USC Dornsife / LA Times Presidential Election Poll [Clinton 44.8, Trump 44.2]

USC Dornsife ^ | August 4, 2016

[mrs9x]

I believe that this is a tight race. Hillary probably has a slight lead right now. The electorate does not move as quickly as some of these polls lead one to believe.

Turnout is going to be key. The question is who shows up this election year.

[pburgh01]

paging JimRob, imbecile alert....

[cincinnati65]

Agreed. It just seems a little more ramped up for Trump, definitely at Palin levels as she was cut from similar "outside the establishment" cloth.

Oh, and as to the "nuclear weapons" thing, I've conjectured that Trump likely said something along the lines of "If we're not going to use them, why do we have them?".

But I don't think he was advocating their use. I think he was questioning the spend, as in "Why did we bother spending billions on weapons we're never going to use?"

[cymbeline]

“I eat fried chicken that way. Always have.”

So do I and I’m from the South.

[edie1960]

I pray you’re right and that Trump can turn things around.
Right now, I believe everything will ride on how he does in the debates, where I hope the Trump campaign can successfully negotiate who the moderators will be.
No Candy Crowleys!!

[Road Warrior ‘04]

I think you mean Gutfeld...and, quite unfortunately, Dana Perino...I say unfortunately, becaue she is quite lovely, but she can’t go against her beloved Bushes...

No. I was speaking of "Fox & Friends". Gutfeld and Perrino are on "The Five".

[Kevin C]

Hello Troll

So there was a national Dem ekection ?..

When ?. I love your effort to destroy Trump support here. Move along.

Sanders would have won itif the super delegates system did not exist.

Fact.

How unfortunate that you are confusing the introduction of facts into a conversation as trolling.

Let's look at your assertion that Comrade Bernie would have won the Democratic nomination if only there had been no super delegates, shall we?

Which candidate won the most votes in the Democratic primaries? Clinton received over 15 million votes, while Sanders received over 12 million votes:

Democratic Vote Count

Now, in case math is not your strong suit, 15 million is a larger number than 12 million.

Fact.

But of course, we also need to look at the delegate count itself. Of the 4763 delegates to the Democratic convention, 4051 were pledged delegates as opposed to super delegates. Clinton won 2807 of those pledged delegates as opposed to Sanders with 1894:

Democratic Delegate Count

Once again, just in case you are not a math wizard, 2807 is greater than 1894.

Fact.

I'm not sure how stating easily verifiable facts as I have will diminish Mr. Trump's support here.

What I do know is that you are spouting long-ago debunked Bernie Sanders talking points and accusing others of being a troll.

Fact.

[Angels27]

6 of the 7 days of polling are post DNC. Ibthink Trumps lead was 7 at the start, so its a 7 point bounce so far....Trump needs to forget about the gold star muzzies and focus on Hillary and all her high crimes.

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

Trump is tanking because of his mistakes and massive media coverage of them.

According to a lot of what I read here on FR, Trump is gonna beat HRC like the proverbial rented mule. Can all those Freepers be wrong??

[apocalypto]

Our family has always eaten fried chicken with fork and knife, and we even eat ribs that way. While I know not everybody does this, I never considered it controversial or worthy of news.

[ncalburt]

Yep and your getting happy now .

Polls are bs
cell phones killed wven the spec of data they had

Trump hater ???

[uncbob]

He better study up on the corruption of Hillary and her communist policies and pound it every day

And I am sure the MSM will give it lots of coverage --that is the damn problem

[central_va]

November polls will show “tightening”. More like polsters saving credibility.

[central_va]

I know if Cruz was the running against Hillary he’d be up 20 points on her by golly.

[ncalburt]

Sure thing .
never addressed why your so eager to depressbthe Tromp support here ???

you were actually caught quoting the Hillary Dem websites set up to try to stop the Sangers revolts .

sander would have won if the supetdelegates system did not exist.

comrade hillary had millions of fewer total votes than in 2008 ,
trumps total votes far exceedsd anyone in decades.

[hsmomx3]

I hate the media. FNC is touting Hillary’s doubled digit leads in PA as well as other states this morning.

[hsmomx3]

Agreed! Only ones I see as pro-Trump is Bolling and Hannity.

[Buckeye McFrog]

The interviewees said that’s a stupid way to eat fried chicken.

The interviewees have never eaten it while wearing a $4000 suit.

[DarthVader]

I don’t he would be either. They would have him painted as a religious fanatic. He was not even close to winning the nomination. Trump has to stay on message and avoid the extra curricular BS.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Trump had a 7 point lead in this poll just before the RAT convention.