Trump beats Clinton by 3 points in new poll

[Cheese Sandwich]

Source: The Hill

Donald Trump edges out Hillary Clinton by 3 percentage points in a hypothetical general election match-up, according to a new Fox News poll.

Trump has 45 percent support, while Clinton trails with 42, putting just within the poll's margin of error.

Clinton rival Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, leads Trump 46 to 42, according to the same poll.

The presumptive GOP nominee is buoyed by his support among whites, leading Clinton 55 to 31 percent. That margin grows among whites without a college degree, 61 percent of whom favor Trump, while just 24 percent back Clinton.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/fox-news-poll-bernie-sanders-donald-trump-hillary-clinton

[runaway hero]

1. And there it is

Hopefully this is a wake up call.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. Oh please. It's Fox News. n/t

[runaway hero]

6. Trump is the most disliked candidate

You know who is number two. I'm voting for her 100 percent. Not sure about my extended family.

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. Fivethirtyeight rates the pollsters. Fox News polls always have & always will lean right.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/pollster-ratings/

[BillZBubb]

23. And 538 always leans Hillary.

So, there's that.

[Chicago1980]

70. 538 isn't often wrong either.

[JDPriestly]

91. What was its prediction for Kentucky and Oregon?

[0rganism]

96. they were pretty close

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-to-expect-in-the-democratic-primaries-in-kentucky-and-oregon/

looks like they were picking a 2-pt win for HRC in KY, and a 15-pt win for SBS in OR. not quite a bullseye, but definitely first circle out.

[runaway hero]

34. The spread is still in Hillary's favor

But we need a spark here.

[On the Road]

109. That is Generally True,

but in the 2000 election, Fox had the candidates dead even and ended up being the closest to actuals.

[BlueNoMatterWho]

64. Unfavorables

According to this poll the unfavorable numbers are as follows:

Clinton 61%
Trump 56%

[runaway hero]

82. Ugly.

That's within the margin of error though. That's basically 60-60 for all intents in purposes. Smh...

[BlueNoMatterWho]

11. Faux News

Fox News is a joke. I for the life of me can't figure out why this poll is so highly rated by FiveThirtyEight.

[still_one]

49. I don't know whether it is a joke or not, but National polls are a joke, since states determine

Presidential Elections.

These national polls do not sync up with the states meaningfully in the way they are done. Hillary is ahead in the primaries. She has received more votes than any other candidate. She also has more pledged delegates.

What also skews the national polls is that many of the Sanders supporters do not affiliate themselves with the Democratic party, and I would suspect some misidentify themselves also.

If it makes some feel better to post garbage polls, either thinking it will change people's minds, or just needle some, that's fine. Whatever gets them going.

I prefer to deal with reality

[yeoman6987]

29. They still have Bernie winning like all the other polls

[trueblue2007]

42. and the OP is posting this Republican poll WHY ???? What reason ???

[Tarheel_Dem]

48. Fascinating how everything coming out of Fox News is dismissed out of hand, except this one poll.

No agenda there, right?

[RogueTrooper]

111. Everything from Fox

Except material boosting Bernie; then it becomes the font of truth and wisdom.

Fox News: Proof that even a broken watch is, sometimes, not right twice a day.

[Reter]

77. Fox News are neo-cons

They actually favor Clinton over Trump.

[INdemo]

114. Sure its Fox News but check out all the other polls

and on average Trump is ahead of Hillary.
The Debbie Wassermann Schultz is making a big mistake by anointing Hillary as the nominee.

[tabasco]

124. Don't worry. There will be others.

Republicans are rallying around the "strong leader," while half of all Democrats and most independents can't stand H. Clinton.

[forest444]

7. That alarm clock has been ringing for four months; but to no avail.

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Hillary voters just keep hitting the snooze button.

Perhaps Gary Johnson will end up saving the day for her (and, lest we forget, for us all).

[BlueNoMatterWho]

12. How the Hell

How the hell does a republican win in a three way race with Gary Johnson?

[forest444]

20. My point exactly.

As I see it, the only sure way Ms. Inevitable can win in November, is with our buddy Gary running a strong Libertarian campaign - especially if he gets a little help from some of the GOP bigwigs.

And as much as I dislike the former Secretary, she is, as Bernie likes to point out, a thousand times better than the prospect of having the Republicans retake the White House.

Go, Gary. Go!

[runaway hero]

37. I agree.

I support Hillary, but you can just cut the tension with a knife every time you watch TV. It's sad.

[rtracey]

115. o

O well, we tried, lets just fold up the tents and walk over the mountain. Fox news had a poll and the republican won....hmmmmm really All Hail the commander in chief Donald Trump.... sound good folks? NO is doesn't well GET OFF THE PISSY LITTLE BABY SHIT AND START SUPPORTING SOMETHING INSTEAD OF THE BULLSHIT VITRIOL. If not, you will be watching Trump take the oath.....

[msongs]

2. fox news teams up with trump/sanders 2016. they're trying to get a debate to gang up on HRC

[villager]

5. So in the previous polls, with Clinton ahead, they were teaming up with her?

[tomm2thumbs]

9. OMG LOLz

please let us hand pick only the polls that are convenient to our current message!!!!!

LOL

[kimbutgar]

4. I kind of remember in 2012 that Romney was beating Obama.

These polls re only meant to persuade us to vote for trump or scare us into voting for Hillary. I will be voting for whoever the democratic candidate is. Trump is a crazy man who has no business being near the White House.

[BillZBubb]

25. Geez: Hillary is NOT Obama.

She is not liked at all by independents. This will be a very close race whatever the Faux poll says.

[itcfish]

119. You think so?

Than this country is in sad shape if that many people will vote for Trump. Nobody can save this nation.

[BillZBubb]

120. The nation voted for w bush twice (at least enough for him to "win").

The nation will survive trump if worst comes to worst. We survived w.

Democrats can't comprehend the amount of dislike for Hillary in the country. It's there, it's real, and trump will be the beneficiary.

The election is going to be about who the voters dislike the least. It's going to be dirty and nasty. It's going to be a lot closer than Democrats would like to believe.

[tabasco]

95. You kind of remember wrong

Obama was well ahead in the polls at this time in 2012.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html

[youceyec]

8. right now,

a lot of sanders supporters are saying TRUMP to interviewers out of spite. They will come around in the end.

[BlueNoMatterWho]

15. Agree

^^^THIS^^^

[BillZBubb]

26. Sure they will. Hillary will turn on the charm.

Right, that will happen.

[bunnies]

56. They're too blind to see the writing on the wall.

They think it's business as usual. Even still. And maybe the corporocrat will even win this time. But maybe people are waking the fuck up.

[kayakjohnny]

41. That's only if you're guess is right.

Some people might want to see the country burn big, since it will burn anyway.

[bunnies]

47. Was "other" not an option? nt

[Andy823]

13. Again I think you need to

Change the cheese in your sandwich, it's really starting to smell bad!

[YOHABLO]

14. Well this is a FOX news poll folks: go figure. I don't rely on any of these stupid polls they're all

fallible. Why don't we give it a rest on polls till the 'general', and then just take them with a grain of salt.

[jamese777]

16. When People Actually GO to the polls

Primaries' total popular vote as of May 18th
Hillary Clinton: 13,177,734 (55.5% of the Democratic vote)
Donald Trump: 11,236,652
Bernie Sanders: 10,131,732 (42.7% of the Democratic vote)

Clinton over Sanders: 3,046,002
Clinton over Trump: 1,941,082

Hillary Clinton: 1,771 pledged delegates
Bernie Sanders: 1,499 pledged delegates

Hillary Clinton: 504 superdelegates
Bernie Sanders: 41 superdelegates

Hillary Clinton: 2,275 total delegates
Bernie Sanders: 1,539 total delegates

Hillary Clinton: 26 contests won
Bernie Sanders: 21 contests won

[BillZBubb]

27. All that means NOTHING. That is party primary stuff.

The general election will be won with independents. They don't like Hillary.

[dsc]

67. they didn't like Obama in 2012 either

guess Romney won, no wait he didn't, he lost.

[RepubliCON-Watch]

76. That was a race of lesser of two evils. Voter turnout was VERY LOW!

I guess it is true, Republicans/DINOs win when voter turnout is low.

[rbrnmw]

100. President Obama has been the best President of my lifetime

[RepubliCON-Watch]

102. Same here, but that's not saying much

I've only lived through 3 presidents haha. Obama's been decent but I expected more; I was hoping for him to fight for more pro-working class positions and he sold us out a few times. Otherwise, a'ight I guess.

[LadyHawkAZ]

88. Roughly 4 million more people showed up for the GOP primaries over the Dems

Clinton only had one viable opponent; Trump had three. That's where your Hillmath has a lil' problem. Those voters that voted Cruz, Rubio and Kasich (and the million or so that went Carson and Bush)? They will not be voting for Clinton. They will be voting for Trump, probably close to all 27 million of them. Republicans tend to lockstep.

Roughly 23 million have voted in the Democratic primaries; 10 million of those voters went Sanders, almost all of whom the Real Democrats™ are doing their damndest to alienate, insult and smear. Not all of these will be voting for Clinton, even with her bestest buddy doing his bestest Evil Tyrant impression for the opposition. Democrats do not lockstep. They have to be persuaded.

Your candidate got 55% of 31% of the population.
Trump got 40% of 25%.

Trump's party members will back him en mass. Clinton's will not.
Trump appeals to independents. Clinton does not, and in fact has actively pushed them away because they lean Sanders.

We'd be lucky if it's just 3%.

[The_Casual_Observer]

17. This needs to considered a trump campaign ad from fox.

[BillZBubb]

30. Yep, ignore all bad poll data. It can't be true.

Her Majesty is loved by the masses.

[tom_kelly]

60. Well, that's what Romney did and... n/t

[Chicago1980]

72. Feel free to lap it up like a rat does with dog droppings...

[BillZBubb]

79. Feel free to go to ignore!

[Beowulf]

78. Fox hasn't been all that friendly toward Trump so far.

I expect that to change, but at this point they at most ambivalent towards him.

[The_Casual_Observer]

84. Murdock endorsed him yesterday. Thus this poll.

[jalan48]

18. I'm surprised at the number of people I know who don't want Hillary (and Bill) back in the W.H.

And these are long time Democrats. They won't vote for Trump so I'm not sure what their plans are if Hillary gets the nomination.

[BillZBubb]

33. The ones I know won't vote.

Solid blue staters or solid red staters have that option. I'm glad I do too.

[SmittynMo]

19. It won't matter

since HRC will not be backing down anytime soon.

God help us all.

[pnwmom]

21. The poll included 41% GOP and 40% Dems in the sample even though

more people identify as Dems than as GOP.

And they didn't weight by party. So it isn't surprising that this sample would produce this result.

[madville]

50. They also try to weigh it based on enthusiasm

It's obvious the GOP is more enthusiastic about turning out for Trump than Democrats are about turning out for Clinton. The numbers sampled may be a reflection of that aspect.

[RBInMaine]

53. Oh bullshit. This corporate media poll shit doesn't mean diddly shit now anyway.

[ailsagirl]

22. Oh, sure thing

[ram2008]

24. Fox News is actually fairly accurate as a pollster n/t

[bcglispie]

58. ram2008

nut

[ram2008]

59. ? n/t

[NCTraveler]

129. Signed up to vote.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512635086

[CountAllVotes]

121. Faux news is pure crap

You'd be wise to spend your money on something else, anything at all will do.

Faux news sucks!

[ailsagirl]

127. I automatically discount Faux News' polls

Ever since I realized that the repuke candidates were ALWAYS ahead of the Dems

[CountAllVotes]

128. The whole crew there sickens me

I can't stand to watch it and dumped cable TV a few years ago (99 channels and nothing on; best channel = The Pet Channel). It was costing me close to $80 a month for that.

Today I have limited cable for $25 a month. You don't get FAUX news for the $25/month. No Pet Channel though.

Good riddance!

[fbc]

28. Look what establishment democrats have brought down upon us.

Don't say we didn't tell you.

[Chicago1980]

74. Maybe Bernie should have been better at turning those crowds of his into votes.

The DNC didn't stop people from registering as democrats in closed primaries.

[rtracey]

116. i agree

I agree, so if Bernie's crowds were ALWAYS, ALWAYS larger then Clinton's, then why the fewer votes, where are the voters who claim they are supporting Bernie, why are they not voting..... this statement is true... THE DNC DID NOT STOP ANYONE FROM REGISTERING TO VOTE.

[packman]

31. Why even post this - really "Fox News"?

the Fair and Balanced news network.

[BillZBubb]

36. Their polls are legitimate and usually within the margin of error.

[zentrum]

32. She's a weak candidate.

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A strong person. But a weak candidate. Very distrusted and disliked. It's sort of a race to the bottom. Which candidate in November will be the least disliked—HRC or Trump?

The DNC/DLC have run the party into the ground by so ignoring and/or expelling so much of its progressive base.

They'll blame Bernie of course. But he actually represents the revival of the party.

[BillZBubb]

38. Exactly. Poor candidate for this political environment.

And yes, they will blame Bernie.

[zeemike]

66. Yep and whether you agree with this poll or not.

It is obvious sense the GOP is running the worst possible candidate and she is having a hard time beating him in any poll.

But if she loses they have an excuse...those damn Bernie supporters.
So it is never their fault.

[zentrum]

87. I'm a

…..woman for Bernie and so feel I can say: The other thing that drives me crazy about the HRC camp is their faux feminist accusations of sexism against Bernie.

A New Yorker article of several months ago talked about how HRC has used the woman victim motif going all the way back to the days when she was criticized for conflict of interest in Arkansas. It wasn't the conflict she would say—it was that she was being picked on because she was a woman.

Drives me crazy.

Because it hurts feminism. Besides, I never met a true feminist yet who was for that ruinous, illegal war in Iraq.

[Kingofalldems]

35. She's not quitting.

[runaway hero]

40. Well that's great

Let's see here win.

[BillZBubb]

43. LOL, they'd have to drag her away in chains.

Of course she's not quitting. But trump may get to say "You're Fired".

[Kingofalldems]

45. Maybe. But of course if Bernie had gotten more votes he would

be the nominee.

Fact.

[trueblue2007]

39. more lies. KNOCK IT OFF. LIES, LIES and LIES

[BillZBubb]

44. What exactly is the lie?

[wisteria]

46. National polls mean nothing at this point.

It would help though if the Clinton bashing came to an end. Democrsts shouldn't be repeating RW lies and smears about Clinton.

[ram2008]

51. Hillary has gone down the longer she has been in the spotlight. That trend means something n/t

[OhZone]

52. I'm enjoying predictwise tonight -

[WhiteTara]

54. Did that give you a tingle up your leg?

In the words of Chris Mathews?

[Cheese Sandwich]

61. LOL

not too much

[Loki]

55. FoxNewsFoxNewsFoxNews

OMG FoxNews

"buoyed by his support among whites" LOL you're killing me smalls.

[niyad]

57. so we are quoting faux snooze now?

[WhiteTara]

62. Only when it suits the narrative. nt

[tom_kelly]

63. It's way beyond time for HRC to

bow out of the race. She's only dragging the party down and ensuring that we'll be watching DT innaugerated next Jan. Regardless of what anyone else says, I say she's being selfish. Any other candidate would do this. I put it on her supporters to get the message to her campaign that its over. Pack it up.

[rdking647]

65. the one who should quit is bernie

the fact is he wont be the nomineee. period.. and his continued campaign is just dragging down the dems.

its time for bernie to face reality. he has almost zero chance of being teh next president

[tom_kelly]

68. Nuh, uh.

The one who should quit is HRC. The fact is she won't win. Period. Her continuing her campaign will hurt the party for years. Reality has to be faced by HRC. Her becoming president will never happen. There.

[Chicago1980]

75. He has the right to stay in until the last state,

just like Clinton did in 2008.

Please stop calling for his exit. There's one month worth of primaries and there's noting wrong with fairness.

[jamese777]

69. Nobody Should Quit

Let the rest of the primaries play out.

Hillary Clinton only needs 91 more delegates to wrap it up.
California alone has 548 delegates up for grabs on June 7th (475 pledged delegates and 73 superdelegates).

[jamese777]

71. How Soon We Forget!

And this was from OCTOBER, 2012, not six months before the election

Romney opens up 7-point lead over Obama, as electoral map begins to shift

Mitt Romney's national lead over President Obama grew even more Thursday, with the latest Gallup survey showing the Republican nominee up 7 points -- as polling in the battlegrounds indicates the electoral map may be shifting in Romney's favor.

In a significant development, the RealClearPolitics electoral map, which offers predictions of which states favor which candidates, for the first time is showing Romney ahead in terms of electoral votes he is likely to win on Nov. 6.

Obama had a big advantage over Romney for months in those projections. But in the past few weeks, states thought to favor Obama like New Hampshire and Pennsylvania were moved into the "toss-up" column. Meanwhile, RCP just moved North Carolina from "toss up" to "leans Romney." The projections -- while subject to change any time of any day -- show Romney with a likely 206 electoral votes and Obama with 201. That leaves another 131 electoral votes up for grabs in the battlegrounds.

The projection challenges the narrative that the electoral map inherently favors Obama because it contains so many reliably Democratic states. The race is starting to look much more competitive, both in swing state and national polls.

The national Gallup survey, which is based on a seven-day rolling average and was updated Thursday, showed Romney leading 52-45 percent. At the start of October, he was tied with Obama at 48 percent each.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/18/romney-opens-up-7-point-lead-over-obama-as-campaigns-hunker-down-in-swing.html

[BigDemVoter]

73. Yeah, Right. . . Yawn

[RandySF]

80. Trump will not be elected in May.

Hillary will be elected in November.

[gordianot]

81. 2016 resembles staring down a pit and jumping in.

When you bump into the wall you know you are stiill alive. I look forward at a future date to seeing how and who is really responsible for this mess. Whatever else it was not Sanders fault.

[George II]

83. "a hypothetical general election match-up"

[AllyCat]

85. Appalling. This is what our country has become?

I think not. I have to believe not. But this does not make me feel good about our process or many of our fellow citizens.

[MFM008]

86. I can do Clinton /Sanders.

Ive been thinking about this all day.

He was asked and he did not say NO.
She is really downplaying all of this.
Notice he has backed off her
No use in arguing for him as president, he doesn't have the delegates and if he doesn't want Trump like he says
he will have to accept.
No ones ecstatic but he gets a front seat to his revolution
everyone gets on board
Trump loses in a landslide.
It may be the only way out.

[raindaddy]

89. Because it's more important for today's 3rd way Democratic party to risk President Trump ....

and not ruffle the feathers of the Wall Street banks and global corporations than nominating a populist candidate who will be their worst nightmare...

[Jeb Bartlet]

90. And loses by up to 13 points

in every single other poll.

[marble falls]

92. It IS a Fox Poll after all ..........

[KPN]

93. AND THE TREND IS ... NEGATIVE !!!! Hillary ...

is eroding in the polls, like she did with Obama. This is not a good sign.

Hillary is a weak candidate and getting weaker! Yikes!

[CalmaPlease]

94. Everyone Relax!

First, do yourself a favor and go look at the RCP Averages for Clinton vs Trump all the way back to last year. Next, observe the following:

-Trump has led Clinton in individual polls 7 times

-Of those 7, Fox conducted half of them and they were always an outlier relative to the rest of the polls in that time frame.

-Each of these seven polls were conducted immediately after big surges in Trump headlines ( Super Tuesday Wins, North East Primaries, Debates etc)

-Similarly, you will notice HRC's biggest + variances were for polls taken in the midst of or immediately after huge primary wins (note Super Tuesday time frame)

-Curiously, Rasmussen conducted a poll 4/25-4/26 right in the middle of Trump's huge North East primary and media narrative wins. apparently, he did not like the results and conducted another poll over the following 2 days in which he finally gets a Trump +2. lol

So the latest Fox News + Rasmussen polls are really skewing the rolling average and not surprisingly, the media is driving poll hysteria and nonsense narratives which are trying to make sweeping conclusions about Trump being unstoppable.

Take a step back and imagine we had a real time poll second by second of likely voters. At this stage in the cycle, the vast majority of low information voters would be swayed by headlines and media narratives. If you subjectively pick your sample data points, I wouldnt be surprised to see Trump or Hillary up by +15 and any given point.

So what's the takeaway? Calma! Relax! Focus on trends as more and more data comes in. Ignore short term narratives. Hillary is still leading Bernie by more votes than Trump led Cruz. Bernie is not going to win the nomination.

Reference:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html#polls
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/republican_vote_count.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/democratic_vote_count.html
https://www.gop.com/2016-gophq/event_schedule/?schedule_type=debate

[davidn3600]

97. We are nominating the weaker candidate

Hope everyone is comfortable with that. Polls are consistent that Bernie would do better than Hillary against Trump.

[nwduke]

98. Hmmmm

Fox News poll! Yeah right. There's a reliable poll.

[Jack Rabbit]

99. Not good, not good

Can the people have their party back now? We can run it better than Ivy League educated idiots.

[underthematrix]

101. MSM said the same thing about McCain in 2008

and Romney in 2012.

[Egnever]

103. ^^^^

gotta have a horse race. Big money in a horse race.

[imari362]

104. Not really.

General Election: McCain vs. Obama

Only two fox polls had McCain leading Obama, one done 4/28 - 4/29 and one 9/8 - 9/9 but never more than 3....
All of the rest of the polls done by fox from May 6/17 - 6/18 to November 11/1 - 11/2 had Obama up by as much as 9

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html#polls

General Election: Romney vs. Obama

A fox poll done 5/13 - 5/15 had Obama up by 7.
Then
A fox poll done 6/3 - 6/5 had it as a tie.
But another..
fox poll done 6/24 - 6/26 had Obama up by 5.

Romney by 1...8/19 - 8/21 and 8/19 - 8/21
Back to a tie...10/28 - 10/30 which was basically the same as several other polls done about the same time.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html#polls

[underthematrix]

106. Sorry no offense but you're wrong. They reported wingnut polls

suggesting Romney was going to beat PBO. Fox was actually shocked and confused when Romney lost. There's video

[imari362]

108. It's ok...I didn't take offense.

Actually it wasn't "fox news that was shocked" it was only Karl Rove and the host..I think Megan Kelly...had to go backstage to the count room or something like that to get it from the people who's job it is to know the count and who actually won...which was Obama.

I didn't need a video, I saw it as it happened....it was hilarious seeing Rove have a meltdown.

Also, I was really into watching political news on cable tv back then and it wasn't the MSM reporting Romney leads it was the MSM reporting how folks like Rove and some rightwing pollsters were saying all of the polls showing Obama beating Romney was skewered toward Obama and thus wrong, it was so bad til Romney himself was even believing it.

Some folks bubble is too thick to let anything burst it, but reality always will.

[silvershadow]

105. wow. already. nt

[NewImproved Deal]

107. "Clinton rival Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, leads Trump 46 to 42, according to the same poll..."

Go, Bernie! Why settle for the lesser Oligarch?

[link:|

[rtracey]

117. because

Because you guys talk a big game but your crowd are not producing the voters. Its nice to go to a rally and jump and scream, but when the vote counts you have had less people show up. Funny, but think about it, Sanders has had massive crowds in all his rallies, and all actually voted, he would be winning...

[Android3.14]

112. I've invented a new word - Hillogical

It's the mishmash of logical fallacies a supporter of Hillary Clinton uses to justify voting and supporting a lying, war-mongering candidate whose campaign has weakened Democracy and strengthened the corporate control of American politics.

Example - "Another DU sockpuppet engaged in hillogical reasoning when he said all the many polls showing Clinton is a weak candidate are unreliable because a Bernie supporter found a single Fox News poll showing the same conclusion."

[wisteria]

113. A Fox poll????

Lol, they are never right.

You would only use this poll if you were desperate to make a point.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

118. Trump leads Clinton by 5 points in Rasmussen poll

Trump leads Clinton by 5 points in Rasmussen poll

Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump has increased his lead over Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll released Thursday.

Trump now leads the front-runner by five points, 42 to 37 percent. The poll also found that 13 percent of respondents prefer another candidate and seven percent were undecided.

The new poll differs somewhat from recent polling, which shows Clinton holding a slim lead. According to the RealClearPolitics average of polls, Clinton has a 3.9-point lead over Trump, 46.2 to 42.3 percent. But Trump led a Fox News national poll released Wednesday by three points.

A Rasmussen poll released at the beginning of the month showed Trump leading Clinton by two points.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/280493-trump-leads-clinton-by-5-points-in-rasmussen-poll

[ViseGrip]

122. Another poll shows her behind Trump by 5 points, so this IS a trend....

[dmosh42]

123. The Nazis are back!

[BigDemVoter]

125. I would have expected better of DU. This is a Fox News Poll

We all know here that had this been a poll showing President Obama behind Mittens, EVERYBODY would have screamed that it was an erroneous poll. Number 1, we have an electoral system, so HOWEVER this ridiculous and untrue poll shows the election going, Trump isn't going to win the electoral vote anyway.

#2. . . . Where are they getting these numbers? WHO is responding? How are they conducting their poll? In the past, Rasmussen has been repeatedly and consistently accused of "baking the numbers" meaning they pull a disproportionate number of respondents from those who have "only land lines." Yeah, right.

[LenaBaby61]

126. Within the poll you're touting...

Bernie Sanders once healthy 14 point lead over Trump is now down to 4, (MINUS 10 points) since you're touting this Fox News Poll.

You'd have to also believe that Trump has shaved 10 points off Bernie Sanders lead over him which was recently 14 points.