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pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 03:14 PM Aug 2016

Clinton leads Trump by 10 in national poll

Source: Politico

Hillary Clinton has opened up a 10-point national lead over Donald Trump in the Quinnipiac University poll of likely voters out Thursday, the latest sign of the Democratic nominee's sturdy momentum as Trump wades through self-inflicted controversies.

Among those likely to vote in November, Clinton grabbed 51 percent in a head-to-head matchup, while Trump earned 41 percent.

The survey entered the field last Thursday, a day after Trump shook up his leadership structure, naming pollster Kellyanne Conway as campaign manager and Breitbart executive Steve Bannon as CEO. Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign chairman, resigned Friday following a cascade of negative stories about his work for the pro-Kremlin former president of Ukraine, as the Trump team sought to articulate the candidate’s shifting message on immigration, arguably his signature campaign issue.

Clinton’s double-digit lead, more than double her previous weekly RealClearPolitics average of 5 points, comes even as the Democratic nominee faced renewed scrutiny over the connections between her family’s foundation and her work as secretary of state.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/clinton-leads-trump-by-10-in-national-poll-227406



White men still love Trump, white women are divided, but even more minority voters loathe him (77 to 15).

I guess the campaign shake-up didn't impress the right people.
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redstatebluegirl

(12,264 posts)
1. I am going to say this one more time.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 03:17 PM
Aug 2016

Don't get cocky....Aisles and his buddy from Brietbart will be taking off the gloves. We must GOV or we will be seeing this jackass in the White House. We cannot look at polls right now, they mean NOTHING! They have a plan, and you don't know how many of your neighbors are afraid to say they are for Trump but will vote for him none the less. Brexit....

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
3. They don't make me cocky. They keep me from despairing every time I think
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 03:20 PM
Aug 2016

about the hate he's been stirring up.

Scruffy1

(3,239 posts)
4. I hope she gets her campaign in gear.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 03:22 PM
Aug 2016

In my mind this should be a 25 point plus blowout. So far the campaign has seemed to exist solely in knocking Trump. I think she needs to sell Hillary. There is only nine weeks left.

groundloop

(11,487 posts)
6. 25 point blowout is unrealistic. There's a floor at around 40%, and tRump seems to be very close
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 03:31 PM
Aug 2016

Either candidate will get a minimum of roughly 40% of the vote just because of party loyalists that will vote for a given party no matter what. If tRump manages to go much below where he's at now it will be uncharted territory.

While I'm optimistic about November I'm not satisfied yet - I'll always want more more more. I want to see a big enough blowout that we manage to take back the Senate AND House.

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
7. If that is what you thought you didn't understand how strong and deep the differences
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 03:31 PM
Aug 2016

are between the parties. Ten points IS a blowout, given the electoral divide today.

And I also don't understand how you can think the campaign hasn't been doing its work. Hillary herself has given 375 interviews this year. And she's been blanketing the airways with ads in the swing states (and nationally during the Olympics).

Look at Hillaryclinton.com, where she lays out her positions on many issues.

DownriverDem

(6,205 posts)
12. Trump Threshold
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 08:19 PM
Aug 2016

Trump's threshold is high 30s to low 40s. Just wait. For those of us who watched the Clinton campaigns back in the 1990s, there is no doubt they are masters at it. www.electoral-vote.com gives you a better idea of where the election stands. The thought of Trump winning is disgusting.

bucolic_frolic

(42,663 posts)
5. "Sturdy" is an apt description
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 03:30 PM
Aug 2016

she is not a lightweight. Rock solid in fact. Credentials, experience,
maturity. She has not led a playboy's life.

4lbs

(6,756 posts)
8. The M$M will rectify this quickly enough. A 10+, and edging towards +15, margin is bad for
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 05:01 PM
Aug 2016

media ratings.

They need it to be close, otherwise, they can't get people interested in watching their chicken-little concern talk.

"emails!"

"Clinton Foundation!"

"Pay for Play!"

"<insert overblown doesn't-affect-95% of the public concern here>"


"Benghazi!" (dead horse is dead but won't be allowed to be buried)


ffr

(22,645 posts)
9. Won't be content until she's ahead by 98%
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 05:30 PM
Aug 2016

Where the only people left in America supporting Drumpf/Pence are Drumpf & Pence.

lark

(23,003 posts)
11. Clinton's over 50% - so exciting!!
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 11:29 AM
Aug 2016

GO HILLARY GO!!!!

We are counting on you and will do everything possible to help her win and save the country from absolute destruction - the world will thank us!

LenaBaby61

(6,965 posts)
15. I'm generally one who WAITS until at least Mid-September to seriously start following polls ...
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 10:58 PM
Aug 2016

And for sure post the first Presidential debate.

But damn, MANY of these polls I do sometimes glance at are ALL over the place. Ipsos has Hillary up one day vs tRump by at least 10 percentage points, and then when you look at their state polling, tRump is up by +14 in NH, and most recently a majority of the polls NOW have Hillary leading tRump by a very healthy margin in NH. I'm aware that Ipsos is an on line poll and from what I have learned from everything I've ever read is that on line polling is not as accurate as a poll which uses land lines AND cell phones to question a voter in live time. Then, when you look deeper into Ipsos you realize that some of the numbers their using for their polling samples are extremely small. I believe I saw one Ipsos poll that had a sampling of a poll they'd run which used about 114 people they used for that particular poll, and although I am no Einstein or statistician, but polling 114 people seems like TOO darn low of a number to get an accurate assessment of a presidential race which has somebody like tRump running as POTUS which is unprecedented. Additionally when you add in there that there have been NO debates yet then you have to factor in that there are 2 other candidates thrown into the race as well (Johnson, Stein).

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