New York – Clinton Leads Trump By 12 Points In Reuters/Ipsos Poll

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    Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton boards an airplane at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California, August 23, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein -New York – Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 12 percentage points among likely voters, her strongest showing this month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday.

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    The Aug. 18-22 poll showed that 45 percent of voters supported Clinton, while 33 percent backed Trump ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

    Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state, has led Trump, a New York businessman, throughout most of the 2016 campaign. But her latest lead represents a stronger level of support than polls indicated over the past few weeks. Earlier in August, Clinton’s lead over Trump ranged from 3 to 9 percentage points in the poll.

    The poll also found that about 22 percent of likely voters would not pick either candidate. That lack of support is high compared with how people responded to the poll during the 2012 presidential election between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney.

    “Those who are wavering right now are just as likely to be thinking about supporting a third-party candidate instead, and not between Clinton and Trump,” said Tom Smith, who directs the Center for the Study of Politics and Society at the University of Chicago.

    During the latest polling, Clinton faced renewed scrutiny about her handling of classified emails while serving as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, and Trump’s campaign chief, Paul Manafort, resigned after a reshuffle of the candidate’s campaign leadership team.

    Clinton held a smaller lead in a separate four-way poll that included Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Jill Stein of the Green Party. Among likely voters, 41 percent supported Clinton, while 33 percent backed Trump. Johnson was backed by 7 percent and Stein by 2 percent.

    The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online in English in all 50 states. Both presidential polls included 1,115 respondents and had a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of 3 percentage points.


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    54321
    54321
    7 years ago

    This poll is about as cooked as the numbers in the Clinton foundation. Everyone with half a brain knows she’s in a desperate situation, but with the media in her back pocket she can get polls saying anything she wants.

    7 years ago

    Worthless poll, All designed to create an atmosphere that she is ahead.

    ifti99
    ifti99
    7 years ago

    And UPI and the LA Times has it as a dead heat. So much for objectivity.

    yonasonw
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    yonasonw
    7 years ago

    Read it and weep…you’re denying reality

    7 years ago

    By the way, today’s (Wednesday) LA Times daily poll has Hillary up by 2 points over Trump — which means she’s made up 4 points in 24 hours. Or maybe you Trump zombies believe the LA Times was secretly purchased by Hillary in the last 24 hours?

    begtodiffer
    begtodiffer
    7 years ago

    Reuters is owned by saudi arabia. Also how a question is phrased can prejudice the outcome? Need I say more?

    begtodiffer
    begtodiffer
    7 years ago

    If you dig a little deeper you would see that Thomson Reuters corp. has been involved in islamic financial dealings for the last 30 years.In addition,they have been dealing with sharia material products. I recall that there was quite a bit of photoshop adjustments during israels wars and battles with the arabs in the last 10 years by them and also the A.P. If you read how they come to their decisions you will note that they have scenarios in which Trump wins although they only publicized a scenario in which Clinton would win. If you trust them,I have a bridge to sell you.