Independent
Voters Push Trump To The Front In Florida And Ohio, "Right now, they tilt for " by jack Davis,
10/26/16
New polls in the vital battleground
states of Florida and Ohio show Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
taking a slight lead with support from independent voters. A Bloomberg Politics poll in Florida shows Trump leading Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton in both head-to-head match-ups and with minor party
candidates included.
With all candidates included, Trump
leads Clinton 45 percent to 43 percent. Trump also wins one-on-one, leading
Clinton 46 percent to 45 percent.
Among independent voters, Trump
leads Clinton 43 percent to 41 percent when voters only had the option of the
major party candidates. When Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party
candidate Jill Stein were factored into the race, Trump rose to 44 percent
while Clinton fell to 37 percent.
Trump has been aggressively
campaigning in Florida in hopes of winning the state.
In Ohio, a poll by Remington
Research found that with all candidates factored in, Trump came out ahead of
Clinton 46 percent to 42 percent.
Among non-aligned voters, Trump led
Clinton 41 percent to 37 percent in the Ohio poll.
Remington Research
polls also show Trump leading in North Carolina with a 47 percent to 42 margin
over Clinton, and Nevada, 47 percent to 44 percent.
“This race may come down to the
independent vote,” said Bloomberg pollster J. Ann Selzer, who oversaw the
Florida survey. “Right now, they tilt for Trump. By a narrow margin, they opted
for Obama over Romney in 2012.”
“This poll suggests Trump has more
opportunity in Florida than some think is realistic given his poor standing
with Hispanics,” Selzer said, noting that Clinton garnered 51 percent of the
Hispanic vote in the new poll.
“But he does well with groups that
are key to winning there, including older, more reliable voters. Clinton
depends on younger voters and a strong presence at the polls of black and
non-Cuban Hispanics,” he said.
The Florida poll also surveyed
voters about the contest between Sen. Marco Rubio and Democrat Patrick Murphy
for Rubio’s Senate seat.
The Bloomberg poll has Rubio leading
Murphy 51 percent to 41 percent.
http://www.westernjournalism.com/independent-voters-push-trump-to-the-front-in-florida-and-ohio/
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