The last few weeks have seen Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump reduced notably from over 8pts to below 3pts as her poll numbers tumbled post-Comey. While variance (discussed here) across the polls remains yuuge, Clinton remains the clear winner among African-Americans and younger Americans while Trump leads among whites and men; but as one pollster noted with regard the unfavorables, "Let me summarize the poll into four little words: 'They hate them both'."
As NBC News reports, on the eve of the GOP convention, Hillary Clinton maintains a five-point national lead over Donald Trump even after a period of negative news for the presumptive Democratic nominee, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Clinton leads the presumptive GOP nominee 46 percent to 41 percent in a poll that finds both candidates facing sizable disadvantages and challenges ahead of the party conventions.
Clinton has the advantage among African Americans (84 to 7 percent), voters ages 18-29 (55 to 32 percent) and women (52 to 37 percent). The margin among Latinos will be released later on Sunday.
Trump, meanwhile, is ahead among whites (50 to 37 percent) and men (46 to 39 percent), and the two candidates are tied among independents (36 percent each).
In a four-way ballot test – including Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and the Green Party's Jill Stein – Clinton gets 41 percent, Trump 35 percent, Johnson 11 percent, and Stein 6 percent.
But variance across the polls remains considerable… (not the volatility post-Comey)
Though overall, as RealClearPolitics reports, Trump is narrowing Hillary's lead as her poll numbers tumble…
But, both candidates remain fervently disliked b y 'the other side'…
Trump heads into the Republican convention with a 27 percent positive/60 percent negative score (-33) – remaining the most unpopular presumptive presidential nominee in the history of the NBC/WSJ poll.
But he's followed closely by Clinton's 34 percent positive/56 percent negative score (-22).
"Let me summarize the poll into four little words: 'They hate them both,'" says Democratic pollster Fred Yang of Hart Research Associates.
Which merely confirms what Liberty Blitzkrieg's Mike Krieger previously noted – "People just want to kill the status quo," and mainstream media-ites just don't understand (or don't want to)…
We are living in an era of justified general disgust. While this disgust manifests itself in all sorts of unproductive ways, the root cause is completely and entirely justified. People see so-called “elites” as the cause of their suffering and they are correct in that assessment. When I say elites, I refer to people who are in charge of crafting our public policy (politicians), those who bribe them (oligarchs) and the pundits who defend them (the mainstream media).
These three groups comprise much, but certainly not all, of what many of us refer to as the “status quo.” These crony capitalists, corrupt legislators and their media gatekeepers have been absolutely instrumental in creating the wretched, lawless and disintegrating socio-economic fabric that anyone with an open mind can clearly see around us. As such, it comes as no surprise to me that Trump has now taken the lead in two swing states, and is tied in a third. Actually, that’s not entirely true, I am pretty surprised about Florida.
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All indications are that both Gary Johnson and Jill Stein will be on the ballot in a majority of states, so what does this mean for the general election? I’ll let you come to your own conclusions.
What really surprised me today is the continued cluelessness of even the somewhat enlightened, celebrated thinkers out there. In this case, I’m referring to Robert Reich, who I applaud for having done some very good work which I have specifically highlighted on these pages. As such, I was stunned to see the following tweet from him earlier today (my response included).
How is it possible? Are we watching the same race?
Hillary Clinton is the nominee. That's how it's possible. https://t.co/7gfZdnnU22— Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) July 13, 2016
Robert Reich gets it more than most, yet still harbors an enormous blindspot. How is that? First, I think that most of his conversations in everyday life are with people from deep within the “status quo.” As such, he’s having discussions within an echo chamber of incompetent and corrupt people. The ones who aren’t incompetent or corrupt are simply in a state of complete denial as to the reality around them.
Here’s the thing Robert. The American public is far more pissed off than even you’d like to admit. Part of the reason you refuse to admit it is that this reality is truly terrifying. You’d have to acknowledge that people are so upset, they so want to blow up the status quo, that they’d even vote for the buffoon Trump to do it. While I’m not 100% sure we’re there yet, we’re much closer than most people care to admit.
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