2016 US Elections - Clinton and Trump Have Both Seen Their Favorability Ratings Improve (November 3)
General Election Trends
Hillary Clinton continues to lead Donald Trump among likely voters with a current lead of 6 percentage points. Clinton rose to 45% and Trump’s numbers have ticked up slightly to 39% as undecided or third party voters drift towards the major candidates.
- Fewer than one-in-six likely voters continue to support alternatives to the major two candidates with many saying they will vote third party (7%), would not vote (3%) or don’t know (5%).
- Clinton’s lead increases amongst likely voters on the 4-way ballot to a larger 8 percentage point margin, which includes Gary Johnson and Jill Stein (Clinton 45%; Trump 37%; Johnson 5%; and Stein 2%).
Clinton’s favorability went up slightly to 51% amongst registered voters.
Trump’s favorability scores saw an uptick over the past week with his score now at 45%.
Other Trends
The general economy moves back into the top slot as the most serious problem facing the United States, with about one-fifth of Americans citing each as a top threat. Terrorism is only cited by 15% as the most serious problem.
President Barack Obama’s approval rating among all Americans went up over the last week to 51%.
In our generic congressional ballot question, Democrats still lead with 42% of likely voters saying that they’ll vote for a Democratic candidate vs 41% saying that they’ll vote for a Republican candidate.
