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riversedge

(69,722 posts)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 01:40 PM Jul 2016

PPP Polling: Clinton Image Improves Following Conventions; Leads Trump by 5 pts

Slow, steady gains...


July 30, 2016
Clinton Image Improves Following Conventions; Leads Trump by 5

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2016/07/clinton-image-improves-following-conventions-leads-trump-by-5.html

PPP's new national poll, taken completely after both party's conventions, finds that Hillary Clinton emerged with a much more positive image than she had a month ago. Donald Trump meanwhile is just as unpopular as he was before the conventions.

Clinton's net favorability improved by 9 points over the last month. She's still not popular, with a -6 net favorability at 45/51, but it's a good deal better than the -15 spread she had at 39/54 a month ago. The gains are particularly attributable to Democrats increasing in their enthusiasm for her, going from giving her a 76/15 rating to an 83/12 one. Trump, on the other hand, is at a -22 net favorability with 36% of voters seeing him favorably to 58% with a negative one. That's barely changed at all from the 35/58 standing we found for him in late June.

Clinton leads the race with 46% to 41% for Trump, with Gary Johnson at 6% and Jill Stein at 2%. In a head to head just between Clinton and Trump, Clinton hits 50% and leads Trump 50-45. A month ago Clinton led 45-41 in the full field contest and 48-44 in the head to head so there hasn't been much change. But not much change is good news for Clinton. We've been writing for months that this race is shaping up pretty similarly both nationally and at the state level to the margins Barack Obama won by in 2012- not a huge landslide by any means, but a solid victory. The conventions have passed without any change to that big picture, and that leaves Clinton as the favorite going into the final three months.

It's also important to note that most of the remaining undecided pool is very Democratic leaning. .................


Democrats are coming out of their convention with the public having a much better view of their party (45/48 favorability) than the Republicans (38/55 favorability).....................

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PPP Polling: Clinton Image Improves Following Conventions; Leads Trump by 5 pts (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2016 OP
Good to see some people learning about the real Hillary vs the cartoon version emulatorloo Jul 2016 #1
If her favorability gets over 50%, then she will win going away andym Jul 2016 #2
Agree.so so so much negitivity riversedge Aug 2016 #3
Our Convention was Brilliant.. everyone did such a wonderful job showing Cha Aug 2016 #4
K&R! DemonGoddess Aug 2016 #5
There has been resistance to nominating Hillary for many years... Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #6
K & R radical noodle Aug 2016 #7

andym

(5,441 posts)
2. If her favorability gets over 50%, then she will win going away
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 02:48 PM
Jul 2016

It takes time to reverse all of the negative stories over the last few years about the congressiobal investigations, and especially over the last year about the FBI and the email server. But now that is in the past, and with a successful convention behind her, things should improve.

Cha

(295,909 posts)
4. Our Convention was Brilliant.. everyone did such a wonderful job showing
Mon Aug 1, 2016, 03:13 AM
Aug 2016

who Hillary really is.

So many want to smear her with lies but the truth came shining through!

Mahalo rivrers!

Michelle's, President Obama's, Bill Clinton's, all of their speeches were riveting!

Wounded Bear

(58,440 posts)
6. There has been resistance to nominating Hillary for many years...
Mon Aug 1, 2016, 09:59 AM
Aug 2016

using the excuse that "it will just motivate the Repub base." I'm not sure I ever agreed with that sentiment, but I think it is part of why it has been so long coming. Fact is, Obama "motivated their base" as much as anything Hillary could do. He ignited long simmering, but unacknowledged, racial feelings that had been largely suppressed. Hillary will trigger mysoginistic feelings in much the same way. Problem for the Repubs is that they can't 'segregate' women from their lives like they can racial minorities. They'll be conflicted in ways Dems will not this election. That should lead to a solid, if not spectacular win for Hillary.

GOTV!

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