Trump closes in on Clinton – latest poll
The candidates have the worst public images in the modern history of US presidential politics.
Republicans have rallied behind Donald Trump and have narrowed Hillary Clinton’s once double-digit lead to just three percentage points, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows.
Mrs Clinton is leading by 46% to 43%, the poll finds, down from her 11-percentage-point lead in April. Her support has dropped below 50% for the first time.
Bernie Sanders, Mrs Clinton’s rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, leads Mr Trump by a much wider, 15-point margin, 54% to 39%, in a hypothetical matchup.
Mr Sanders still faces long odds of wresting the Democratic nomination from Mrs. Clinton.
In the matchup against Mrs Clinton, Republican support for Mr Trump jumped to 86%, from 72% in mid-April, and the share of Republican voters who said they would support Mrs Clinton fell to 6% from 13% a month earlier.
Democrats’ support for Mrs Clinton, meanwhile, remains largely unchanged.
The two likely nominees still suffer from the worst public images in the modern history of presidential politics, with 58% viewing Mr. Trump negatively and 54% expressing similar sentiments about Mrs Clinton.
That is a big improvement from the 65% negative rating for Mr Trump in April.
The share of Democratic primary voters who view Mrs Clinton favourably has dropped from 84% last June to 65% while the share who view her negatively jumped from 7% to 21%.
A remarkable one-in-10 voters say they wouldn't vote for either Mrs Clinton or Mr Trump, a reflection of both candidates’ poor public images while 47% say they would consider an independent or third-party candidate.
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Nevil Gibson
Mon, 23 May 2016
Mon, 23 May 2016
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Trump closes in on Clinton – latest poll
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