Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 07:04 pm
Hillary Clinton’s polling continues to improve against Donald Trump as three more national polls released Thursday show the presumptive Democratic nominee leading the spray-tanned billionaire.
According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, Clinton leads Trump by eight points. The survey also shows the presumptive Democratic nominee’s favorability ratings drastically improving over the same poll’s results from last week – now roughly half of respondents said they like the former Secretary of State.
Trump, on the other hand, continues to see his favorability under water, with 60 percent of voters saying they have a negative view of the presumptive Republican nominee.
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Two other polls – one from Rasmussen and another from Fox News – also show Clinton gaining ground on Trump.
The Fox poll have Clinton leading by a three-point margin, while Rasmussen has her ahead of Trump by four points.
What’s notable about these two findings is that recent polling from both organizations had Trump ahead of Clinton just weeks ago. As Trump stumbles to gain footing, it appears those numbers have started to shift toward the Democratic candidate.
Like we’ve been saying all along, surveys conducted at this stage of the race aren’t as important or accurate as those that will come out in the next few months. But we’re getting closer to a point when polls will have an increasing amount of predictive value. That time is approaching just as Republicans implode over their concerns about Donald Trump, and Democrats rally behind Hillary Clinton.
Once Democratic voters full unify behind their nominee and the general election campaign kicks into high gear, these numbers are likely to inch even further toward Hillary Clinton.
Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.
