[Midnight Writer]

18. Here I am!

Polls all over the place don't help me sleep at night.

My spark of hope? Even in the close polls, Trump is not rising. Instead Clinton is falling. My hope is that her drop off is a temporary response to the phony Comey E-Mail BS. Perhaps Trump has hit the "Crazy Wing Nut Ceiling"?

Some folks may be disappointed with the (again) phony E-mail controversy ginned up by our fair and balanced media, but they don't seem to be flocking to Trump. Instead they are identifying as "other" or "undecided".

When the final decision has to be made, I predict it will be an anti-Trump vote that sways the 20% or so of uncommitted voters.

[rtracey]

14. ok stop the bullshit

ATTENTION POLLSTERS.......STOP THE BULLSHIT POLLS PLEASE.

Thanks, for paying attention, but how can this poll say 12 points ahead and another says 40-40 tie..... these are rigged polls, some lean left and some lean right, so are completely conservative and some are completely liberal, but majority are BULLSHIT.


thanks

[Doctor Jack]

15. All Hillary needs to seal the deal is democratic unity

Some dems have strayed a bit after the FBI presser last week but a solid VP pick and convention should finish this election off. She has a strong team behind her and a lot of political savvy. I believe we will pull this off.

[ffr]

17. I'll be pulling for that. Looking for more than victory though.

I will be depressed if we don't get a complete landslide of dems in and rethugs out!

[GulfCoast66]

21. It is tough

When things do not go your way.

And some people feel better if they create some vast conspiracy in their mind. Makes it all about them and how the powers that be are somehow screwing them over.

In reality it is just life. Win some, lose some.


Have a nice day.

[GulfCoast66]

24. Thanks for the chuckle

The irony of being told I live in fantasy land by a CT believer is too rich.

Next you will be explaining all about the Bilderbergers and how they rule the world.

Have a good one.

[ffr]

16. That'll make it a little harder to get dems to the polls, but I'll keep trying

Won't settle for less than 99 to 1.

FIRED UP!

READY TO GO!

[King_Klonopin]

19. All of you experienced political junkies are aware that Trump will get

a five to ten point "convention bump" in the polls next week, right ?

At which time I, and most other democrats, will temporarily lose our minds,
like I do whenever I read a post about a forbidding poll result or when I see
a map of states that favor Trump and I think "what the fuck is wrong with
this world !!" Then I will be calmer when I realize election day is more than
100 days from now.

I am tempted to avoid CNN, MSNBC, and all DU polling alerts until Nov 1st.

[JoePhilly]

23. Damn, Trump is closing the gap!!!!!!!

[Motley13]

27. trumpence vote

is the same as its always been & will not change, right wingers. I don't think Pence adds a thing & apparently dim don doesn't think much of him since he was trying to back out of his choice. I think that was after Pence had already said he wouldn't run again in In.
Anyone know that if that is the case? If it is, talk about a stab in the back, typical tRump, !me,me,me.me! Sure builds trust, doncha think?

Some voters are hesitant after FBI, but I think they will come around for Hill, after thinking about the alternative.

I worry about her being too far ahead in the polls, afraid people might not bother to vote.

I'm with HER->

[Proud liberal 80]

28. Why isn't this poll included in

TPM or Real Clear Politics?