This story was originally published on nationaljournal.com on September 1, 2016 The start of Labor Day weekend, the traditional beginning of the general election, is a good time to take stock of the 2016 campaign. As of Thursday at noon, Hillary Clinton was ahead of Donald Trump by 4.9 percentage points, 46.8 to 41.9 percent, in the RealClearPolitics averages of major national polls in the two-way trial heats; up by 4.2 points in the three-way, 42.3 to 38.1, with Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson garnering 8.2 percent, and by 3.9 points in the four-way test, 42 to 38.1, with Johnson pulling 7.6 and Green Party nominee Jill Stein 3.2 percent.
RCP General Election Poll Average - Clinton vs. Trump | InsideGov
Swing voters are torn. They tend to see Clinton as smart, knowledgeable, experienced, and competent, but they don’t like or trust her. Many like the fact that Trump is not a politician and speaks his mind. They may even agree, partially or totally, with the real estate mogul on immigration or handling terrorism, but they question his
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