Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads by 4 points over GOP nominee Donald Trump in a new Pew Research Center poll that includes Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein.
According to the poll, released Thursday:
- Clinton: 41 percent;
- Trump: 37 percent;
- Johnson: 10 percent;
- Stein: 4 percent.
Independent candidate Evan McMullin, who only recently announced his candidacy, was not included in the poll of 2,010 adults conducted from August 9-16. The survey carried an overall margin of error of 2.5 percentage points.
The demographic differences are remaining consistent, reports Pew:
- Women: Clinton, 49-30 percent;
- Men: Trump, 45-33 percent;
- Voters with postgraduate degrees: Clinton, 59-21 percent;
- College graduates, Clinton, 47-34 percent;
- Some college experience: Trump, 41-36 percent;
- White voters without a degree: Trump 51-26 percent;
- College educated white voters: Clinton, 47-33 percent.
- White Protestants: Trump, 63-17 percent;
- Voters not affiliated with a religion: Clinton, 56-19 percent.
Supporters for both Trump and Clinton said their decision was made to vote against one or the other of the candidates, rather than for the candidate.
With Trump supporters, 44 percent said their vote is for Trump himself, while 53 percent said they were voting for him to oppose Clinton.
On Clinton's side 46 percent said they were voting for her to oppose Trump, while 53 percent said they were voting for her on her own merits.
Sandy Fitzgerald ✉
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