August 11, 2016, 09:19 am
Rasmussen: Clinton up by 3 over Trump
By Jonathan Easley
Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by only 3 points in the latest national survey from the conservative-leaning polling outlet Rasmussen.
Clinton takes 43 percent support while Trump has 40 percent, with Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson taking 8 percent and Green Party nominee Jill Stein at 2 percent.
Rasmussen’s surveys have consistently shown Trump doing better than he does in other polls.
According to the RealClearPolitics average, Clinton leads by more than 7 points nationally in the 4-way match-up, with two recent polls showing her with a double-digit lead.
Clinton’s advantage in the Rasmussen survey is due, in part, to support from within her own party.
She takes 82 percent support among Democrats, while Trump is only taking 74 percent support from Republicans. Trump leads, 37 to 32 percent, among unaffiliated voters.
The survey found Johnson pulling more support away from Trump than he does from Clinton. The former Republican governor of New Mexico takes 9 percent support from Republicans, compared to only 3 percent from Democrats.
The Rasmussen survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted between Aug. 9 and Aug. 10 and has a 3 percentage point margin of error.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/291086-rasmussen-clinton-up-by-3-over-trump
