The Pros And Cons Of Hillary Clinton

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Hillary Clinton polls show the Democratic presidential nominee's post-convention bounce has turned into a surge. According to a trio of surveys released Thursday, Clinton has taken big leads over GOP contender Donald Trump in the battleground states of New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Michigan, shoring up her favorable ratings with voters, while Trump is still burdened by negative ratings and deep divisions within the Republican party. A WBUR poll in New Hampshire shows Clinton has jumped ahead of Trump by 15 points in the state. The poll, conducted between July 29 and Aug. 1, has Clinton leading Trump 47 percent to 32 percent among 609 likely New Hampshire voters with third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein in the mix. Clinton is trouncing Trump 51 percent to 34 percent in a head-to-head match up. Steve Koczela, president of MassINC Polling Group, which conducted WBUR's poll, explains the biggest reason Hillary Clinton polls are surging is that Bernie Sanders supporters are uniting around her despite their contentious behavior at the Democratic National Convention. After all the hand-wringing about whether Bernie Sanders supporters would end up supporting Hillary Clinton, she's now getting 86 percent of the Democratic vote. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is backed by only 63 percent of …show more content…

An even number of New Hampshire voters -- 45 percent and 45 percent -- now view Clinton favorably versus unfavorably. In May, 58 percent viewed Clinton unfavorably, compared with 35 percent who had a positive view of her. However, 60 percent of New Hampshire voters still hold negative views on Trump, versus 29 percent who view him favorably. This is slightly worse than Trump's numbers in May, when he held a 58 percent to 33 percent favorable/unfavorable rating. The margin of error in the WBUR poll is plus/minus 4