Recent polls show Trump gaining on Clinton when 3rd-party candidates considered
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Recent polls show Trump gaining on Clinton when 3rd-party candidates considered
Published August 16, 2016 FoxNews.com
Donald Trump may see a glimmer of hope in the sea of polls that show him trailing Hillary Clinton – he consistently gains on his Democratic rival when third-party candidates are taken into account.
A flurry of recent surveys, especially in battleground states, shows that when voters are asked about a four-way race -- involving Trump, Clinton, Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein – Clinton’s lead often narrows.
The most recent example is in Virginia, where a new Washington Post poll shows Clinton ahead in a two-way race by a sizeable 14-point margin among registered voters, 52-38 percent. But when voters are asked about Johnson and Stein as well, Clinton’s lead narrows to 11 points.
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Recent polls show Trump gaining on Clinton when 3rd-party candidates considered
Published August 16, 2016 FoxNews.com
Donald Trump may see a glimmer of hope in the sea of polls that show him trailing Hillary Clinton – he consistently gains on his Democratic rival when third-party candidates are taken into account.
A flurry of recent surveys, especially in battleground states, shows that when voters are asked about a four-way race -- involving Trump, Clinton, Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein – Clinton’s lead often narrows.
The most recent example is in Virginia, where a new Washington Post poll shows Clinton ahead in a two-way race by a sizeable 14-point margin among registered voters, 52-38 percent. But when voters are asked about Johnson and Stein as well, Clinton’s lead narrows to 11 points.
READ MORE: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/16...
Quinnipiac University polling released last week in the swing states of Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania showed a similar pattern -- with the races tightening slightly when Johnson and Stein were factored in.