2016 US Elections - Hillary Clinton Has Improved Her Favourability (October 5)
General Election Trends
Hillary Clinton continues to pull ahead of Donald Trump. Among likely voters, the margin has increased by a point with Clinton up 7 percentage points at 44% to Trump at 37%.
- A significant number of likely voters continue to support alternatives to the major two candidates with 18% saying they will vote third party (9%), would not vote (3%) or don’t know (6%).
- Clinton also leads amongst likely voters on the 4-way ballot, which includes Gary Johnson and Jill Stein (Clinton 42%; Trump 36%; Johnson 8%; and Stein 2%).
Clinton’s favourability score improved in the last week to 50% amongst registered voters, while Trump’s favourability score has also increased by 1-percentage point to 44%.
Other Trends
The general economy is once again the main problem facing America today, with one-fifth of Americans citing the economy as a top threat.
President Barack Obama’s approval rating among all Americans rose 5- percentage points in the last week and stands at 51%.
In our generic congressional ballot question, Democrats once again have 42% of likely voters saying that they’ll vote for a Democratic candidate vs 38% saying that they’ll vote for a Republican candidate.
