The US presidential battle is too close to call, but one element is clear: Americans have soured on candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, a poll released Wednesday shows.
Respondents to the latest Quinnipiac University national poll put Clinton ahead of Trump just 42 percent to 40 percent, a narrowing from Clinton’s four-point margin in the organization’s June 1 survey.
It is also considerably closer than the 12-point Clinton advantage in an ABC News/Washington Post poll published Sunday which highlighted Clinton capitalizing on Trump’s recent missteps.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives to officially open his Trump Turnberry hotel and golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland, on June 24, 2016. (AFP/Oli Scarff)
The Quinnipiac survey of 1,610 registered voters notably shows that 61 percent believe the 2016 election “has increased the level of hatred and prejudice in the US.”
Of that group, two-thirds blame the Trump campaign, with just 16 percent blaming Clinton’s team.
Overall the survey shows less-than-flattering views of both candidates in the months before the November 8 election to determine who succeeds US President Barack Obama in the White House.
— AFP
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