Thursday, October 06, 2016
Donald Trump has gained another point on Hillary Clinton in the wake of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate.
The latest Rasmussen Reports White House Watch telephone and online survey of Likely U.S. Voters finds Trump with a 43% to 41% lead over Clinton. Yesterday, he was ahead 42% to 41%. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson again earns eight percent (8%) of the vote, while three percent (3%) prefer the Green Party’s Jill Stein. Two percent (2%) like some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Trump has been edging back all week. He was five points ahead of Clinton going into their first debate last week but then fell behind by three after widespread criticism of his debate performance. By this past Monday, however, the two major party candidates were in a near tie, and Trump has gained a point on Clinton each day since then.
Eighty-one percent (81%) say in the latest survey that they are already certain how they will vote, and Trump posts an equally narrow 49% to 47% lead among these voters. Among those who say they still could change their minds, it’s Trump 31%, Clinton 29%, Johnson 27% and Stein 13%.
Rasmussen Reports updates its White House Watch survey daily Monday through Friday at 8:30 am based on a three-day rolling average of 1,500 Likely U.S. Voters. This is the first survey in which one of the survey nights follows the vice presidential debate.
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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/white_house_watch_oct06
