Hillary Clinton is now handily defeating Donald Trump in two
presidential polls released Sunday — just one month after the same polls
showed a tight race for the White House.
In one poll, from ABC News/Washington Post,
Clinton has a whopping 12-point lead over her raging rival. The survey
said Clinton has 51% of voter support — while Trump is stuck at 39%. It
is Clinton’s highest level of support in the poll this year.
An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, meanwhile, gives Clinton a five-point advantage, with 46% support compared to Trump’s 41%.
Just one month ago, these two national polls portrayed a neck-and-neck race
between the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees — with Trump
either tying Clinton's support, or marginally beating her. George W. Bush’s Treasury Secretary endorses Clinton, slams Trump
But that was soon after Trump knocked out the last of his GOP
competitors, riding his momentum to secure the party’s nomination.
Since then, the billionaire buffoon has been brewing one embarrassment
after another in the general election campaign — which took a direct hit
on his poll numbers.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton now holds a steady lead over Donald Trump in two new national polls.
(Chuck Burton/AP)
The ABC/Post poll found an overwhelming number of registered voters
were repulsed by Trump’s rampant racism — especially his recent campaign
against the Hispanic judge overseeing two Trump University lawsuits.
The poll showed 66% of all voters said Trump’s rants against women,
Muslims and minorities show “an unfair bias,” while 68% said his attacks on Judge Gonzalo Curiel were racist. Clinton campaign announces backing of more than 40 business execs
Even Republicans were outraged by his criticisms of Curiel — with 39%
calling Trump’s comments racist. Republicans also said they want the
party’s leaders to condemn Trump’s antics, with 62% urging the GOP to
speak out against its likely nominee.
Some of Trump's most prominent GOP supporters — including Speaker of
the House Paul Ryan — have denounced Trump's racism while still refusing
to revoke endorsements for him.
Unsurprisingly, minorities are flocking to Clinton in droves. In one of
her biggest advantages over the real estate mogul, 77% of nonwhite
voters voiced support for Clinton.
As for Trump — whose largest voting bloc is older white men — only 15%
of nonwhites were willing to give him a go at the presidency.
Trump’s campaign has also been recently rocked by the abrupt firing of his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, and a dismal FEC filing that showed his campaign had merely $1.3 million at its disposal. The Clinton campaign started June with more than $42 million.
The May polls pegged Clinton and Trump as the most hated presidential
candidates in modern history, with both earning the dubious distinction
of all-time high unfavorability rankings.
But now that she’s officially the only person who could prevent a
President Trump, Clinton’s suddenly looking a lot better, the polls say.
In the ABC/Post survey, 88% of Democrats said they would support
Clinton — while only 79% of Republicans vowed to vote for Trump.
Little hands, little support: The polls show Trump's support is waning only weeks into the general election campaign.
(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Voters also said Clinton has the better personality, temperament and qualifications to be president.
An ABC/Post poll from earlier this month showed Trump's unfavorability rating had shot up to a new peak of 70%.
One of Trump’s few remaining advantages is his lead with independent
voters, who gave him the edge in last month’s polls. The new NBC/WSJ
survey shows him with 40% of their support, compared to 30% for Clinton.
Since it became clear Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would not clinch the
Democratic nomination, Trump has openly begged for Sanders' supporters
to join his flock. Sanders was a registered independent before he
switched his affiliation to challenge Clinton.
But those who felt the Bern now aren’t feeling so hot for Trump. In the
May ABC/Post poll, 20% of Sanders support said they would fall back on
Trump. In the new poll, only 8% are still willing.
Sanders himself said last week he will support Clinton, even though he is still technically still running against her.
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