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55% to 41%
Margin by which American voters prefer a president with “experience in how the political system works” over “someone from outside the existing political establishment,” according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. Most Democrats want experience, while independents are split and most Republicans prefer an outsider. Key detail: “Among those who prefer experience, moreover, 78% call it extremely or very important to them. Among those who prefer an outsider, fewer, 54%, call it highly important.”
45% to 40%
Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump in a new Greenberg Quinlan Rosner poll. A new set of Wall Street Journal/NBC News polls shows Hillary Clinton leading in four key swing states: Colorado (43% to 35%), Florida (44% to 37%), North Carolina (44% to 38%) and Virginia (44% to 35%).
42% to 39%
Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump has withered to three points, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. “Her numbers plunged as the controversy over her private email server while secretary of state dominated political news.” A new Economist/YouGov poll also shows Clinton with a three points lead, 40% to 38%.
47% to 45%
Donald Trump’s lead over Hillary Clinton in the presidential race in Florida, according to a new OnMessage poll in Florida. For comparison, the HuffPost Pollster average shows Clinton ahead, 48% to 41%.
42% to 37%
Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump nationally, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll. Interesting: “Clinton still needs to solidify the Democratic Party. In this poll, just 53% of Democratic primary voters who favored the Vermont Senator for the nomination say they will vote for Clinton in a four-way race.”
24.4 points
The average gender gap in 22 national polls since Hillary Clinton effectively sewed up the Democratic nomination on June 7, and the median gap is 26 points, slightly ahead of the exit poll era record set in 2000, according to Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “With four months to go in the 2016 general election campaign, national polls suggest that it’s quite possible that the Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump clash may well set a new record for partisan differences between the sexes.”
41% to 40%
Results of a new Morning Consult survey, which finds that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are nearly tied in the race for the White House. For comparison, the HuffPost Pollster average shows Clinton ahead by roughly six points, 46% to 40%.
46% to 40%
Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump nationally, according to a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll. Interesting finding: “Sixty-one percent report feeling alarmed about the election, swamping the 23% who are excited. Few are bored: Just 9%.”
49% to 37%
Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead nationally over Donald Trump, according to a new Bloomberg poll. Very interesting: 55% of those polled said they could never vote for Trump. Pollster Ann Selzer: “Clinton has a number of advantages in this poll, in addition to her lead. Her supporters are more enthusiastic than Trump’s and more voters overall see her becoming a more appealing candidate than say that for Trump.” A new Reuters/Ipsos poll also shows Clinton leading by 12 points.
49% to 41%
Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump nationally, according to a new NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll: “Clinton narrowed Trump’s lead among men and white voters to single digits over the past week and now leads Trump by 25 points — 58% to 33% — among voters describing themselves as moderate.”
