Thursday, August 25, 2016

Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) 2016 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) 2016 Presidential Poll
  • Hillary Clinton (D) 42% [41%] (43%) {44%} [38%] (38%)
  • Donald Trump (R) 38% [39%] (40%) {40%} [40%] (37%)
  • Gary Johnson (L) 9% [9%] (8%) {6%} [9%] (8%) 
  • Jill Stein (G) 2% [3%] (2%) {3%}
  • Some other candidate 3% [3%] (4%) {3%} [8%]
  • Undecided 7% [5%] (3%) {4%} [4%]
Survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted August 23-24, 2016. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.Results from the poll conducted August 15-16, 2016 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted August 9-10, 2016 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted August 1-2, 2016 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 5, 2016 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 31 - June 1, 2016 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:
Clinton has 79% of the Democratic vote, while 76% of Republicans support Trump. The GOP nominee continues to hold a small lead among voters not affiliated with either major political party. Johnson draws nearly equally from both major parties and earns 20% of the unaffiliated vote.
Trump and Clinton are now virtually tied among male voters, while Clinton holds a nine-point advantage among women.
The Democrat leads by 15 points among those under 40, while the two are tied among older voters.
Whites still prefer Trump, while Clinton has an enormous lead among blacks and a double-digit advantage among other minority voters.

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