Posted on 08/27/2016 1:12:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
epublican Donald Trump rebounded last week against Democrat Hillary Clinton, while support for Libertarian Gov. Gary Johnson hit a new high and Dr. Jill Stein collapsed. The People’s Pundit Daily U.S. Presidential Election Daily Tracking Poll finds Mrs. Clinton holds a slight 1.3 percentage point lead over Mr. Trump, 42.1% to 40.8%, with Gov. Johnson at 10.6% and Dr. Stein at 2.6%.
This marks the highest level of support ever measured for Gov. Johnson by the PPD Presidential Election Daily Tracking Poll and, though it’s not the lowest ever measured for Dr. Stein, the Green Party candidate hasn’t fallen below 3% in the poll since 7/24/2016. On the surface, it would appear that the rise of Gov. Johnson draws from both Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton. But demographically, many of the voters supporting the Libertarian candidate are voters Mr. Trump will likely need to win over if he hopes to flip battleground states Gov. Mitt Romney lost, particularly in the Rust Belt.
“Johnson is the only candidate running who I believe is qualified for the position,” said Alan Winter, an independent voter from Lebanon, Pennylvania. “Trump is reckless, Clinton is a criminal and Stein’s lacks the experience for the job.”
Support for Dr. Stein declined to 2.9% in Friday’s 3-day rolling average (8/25/2016) and ticked down slightly again on Saturday. She enjoyed her highest level of support in PPD tracking during and in the days after the Democratic National Convention, when the DNC was rocked by leaked emails released by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, which revealed an anti-Bernie Sanders bias and collaboration with media outlets such as The Washington Post and Politico.
However, much of that anger has either faded or been replaced with a desire by Democratic voters to stop the Republican nominee.
“Clinton has the experience to work with both sides and has stuck with it through constant Republican demonization,” said Lisa Pons, a Democrat from Murrieta, California. “Trump has turned our country and election process into an embarrassment.”
Ms. Pons supported Sen. Sanders is the Democratic primary, but now feels it is more important to stop Mr. Trump than it is to teach Mrs. Clinton and the DNC a lesson.
“I want him defeated to tell the world that Americans are better than Trump.”
Despite Gov. Johnson’s rise and Dr. Stein’s collapse, Mr. Trump has been able to gain on Mrs. Clinton, who remained relatively flat over the prior week. The New York businessman actually retook a slight lead in the poll temporarily on August 20, which was largely fueled by a marginal increase in Republican support, greater enthusiasm among his core supporters and a decline in support among independents for Mrs. Clinton. Mr. Trump continues to lead Mrs. Clinton among independent voters, 45% to 32%, with Gov. Johnson taking 18% and Dr. Stein 5%.
“I have followed and admired Mr. Trump since I was a young man,” Bob Erio, an independent voter from Castaic, California said. Mr. Erio is “strongly opposed to political correctness” and feels his horse is the “candidate to fundamentally change Washington and revive our nation.”
“Mr. Trump has freed and empowered the silent majority to speak up on behalf of genuine, traditional American values,” he added. “I believe he’s the best candidate we’ve had for President since Ronald Reagan. Western civilization is at stake in this election, and Donald Trump is the candidate who can save our freedom and culture.”
Further, while many commentators and mediates are mocking Trump’s outreach to African-American voters, he maintains support from a larger percentage of black voters than the prior two GOP nominees (11%). The results of the People’s Pundit Daily U.S. Presidential Election Tracking Poll regarding black voters find men more than women, specifically men aged 30 years and older, are more open to supporting Mr. Trump than conventional political “wisdom” indicates.
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The above survey results are taken from the responses of 1224 likely voters interviewed via Internet panel from August 22 to August 24, 2016. Respondents statements may include those give in the prior 7 days. Learn more about how we conduct interviews for the People’s Pundit Daily U.S. Presidential Election Daily Tracking Poll and survey methodology here.
Exactly!
Come hell or high water the press will see to it that it polls Johnson not the green party high enough to enter the debate to help Clinton. Just watch!
ROFL....after reading what you have on your page and you can sit there and say ‘harsh’ your out of your ever lovin mind!!!
“ROFL....after reading what you have on your page and you can sit there and say ‘harsh’ your out of your ever lovin mind!”
Heh heh heh ... thank you ma’am.
All Lefties are arrogant, strange birds. Johnson is just willing to show *how* strange.
Agree, he will be lucky if he gets 2-3%.
Johnson, at Great Length, hits new high...LOL
Unfortunately Hildebeast is back up today by 1.3 pts. Similar uptick in USC poll. Unfortunately the low information crowd is buying the Trump is racist theme for the next few days.
Trump will get millions of votes in CA but the state's electoral votes will all go to Hillary. The state is a permanent lost cause to Republicans in a state-wide vote.
Johnson is going to take votes from Hillary, not Trump.
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