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riversedge

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Tue Aug 23, 2016, 06:28 AM Aug 2016

Trump Faces Hurdle With Minority Voters as Clinton Maintains Lead, Poll Shows [View all]

Source: nbcnews


Aug 23 2016, 6:00 am ET


Trump Faces Hurdle With Minority Voters as Clinton Maintains Lead, Poll Shows

by Hannah Hartig, John Lapinski and Stephanie Psyllos

Hillary Clinton continues to hold a large national lead over Donald Trump, 50 percent to 42 percent, weeks after the Democratic National Convention.

Clinton's 8-point advantage is virtually unchanged from her 9-point lead last week, and she has seen similar margins since the end of July. These results are according to the latest NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll among registered voters.

In a four-way general election match-up, Clinton holds a 5-point margin over Trump 43-38 percent, while Libertarian Gary Johnson garners 11 percent and Green Party candidate Jill Stein gets 5 percent.
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Trump faces a steep climb if he is to win non-white voters. Results from the latest tracking poll show that only 8 percent of black voters support him, compared to 87 percent who support Clinton. Trump is also behind among Hispanic voters with 22 percent compared to 73 percent who support Clinton. Asian Americans also overwhelmingly support Clinton, 66 percent to 23 percent who support Trump. ...............




Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-faces-hurdle-minority-voters-clinton-maintains-lead-poll-shows-n636061?cid=sm_tw



Keep up the great work Hillary.


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White people 50-41 for Chump.... trusty elf Aug 2016 #1
50 is a low number for a Republican underpants Aug 2016 #2
Yes, you're right, trusty elf Aug 2016 #5
we white voters, especially we white men, owe the voters of color in this country geek tragedy Aug 2016 #4
I agree! trusty elf Aug 2016 #6
It is a point that many of us tried to make during the primaries and constantly found ourselves Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #12
I keep wondering where we'd be now if it wasn't Hillary .... bettyellen Aug 2016 #18
Horrifying AllyCat Aug 2016 #7
At the rate he's going minority voter will refer to rpannier Aug 2016 #3
50% of white people are out of their friggin' minds! Quantess Aug 2016 #8
This is why the GOP MissMillie Aug 2016 #9
None of my family have ever been polled! So the HRC number is in accurate. ffr Aug 2016 #10
"Faces hurdles"? That makes it sound like he has a chance but "faces hurdles". Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #11
Not falling for the okey_doke BLACK4EVER Aug 2016 #14
That's not a hurdle....Its a WAll . He can't get over it can't get under it or around it . No votes Person 2713 Aug 2016 #15
Ah yes! A bit of Parliament-Funkadelic poetry to brighten up my day! Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #16
The slither of black voters who will support Trump are most likely very religious, and possibly... Tarheel_Dem Aug 2016 #13
He has a surprisingly large number of POC... Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #17
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