Politics

At the end of a rough two weeks for Hillary Clinton, the national picture is as close as we’ve seen it this cycle. Our latest States of the Nation poll with Reuters shows Clinton and Trump basically tied in the electoral college with several key battlegrounds – notably Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Florida – extremely close.

Hillary Clinton’s no-good-very-bad week just keeps going. The American public now view both Clinton and Donald Trump equally distastefully leading the national horse race to be tied and very high undecided levels less than two months out. If Clinton is unable to rebound and rehabilitate her image with voters, we are looking at a very close Election Day.

The country's direction indicators seem to point to a timid upward bias. On the other hand, Temer's administration evaluation has worsened.
As Dilma’s trial by the Senate approaches*, the approval and disapproval indicators for both, acting president Michel Temer and Dilma Rousseff, remain stable in very negative levels.
Consumer Confidence Index remains at 68 points and it stagnates after three months of small incremental increase. Perspectives for the next 6 months give small signs of possible improvement.

After two weeks with few self-inflicted losses, Donald Trump’s favorability rates have stabilised and he remains tied with Hillary Clinton in the national head-to head. Clinton, on the other hand, has seen her unfavorable ratings going up over the last few weeks, potentially as a consequence of the steady drip of negative stories.

A panel of Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg MP, Polly Toynbee, Tim Montgomerie, Paul Drechsler and Ben Page discussed life in Britain after the Referendum.

It seems - at least for one week - Trump’s latest ‘pivot’ has helped him shore up support within the Republican Party and close the margin with Clinton” said Ipsos pollster Chris Jackson. “He’s gone from winning 73% of Republican likely voters last week to 78% this week matching the level of support Clinton receives among Democrats (79%).

“While Trump’s latest ‘pivot’ seems to have cooled some animosity towards the Republican, it has not yet translated to actual votes,” reported Ipsos pollster Chris Jackson. “Favorability tends to be a leading indicator so if Trump is able to string together several weeks of improved public sentiment, he might eke out a better standing in the polls.”

After a couple of tough weeks for Donald Trump, it seems that his sagging numbers have stabilized. Nevertheless, Trump’s camp is still going through tumultuous times with a campaign overhaul hoping to shift the current momentum of the race.

Only 83 days until Election Day! It has been a rough couple of weeks for Trump and a correspondingly good few for Clinton.  She leads Trump by an average of about 8 points, looking across all the polls.