A new swing state poll brings good news for Hillary Clinton

[riversedge]

Source: vox





A new swing state poll brings good news for Hillary Clinton

Updated by Katherine Hicks on June 21, 2016, 5:10 p.m. ET


A new poll puts presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton ahead of — or neck and neck with — Republican Donald Trump in several key swing states.

The poll, conducted by Quinnipiac University, gives Clinton an 8 percentage point lead over Trump in Florida (47-39), as well as a tie in Ohio (40-40) and a minor lead in Pennsylvania (42-41). The Ohio and Pennsylvania results are both within the margin of error.

RealClearPolitics, which aggregates findings from multiple surveys, puts Clinton at a lead of 2.7 points in Ohio and a lead of 0.5 points in Pennsylvania — still good news for the Clinton campaign.

The poll found that voters in each state believe Clinton to have higher moral standards, to be more intelligent, and to be better prepared than Trump to be president..................

Read more: http://www.vox.com/2016/6/21/11990868/clinton-leads-poll-in-3-swing-states

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Steady as she goes.

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[Grassy Knoll]

1. Florida? Wow, Trumps 2nd Home...

OUCH!!!

[Motley13]

24. Palm Beach is not very happy with deadbeat don

He tried to get airplanes diverted from flying over his house, said they were doing damage. The message I guess, is let the POOR suffer the damage. It is just another of his 3500 law suits.

[MH1]

2. I'm sorry, but the people of Ohio and PA should be embarrassed.

(and that group includes yours truly.)

How the F*** can Trump be polling that high? Is there lead in the water here or what?

[BlueEye]

3. Ohioan Here

It is embarrassing. It is the "Reagan Democrats" whatever that means. But I would note that 1) It's early, 2) Romney actually polled very competitively in Ohio in 2012 but lost by a healthy margin 3) If if the absolute-worst-case scenario occurred and Ohio went to Trump, FL and many of the other swing states seem likely to stay blue. Yes, Ohio is typically an absolute must win, but all the rules are different this year.

Frankly, I'm more worried about Ted Strickland beating Rob Portman than the Trumpster winning Ohio. Portman is spending gobs of money and strategically distancing himself from Trump.

[MH1]

4. Thanks for the insight.

Yes, Strickland beating Portman is very important. And Portman is savvy to distance himself from the Trumpster fire.

[riversedge]

5. It is early. I would like to see a steady slow rise from the swing states for Hillary.

[Skittles]

10. read!

http://www.stirjournal.com/2016/04/01/i-know-why-poor-whites-chant-trump-trump-trump/

[ronnie624]

18. +1. n/t

[Cosmocat]

21. Why do people romanticize this shit

The republican party overtly appeals to the lesser tendencies in people to get them to vote for them, while overtly using every bit of their power to advance the interests of the monied.

It is not complicated.

It is that simple, and that clear.

[Motley13]

27. People vote against their own best interest

n/t

[Ash_F]

20. Trade

[Motley13]

8. Florida is 3 voting districts

South FL is definitely Clinton including Cheeto's 2nd home, central FL is mostly Republican & NW FL is definitely Republican.

If S FL really shows up to vote, we can carry it.

It depends a lot on what central FL does also. Gainesville (U of FL) is Democratic, the rest is pretty much Rep.

Count NW FL as trump country

[GulfCoast66]

13. Orange County

Is more and more democratic. And while I hate what is happening in Puerto Rica it is sending more and more democratic voters into central Florida. Even Osceola county is turning blue.

[Motley13]

25. That is good to hear

n/t

[Cryptoad]

9. We havent even released the big dogs on Trump yet!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

16. That will be fun!

[Gene Debs]

12. +1,000

[totodeinhere]

14. Excuse me for my negativity but I don't understand how Vox can call those results "good news" for

Hillary Clinton. A dead heat in both Ohio and Pennsylvania? I actually find it shocking that a racist misogynist xenophobe can be tied with Clinton in two major swing states.

[Night Watchman]

15. Tied in Ohio???

That doesn't sound good to me!

[geek tragedy]

19. if she's ahead by 8 in FL, she's ahead by 11-13 in PA and 9-11 in OH nt

[Night Watchman]

29. And you know this because.....?

Don't get me wrong: I'm With Her all the way! But how do you figure those numbers?

[geek tragedy]

30. every general election, FL is more Republican than OH,

which is more Republican than PA

[OnDoutside]

17. Think of this as a 200m race, they have different starting points but once they round the bend

you'll then really see who is ahead.

[bigwillq]

23. Cool.

I dislike Hillary but I hope she wins the White House. Trump is awful.

[Motley13]

26. I do not understand

why there is so much dislike of Hillary? In her early days, I thought it was because she is so smart, the statement "I'm not going to stay home & bake cookies" added to it. She does sometimes have a problem getting her message across, but boy is she coming through now! No question she is the most qualified.
Nancy Pelosi has a similar problem she is terrific.

Recent poll in FL
out of 15 categories, Hillary ahead in 10
Cheeto is ahead in
male voters 45% to 41%, but his lead is descending
white voters 51% to 36%, also descending
Creating jobs 49% to 41%
effective against ISIS 48% to 42%
rather invite to your BBQ 48% to 40%

Hil is way ahead,trust to make decisions on use of nuclear weapons 56% to 34%, tk God
better prepared to be president 60% to 31%

[HockeyMom]

28. Moving from Florida to Pa.

when we sell our house. Looks like Hillary will be getting a vote in one Swing State or the other from me.

[JI7]

31. numbers seem off

I can't see her doing better in Florida than ohio and Pennsylvania.