Clinton +6 in the latest USA Today general election Poll

[woolldog]

Up 6 over Trump.

Clinton-46 Trump-40

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/04/politics/poll-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/

[BlueNoMatterWho]

1. Sounds about right. Still way too close. Unbelievable.

[BlueCaliDem]

13. Never, ever underestimate the power of well-funded propaganda. That's what's driving her

numbers down. Thirty years of lies and innuendo made into truth has taken root with too many Americans who should know better.

Also, never underestimate the power of commercial polls getting the results the clients of said polls have paid for.

So, for me, it's not unbelievable. It's par for the course in a country that's been inundated with lies and made-up scandals by a complicit M$M and moneyed interests who don't believe in socialism unless it's to the exclusive benefit of the already powerful and wealthy.

[RandySF]

2. She'll win by around 8 points

But still unbelievable that human beings would vote for Trump.

[Peacetrain]

4. ^^^^^^^^^

[floriduck]

5. Even 8 points seems way to close considering her opponent. Trump has to be the absolute

worst presidential candidate in modern history or longer. She should be well into a double digit lead.

[HumanityExperiment]

6. ^^^ THIS ^^^

Historic unfavorables are the cause imo... why folks here aren't addressing this and figuring out the 'why' and finding solutions to that 'why' continues to baffle me

[KMOD]

7. When's the last time a presidential poll had a candidate up by double digits?

She is leading t-Rump by a bigger margin than President Obama led R-Money at this point.

[floriduck]

10. I'm just saying there is no conceivable reason a racist bigot with zero political experience is only

trailing one of the most experienced candidates alive by 6 or so points. It just doesn't make sense.

[KMOD]

12. The country is deeply polarized.

It also defies logic that t-Rump is the republican nominee, and yet, there he is.

[RandySF]

19. There's no conceivable reason.....

1. That an OB/GYN who sterilized women without their consent would be elected to the Senate, but he was.
2. That a Congressman would be re-elected after admitting to forcing a mistress to get an abortion. But he was.
3. That a sitting senator who pretty much admitting to screwing hooker while wearing a diaper would be re-elected. But he was.
4. That a Republican who pleaded the Fifth to Congress on Medicare fraud would not only be nominated Gov. of Florida, but elected. But he was.


Welcome to today's Republican Party.

[thesquanderer]

22. It makes sense because, outside of the dem base, Hillary is well over 50% unfavorable.

I think sometimes people here have a skewed image of what people outside the bubble think. There are lots of people out there who just can't stand Hillary.

[NWCorona]

15. Trump makes Romney look like Reagan

It shouldn't even be this close.

[KMOD]

18. Our most recent Presidential races have

tended to be close in the polls. Her margin is actually larger than other previous candidates.

[whatthehey]

27. Rs have about a 40% floor just like we do.

I'd vote for a wacky D candidate over a Republican any day, because I consider the danger of Republicanism worse than the personal peccadilloes of any Dem. There are many Republicans who return the sentiment. That's all we are seeing.

[realmirage]

3. Trump's ceiling seems to be 40%

He never gets above that, while Hillary has actually hit 50 a couple of times. A good sign.

[KMOD]

8. yup!

[BlueCaliDem]

9. Yes! Yes! YES! eom

[NWCorona]

16. This is a very important point and it's a threshold he mustn't be allowed to pass

[uponit7771]

17. +1, 40% is the GOP floor and now he's going to dip below that

[MariaThinks]

11. people are still buying into all the lies about Hillary

[DCBob]

14. Once the FBI officially clears Hillary of any legal issues these numbers will jump.

That should be next week or soon thereafter.

[Rapidly]

20. Rasmussen was an outlier

As usual.

[JCMach1]

23. Not even an outlier, smoking crack...

[MFM008]

21. Chilly rainy March seemed like

Yesterday.
Here it is chilly rainy July 4 in
western Washington State.
Labor day 2 months away.
The trees will be turning.........
Election day will be here in no time..
(like March to july)
Rumpel may get a bump out of the coming circus..
tRumpstravaganza.
but she will regain the lead
when we become the adults in the room in 3 weeks.
I still believe she wins by 5 to 10 points.

[Doctor Jack]

24. Excellent! Looks like the concerns about tightening last week was overblown

Time to celebrate! 6 pack, fireworks, and no work tomorrow, goddamn sweet

[woolldog]

25. Well as noted in the linked article...

the previous USA today poll had Clinton up double digits. So the race has narrowed, but the +6 result is in line with all the other polls, so it looks solid.

[Doctor Jack]

26. That was a few months ago though

All of the polls back then showed a massive lead for Sanders and Clinton. If it went from 11 points or whatever to 6 in the last week that would be concerning. Not really that big of a deal in this case.

[Rapidly]

28. Rasmussen was an outlier

As usual