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Title: White House Watch: Trump 40%, Clinton 39%, Johnson 7%, Stein 3%
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Rasmussen Reports
URL Source: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub ... lection_2016/white_house_watch
Published: Sep 1, 2016
Author: Rasmussen
Post Date: 2016-09-01 09:49:37 by redleghunter
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Thursday, September 01, 2016 Hillary Clinton’s post-convention lead has disappeared, putting her behind Donald Trump for the first time nationally since mid-July. The latest weekly Rasmussen Reports White House Watch national telephone and online survey shows Trump with 40% support to Clinton’s 39% among Likely U.S. Voters, after Clinton led 42% to 38% a week ago. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson now earns seven percent (7%) of the vote, down from nine percent (9%) the previous two weeks, while Green Party candidate Jill Stein picks up three percent (3%) support. Three percent (3%) like some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.) Clinton's support has been trending down from a high of 44% in early August just after the Democratic National Convention. This is her lowest level of support since mid-July. Trump's support has been eroding, too, from his high of 44% at that time. A one-point lead is statistically insignificant in a survey with a +/- 3 percentage point of margin of error. It highlights, however, that this remains a very close race. Both major candidates have lost some support this week from voters in their respective parties. Trump now has the backing of 71% of Republicans, down from 76% a week ago. Clinton has 73% of the Democratic vote, down from 79% in the previous survey. Trump attracts 15% of Democrats, while 12% of Republicans prefer Clinton. The GOP nominee continues to hold a small lead among voters not affiliated with either major political party, this week leading 36% to 28%. Poster Comment: A daily tracking poll with a good record. BLUF? Rasmussen states the Clinton convention bump is over. This is a national poll and not state by state. State polls usually lag a week or two. We will probably see more accurate polls now in September given the summer break is over, kids back to school, and people are now focused on the home stretch.
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#1. To: redleghunter (#0)
There are many better: http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/ RCP's and 538's multi-pollster analyses show the race tightening since the conventions ... but CLinton still in the lead. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. The problem with the RCP is the site averages the recent polls. So if there is an outlier partisan poll like PPD (which claims they are partisan) it skews the numbers. Rasmussen has a daily tracking poll and they periodically issue results of state polls for the Electoral College.
PPP's not the outlier, Rasmussen is. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. How do you know?
We have several other polls to compare them to. PPP is in the midst of the rest, while Rasmussen is out on the fringe - by definition, that's an outlier.
A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. a good record
#2. To: ConservingFreedom (#1)
RCP's and 538's multi-pollster analyses show the race tightening since the conventions ... but CLinton still in the lead.
#3. To: redleghunter (#2)
an outlier partisan poll like PPD
#4. To: ConservingFreedom (#3)
#5. To: redleghunter (#4)
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