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An article posted two days ago on NBC seems to disagree. In a recent poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, it was found that 43% of likely voters plan on voting Clinton. That's about 6% more than the 37% of likely voters that plan on voting Trump. A narrow margin indeed, but Clinton has continued to be on top. Hardly a "death blow."
[a href = http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/poll-clinton-leads-trump-ahead-first-debate-n652141] The whole article is linked here-- I've quoted a few key parts. [/a] (Darn, the link isn't even working. How do I link?)
"The survey - which was conducted after Clinton's return to the campaign trail following her bout with pneumonia - shows a bigger advantage for the secretary of state than did polls taken during the heightened scrutiny of her health."
(Speaking of which, Clinton has fully recovered from the pneumonia. That that would happen is obvious, but I figured people should know.)
"'Despite arguably the worst few weeks of her candidacy, the fundamentals still point toward a Hillary Clinton victory,' says Democratic pollster Fred Yang of Hart Research Associates, who conducted the survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies."
"In a head-to-head matchup without those third-party candidates, Clinton's advantage expands to seven points, 48 percent to 41 percent. This is the NBC/WSJ poll's first general-election poll of likely voters in the 2016 race."
"And 50 percent of Clinton voters say their vote is more for Clinton, while 44 percent of them say their vote is more being against Trump.
That's compared with 41 percent of Trump voters who say their vote is more for Trump, versus 51 percent who say it's more being against Clinton."
"Clinton also holds the advantage over Trump on being knowledgeable and experienced enough to handle the presidency (60 percent to 23 percent) and on having the right temperament to be president (56 percent to 23 percent).
But Trump holds the edge on being honest and straightforward (41 percent say Trump is better here, versus 31 percent who say Clinton is)."
Wow, its a little disturbing how people view Trump as the most honest candidate. But I guess people feel that Clinton is the most qualified for actually leading so it balances out. Plus, besides that, Clinton is in the lead. That makes sense-- I'm not fond of her myself, but I don't really want to contribute to the rise of a bigoted buffoon, and I doubt I'm the only person who feels that way.
(Anticipating certain responses-- yes, I'm aware that NBC has a strong liberal bias, however, if they were making numbers and facts up to try to make Clinton look good, surely they'd go with a much bigger margin and try to gloss over the negativity surrounding the Clinton campaign and praise for the Trump campaign.)
