NEW POLL has Hillary lead shrinking but still AHEAD of TRUMP!!

by SooperMexican

Hillary’s lead has collapsed in yet another poll that said she was beating Trump soundly in an earlier iteration.

From ABC News:

Most Americans express dismay at their choices in the 2016 presidential election, with a tighter contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump reflecting damage to Clinton from her email controversy – but with continued weak ratings for Trump across a range of key measures.

In apparent fallout from the email issue that returned to the fore last week, 72 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll see Clinton as “too willing to bend the rules.” But 56 percent see Trump as biased against women and minorities, and six in 10 call him unqualified for office.

See PDF with full results here.

One result: On the eve of the Republican and Democratic conventions, a remarkable 58 percent describe themselves as dissatisfied with a choice between the presumptive nominees.

Preferences have narrowed from a 12-point Clinton advantage among registered voters in mid-June –- after a series of campaign missteps by Trump -– to a non-significant 4-point gap now. That follows FBI Director James Comey’s characterization of Clinton’s email practices as secretary of state as “extremely careless,” albeit not warranting criminal charges.

Even so, it’s still bad news for il Trumpollini:

Winnowing to likely voters, the race goes to a 7-point edge for Clinton -– an unusual result, in that likely voters typically tilt more Republican. But it’s an unusual contest.

AND what might be carrying Hillary is that Obama is still popular:

So will the cheeto-faced totalitarian make up the difference?

Don’t ignore one pivotal fact – his slight upturn in the polling, or more accurately, Hillary’s downturn, is key in Trump surviving the “Never Trump” rules challenge. Delegates would have been much more likely to vote against his nomination if his polls had stayed as terrible as they had been.


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