Thread: LA Times Poll: Trump Slightly Extends Lead Over Clinton

LA Times Poll: Trump Slightly Extends Lead Over Clinton



Wednesday, 28 Sep 2016 08:44 AM

Donald Trump has slightly increased his nationwide lead over Hillary Clinton since the first presidential debate, according to the Los Angeles Times/USC Dornsife daily tracking poll released Wednesday.

The results:

• Trump: 46.7 percent;
• Clinton: 42.6 percent.

This boosts the Republican candidate's advantage over Clinton by 0.6 percentage points from the poll taken the day before, the first one following the Monday debate.

Other details from the poll indicate:

• Trump has held the lead in this poll since Sept. 13, with his largest advantage since then being Sept. 18 when he led by 6.7 points;
• Trump's lead slipped to as little as 1.4 points Sept. 23 before the real estate mogul rebuilt his advantage to its current 4.1 points;
• The most volatile voting bloc has been those under 35 years of age, who just a few weeks ago backed Clinton by 10 points but then supported Trump by 8 points a short time later. Trump's advantage in that age group is now at 5.5 points;
• Trump's support among those with a high school education or less stands at an advantage of 19.2 points, after it was a just a single-digit margin several few weeks ago;
• He also has a nearly 20-point gap over Clinton in support among males. His advantage among males was only about half that earlier this month.

The Republican candidate has also shown a marked improvement in black support, which was at just 3 percent earlier this month. That backing jumped to as high as 20 percent 10 days ago before fading and then rebounding to its current 18.2 percent, still well behind Clinton 74.3 percent support among blacks.

The Los Angeles Times/USC Dornsife poll tracks about 3,000 eligible voters until Election Day, asking on a regular basis about their support for the candidates.

The data is updated each day based on the weighted average of poll responses over the previous week, which means the results have less volatility than other surveys and also could take more time to react to major events in the campaign.

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New Poll Since Debate Shows Shift In Trump’s Poll Numbers

by Jack Davis September 28, 2016 at 9:01am

After millions of Americans watched Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton debate on Monday night, a new poll shows support for Trump is increasing.

The USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Daybreak tracking poll, which tracks Americans’ support for the presidential candidates on a daily basis, showed that as of Tuesday, Trump is leading Clinton 46.7 percent to 42.6 percent.

The poll, which unlike other polls tracks the same population over time, represents a significant comeback for Trump, who as of Aug. 14 was trailing Clinton 46.3 percent to 41.6 percent.

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The national poll tracks the voting preferences of 3,000 participating voters, but not every voter participates every day. Participation in the wake of the debate was at 90 percent, making it one of the highest participation days since the poll began in July.

Trump has significant leads in many demographic groups.

He now leads Clinton among voters aged 18-34, 44.7 percent to 39.2 percent. Clinton had led among this group throughout the early part of the campaign.

Voters between 35-64 years old also side with Trump 45.5 percent to 43.5 percent. This group has changed preferences repeatedly. Trump also continues to lead among older voters with a 49.5 percent to 44.7 percent lead among voters 65 and over.

From the start, Trump has held a vast lead over Clinton among voters with a high school education or less, and trailed her among college graduates. Among voters with some college education, Trump posts a lead of 48.3 percent to 40 percent.

Among white voters, Trump leads 54.8 percent to 33.7 percent. Although his current 18.2 percent support among black voters is an increase from the summer, Clinton still has a strong showing among black voters with 74.3 percent. Clinton also leads among Hispanic voters, but by a narrower margin of 56.8 percent to 31.8 percent.

Clinton had led among women from the start, and currently leads Trump 50 percent to 38.8 percent. Among men, Trump leads Clinton 54.9 percent to 35.1 percent.

Voters with incomes under $35,000 have favored Clinton throughout the campaign. She leads Trump 49.5 percent to 39.2 percent among these voters. Voters with incomes from $35,000 to $75,000 favor Trump 51.1 percent to 37.6 percent. Upper income voters support Trump 47.9 percent to 43.2 percent.

In assessing the debate, Britt Hume of Fox News focused on the candidates’ faces as he opined about how voters would assess the candidates.

“The question for a lot of people I’m sure was, for assessing their judgment is, what did they think of the two faces that they saw while the candidates were not talking, while they were listening?” he said. “The Trump expression is one we’re all familiar with from the earlier debates. He looked annoyed, put out, uncomfortable and she looked, I think, for the most part, she looked composed, smug sometimes, not necessarily attractive.”

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Blacks should support Trump because Mr. Cacao bean has not done a d--n thing for them. I see homeless people all over our city now, who in past times would have been landscapers, cleaners, valets, etc. but now you have illegals doing those jobs.