Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, regaining ground after the New York billionaire briefly tied her last month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday.
The shift in support comes as Clinton steps up her attacks on the real estate mogul's policy positions, and as Trump fends off criticisms of his eponymous university and the pace at which he doled out money that he raised for U.S. veterans.
Some 46 percent of likely voters said they supported Clinton, while 35 percent said they supported Trump, and another 19 percent said they would not support either, according to the survey of 1,421 people conducted between May 30 and June 3.
Trump had briefly tied Clinton in support among likely U.S. voters in mid-May, raising expectations for a tight race between the two likely contenders in November's presidential election.
I have to say I was never worried about those polls showing this contest to be neck and neck,
It won't be.
The thing to remember is that Hillary's low poll numbers are a reflection of what others say about her, while Donald Trump's are a reflection of the idiotic things that he himself says at rallies, during cable news interviews, and on Twitter.
The more people see of Hillary Clinton up close, the more they like her.
The more they see of Donald Trump up close, the more they are repulsed by him.
So by November I predict that the polls will show Hillary Clinton so far ahead that Donald Trump may actually consider dropping out completely.
I actually would not be surprised by that.
GEEZ WTH is it with that white stuff around his eyes?
ReplyDelete11:35 -
DeleteThe white stuff is his normal skin color. He has added a bronzer to darken the rest. *go figure*
He looks totally ridiculous.
It's an old beauty pageant secret. Dab Preparation H under your eyes, lean forward and put strips of duct tape under your boobs to accentuate cleavage. He knows them all.
DeleteI'm pretty sure Drumpf looks like hell underneath the troweled-on pancake makeup, and yes... i believe the white around his eyes is caused by prepH (to hide the puffiness) and also i believe he wears eye cups when he's in an orange tanning bed. Ergo, the raccoon eyes.
DeleteWilliam Rivers Pitt, you are sublime!
ReplyDelete"...The next three days were a brass band parade of racism and self-destruction on the part of Trump. He tripled down on his attacks against US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the man presiding over the Trump University fraud case, saying Curiel couldn't be impartial because "He's Mexican." The man was born in Indiana ... and for the record, can anyone recall the last time a major party candidate ran for president while being sued for fraud? Judge Curiel hasn't said a word, obeying the old political maxim: Never interfere with a perfectly good train wreck.
Trump later went on to say that no Muslim judge could be impartial with him because of their religious faith. Apparently, the only judge Trump believes can give him a fair shake is some Anglo-Saxon trust fund baby with a spray-on tan and a roadkill-flattened rabbit on his head. ..."
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/36322-endgame-setting-the-table-for-tuesday-s-primary-showdown
Sublime indeed! Than you for sharing. I'm posting it on Facebook.
DeleteThis Canuck is making a prediction: Trump will NOT be the GOP nominee. I don't know who it WILL be, but now that the media are piling on to him, pointing out his lies (I never said that. Wait, we have it on tape) and his overt racism AND his fraud charges, he will be done like dinner by the end of the month.
DeleteYes, I know...we all said that at the beginning of his campaign, and we all stared open-mouthed as he won primary after primary...but crass stupidity and ineptness and mendacity do actually have their limits. Frankly, Hillary could easily beat him, so I hope I'm wrong, I really, really do.
Polls, schmooollllzzz.....don't mean shit.
ReplyDeleteEverybody.
Do. Your. Job.
VOTE.
Polls don't mean shit ... unless they happen to support your own view. Then they are proof positive you are right.
DeleteBut yes, everybody should get out and vote.
That's exactly right. If citizens think that there is no contest, they'll stay home on voting day and let everyone else do work. We CAN'T let that happen people. This election is critical.
DeleteDuring presidential election season I visit realclearpolitics to see where the polls stand as I like the way they have it outlined.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting that Reuters' polls are not included in general election matchup between Clinton vs. Trump. They do list other Reuters polls including Obama approval numbers. The latest Reuters polls has Obama up by either points. The previous four Reuters polls were +1, +1, -3 and -3.
This must be some type of republican math realclearpolitics is using.
The latest Reuters poll has Obama up by eight points
DeleteO/T - Matty Yglesias reports that Bernie will concede this Friday.
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/739900618664517633
11:44
DeleteYeah but *WHICH* Friday?
Reading not one of your strong skills, 12:12?
DeleteThis Friday is the obvious implication.
Delete#BernieMath #BernieReading
DeletetRump will drop out and immediately declare bankruptcy once more. I doubt he is anywhere near as wealthy as he claims. I bet he has lots of creditors trying to contact him even as he campaigns. He is a fraud, always has been, always will be.
ReplyDeleteTrump must be a huge disappointment to all of his kids with this factual negative information coming out about him! We sure aren't seeing any of them anymore!
DeleteAnd, we know that Hillary Clinton is no where near finished with him! Plus, President Obama will be on the campaign trail for Hillary! Oh, this is going to be fun!
Trump is in HUGE trouble!
Maybe he will appear before PayMe when she gets HER judge show?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be surprised if Trump dropped out either. His demented ego would not be able to deal with losing to a woman (and if we end up with a Clinton/Warren ticket), that might drive him off the ledge. It will be interesting to see how the gop convention deals with him.
ReplyDeleteI have begun to wonder if he even has the courage to debate Hil. He acts like someone who is really cracking up. Good job Repubs. They have been so focused on destroying Obama during his two terms they have been blind to what they have created.
DeletePat Padrnos
Hillary has light in her eyes. Trump has darkness.
ReplyDeleteI am still of the belief that Drumpf has no intention of participating in an inauguration and is going into insanity overdrive to deliberately lose the election. He also has no intention of ever releasing his tax returns as they will show he isn't even close to the wealth he claims.
ReplyDeleteSheesh
Nate Silver does a great job being a calm voice in the craziness of day to day polling http://fivethirtyeight.com/politics/
ReplyDeleteBreaking News: Trump campaign plagued by infighting
ReplyDeleteDemocratic insiders to Bernie: Win California or get out
ReplyDelete'If Bernie Sanders stays in the race after losing California, he will be remembered not as a successful champion of progressive ideals but instead as just another narcissistic politician,' said one insider.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/democratic-insiders-to-bernie-win-california-or-get-out-223850
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-california-223925
I think Bernie is simply giving all of the voters in all of the states the opportunity to vote for him if they want to. If he quits early, either their vote doesn't count or they are forced to default to the only one left, which is no choice at all.
DeleteA Reporter Asked Hillary Clinton About Obama And Her Answer Doomed Donald Trump
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2016/06/06/reporter-asked-clinton-president-obama-answer-doomed-donald-trump.html
Chaffetz: GOP lawmakers would 'probably' accept no Clinton FBI indictment
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-fbi-jason-chaffetz-223948
Amazing. A supposedly respected new organization says Trump may have gone down in polls because of his policy positions and Trump U. Nothing about him being a racist scumbag----Although they may lump that in with his policy positions. A truly disgusting time in history.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is, his fans like his racism.
DeleteNo they don't.
Delete
ReplyDeleteHillary Clinton Is About To Be The Nominee. Now Comes The Tricky Part Of The Primary.
She still needs to deal with Bernie Sanders.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-primary_us_5755b736e4b0ed593f150e31
No she doesn't. He's dead in the water.
DeleteI think Hillary has a "let Bernie do what Bernie has to do" attitude now. He has a right to carry on his campaign and to force issues at the convention. Fine. Hillary's good regardless. And if Bernie really really believed he will win the nom, he would be attacking Trump as intensely as Hillary is attacking Trump. He had a great opportunity when Trump refused to debate him, but that kind of dribbled away.
DeleteNo she won't have to at all. Bernie will be the loser, the winners don't need to "deal with" the losers.
DeleteYeah! Fuck all of Bernie's supporters!
DeleteWho cares about those democratic socialist bastards, anyway (rhetorical). It's a pain in the ass to deal with those mofs who encite people to make America better for the stupid, disappearing middle class.
Ah, yes, 5:01.
DeleteBut don't come back begging or ordering those Bernie supporters to vote for Hillary because "they have to" or whatever.
When you call them bastards and tell them to fuck off and they do exactly that, you have no one else to blame but yourself.
How very adult of you.
6:24~ 5:01 here...
DeleteIt's not only very adult of me, but it's shortsighted on my part and is off-putting to an important segment of America: the poor adults keeping corporate Hillary to the left.
Ooooooh, Sarah is gonna be spittin' nails on this one. This is one of her 'endorsements' that she brags about...
ReplyDeleteGOP Senator Schools Donald Trump On The Definition Of Racism
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-sasse-donald-trump_us_5755be89e4b0c3752dce5612
Trump’s Big Secret Revealed: GOP Nominee Likely Cheating Taxpayers Out Of Millions
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2016/06/06/trumps-big-secret-revealed-gop-nominee-cheating-taxpayers-millions.html
He's also been donating to Planned Parethood for write offs.
DeleteI am one of the 19%.
ReplyDelete12:58 Is that all that you can claim?
DeleteSorry, the more I see Hillary up close, the less I like her. I'll vote for her over Trump, but definitely holding my nose and waiting for her to start a war somewhere.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your choice. Appreciated. I think you will be pleasantly surprised by her VP choice and presidency.
DeleteExactly what makes you draw that conclusion?
DeleteSee new Bloomberg story - implosion! -sjp
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-06-06/trump-orders-surrogates-to-intensify-criticism-of-judge-and-journalists
A special thank you to Donald Trump for all he does
Deletehttp://www.southbendtribune.com/news/opinion/opinion-a-special-thank-you-to-donald-trump-for-all/article_c13b8858-74e1-5308-aa66-4dccbe0d984d.html
Did Donald Trump (finally) go too far?
Deletehttp://www.standard.net/National/2016/06/06/Did-Donald-Trump-finally-go-too-far.html
Give 'em Hell Harry!
DeleteReid Goes After McConnell For Refusing To Call Trump's Judge Attacks Racist
“After Donald Trump's latest attack on the judiciary, does he truly believe that Trump is the right man to pick nominees to our nation's highest court?” Reid asked.
“I asked the senator from Kentucky, is it fine that Donald Trump calls women pigs and dogs?” he went on. “Is it fine when Trump calls immigrants rapists and murderers? Is it fine that his party's presidential candidate urges violence at rallies? These are not rhetorical questions. The Republican leader has so fully embraced Donald Trump that we are all unclear as to where Trump's platform ends and the senate Republicans' begins.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/reid-uses-trump-judge-attacks-cudgel-mcconnell
Donald Trump may be in deep trouble: The press is finally figuring out how to cover the “billionaire” bigot
ReplyDeletehttp://www.salon.com/2016/06/05/donald_trump_is_in_deep_trouble_the_press_is_finally_figuring_out_how_to_cover_the_billionaire_boor_partner/
Trump/Palin 2016: Just to see Sarah Palin become a two time VP nominee loser!
ReplyDeleteI disagree that he will drop out - his bloated ego won't allow it.
ReplyDeleteYes but how would that same ego handle defeat?
DeleteBy a woman no less?
Obama Administration Bars Release of Clinton's TPP Emails Until Post-Election
ReplyDeleteResponse for FOIA request was 'abruptly' changed from spring 2016 to late November 2016
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/06/06/obama-administration-bars-release-clintons-tpp-emails-until-post-election
Yep, they are hiding her record on TTP from voters until after the election. Just another reason she'll never get my vote.
DeleteThe ego with a raccoon on its head will go all the way to the convention, get the nomination as a trophy for the wall and then let Hillary win. All of you Republican fools that endorsed this guy look like idiots and you deserve the defeat coming to you individually and as a party.
ReplyDeleteB.
B. @ 1:51,
DeleteI doubt anyone on this blog voted for Trump or even said anything good about the man.
Unfortunately, a lot of people did vote for him. Probably because they wanted something/someone different then the same old, same old.
As we see, just because a person is not the same old, same old, doesn't mean they should be president. Goes for Sanders as well.
ps and also, too.
DeleteThat's how Sara got elected in Alaska. Anyone but Frank Murkowski.
She wasn't the same old, same old.
And, like Trump and Bernie, not qualified for the job they sought.
But, unlike T and B, Sara was (then) good looking and knew how to play those assets.
This is not some big nefarious plan by Trump.
DeleteWhat you see is what you get. He truly is exactly what he is showing the public. He is a Narcissistic Psychopath who only cares about himself.
He will get the nomination and will fight all the way to November, and when he loses will rant and rave and spew tirade after tirade about how it was fixed and the Democrats committed voter fraud and blame lists of people.
But it will never be his own fault for losing. Because he's tremendous. He's amazing. He's a great candidate. He's the best candidate they could have picked because he's a winner. Am I right?
trump is right, I can tell you that
Deleteif he even makes it to the general, which i too am starting to doubt, i think there is a good bet he will name palin as his running mate. first because no one else wants to run with him at this point. and second because then he can blame his loss on her. and omg i will have orgasm after creamy orgasm while watching the heads explode at C4P when he blames his loss on palin. deliciousness.
ReplyDeleteNo. He won't.
DeleteSomeone on the inside has already said Trump will not name a woman or any minority because he doesn't want to appear to be "pandering".
So it will be a white male.
Since there are so few left willing to be his running mate, I'm thinking it is going to be Chris Christie unless even he can't stomach Trump any more.
3:06
Deletesince trump is consistently inconsistent and trump insiders know nothing, anything is possible. Personally, I'm hoping screech is the VP
On April 26 six states on the East Coast, including Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Delaware, went overwhelmingly for Trump. This was with Kasich and Cruz STILL on the ticket.
DeleteThere is no excuse for these republican primary voters voting for Trump. Any and all of them should be shamed till their dying day.
That said, despite the fact that I live in a republican community, no one talks about supporting Trump for president. NO ONE!
I never miss an opportunity to shame them
The GOP screwed themselves: The brilliant gerrymander that gave Republicans the Congress — and created Donald Trump
ReplyDeleteGOP control of the House is safe until 2021. But it came with a heavy price -- an empowered base and Donald Trump
http://www.salon.com/2016/06/05/the_gop_screwed_themselves_the_brilliant_gerrymander_that_gave_republicans_the_congress_and_created_donald_trump/
Please don't take this for granted. If enough people stay home because they think it's in the bag, we actually stand to lose the election. We should make this election about taking back the Senate and the House.
ReplyDeletevoting for the first woman president will keep very few people home
DeleteI think this has less to do with Hillary's speech pointing out the obvious and more to do with Trump's ability to stick both feet in his mouth all the up to his ass.
ReplyDeleteTrump is going to defeat himself. it is getting to the point where no one can ignore his mental problems. His racism is becoming so blatant even the racists are turning against him. He's giving White Supremacists a bad name, if that is possible.
Newt Gingrich condemned his latest racial tirade, for gawd's sake. (And thus probably won't be his VP either.)
How embarrassing for Paul Ryan to have to condemn him the day after finally stooping to kiss his ass.
And Mitch McConnell exposes who and what he really is. That he gives Trump a pass on the hate speech because "whatever it takes to win" is his priority. A Republican in the White House at all costs.
I hope he thinks it's worth it.
Yes, Donald Trump will have effectively destroyed what was left of the Republican Party after what Mitt "binders of women" Rmoney and John "Who the hell is Sarah Palin?" McCain started.
Unless the GOP starts to fight for their own party by turning against their own candidate, they are lost.
My Mother is a life long, staunchly solid Republican and even she can't bring herself to vote for Trump. I don't know who she voted for in the Primary (California) but it wasn't him even though he was the only one left. Come November I'm not sure what she is going to do. I'm pretty sure my Dad will vote for Hillary as he voted for her in 2008. But I'm thinking my Mom will vote for Hillary rather than Trump come November. It will probably be the first time she's voted for a Democrat.
I doubt she is the only Republican voter being put in this position by the sheer ineptitude and bad judgement of the Republican Party.
Where's Donny Boy's stomping his feet calling the poll "rigged"? That's all he does all day, look at polls and whines when his numbers fall. Going after a Hoosier Judge who'll decide his case? Not too presidential, nor smart. Time to build a bigger litterbox, Donald. Your gold plated one is full of shit.
ReplyDeleteSam Bee is funny>
ReplyDeletehttp://uproxx.com/tv/john-stewart-samantha-bee-trump-full-frontal/2/
"The thing to remember is that Hillary's low poll numbers are a reflection of what others say about her, while Donald Trump's are a reflection of the idiotic things that he himself says at rallies, during cable news interviews, and on Twitter.
ReplyDeleteThat has to be the most asinine rose colored head in the sand excuse I have ever read.
The reason doesn't matter.
If people don't vote for Trump because he's an idiot or don't vote for Hillary because they don't like her (because of what they've heard or not) it DOESN'T MATTER. That's how they're gonna vote and nothing you say or do is going to change that.
Saying it's "not fair" is immaterial.