A new McClatchy-Marist poll has Hillary Clinton with a 6-point lead over Donald Trump going into the first presidential debate on Monday.
“When it comes to specific areas of public policy, she seems to dominate those,” pollster Miringoff said. “When it comes to the qualities of a candidate she has some convincing to do.”
Clinton dominates when it comes to experience, with likely voters by 57-30 saying she has the know-how to do the job. She wins on temperament, with voters by 50-38 giving her the edge.
“Some of the values Trump stands for, his morals, I just can’t get behind,” said Katie Harrington, 20, a junior at the University of Florida in Gainesville. “I can’t get behind someone who criticizes veterans, mocks women and outright attacks people of different nationalities.”
And Clinton scores when voters are thinking about the issues.
On immigration, they prefer her by 54-41.
On creating good jobs, they prefer her by 49-43.
On trade, they prefer her by 52-42.
And on handling terrorism, they prefer her over Trump by 52-41.
“Trump saying things like, ‘oh I can solve the ISIS problem in 30 days.’ That just doesn’t sit well with me because that just doesn’t make sense,” said David Shaevel, 42, a Clinton backer from Austin, Texas.
Clinton and Trump are both hugely unpopular and whoever wins the White House will lead a polarized nation.
Just 40 percent of likely voters have a favorable opinion of Clinton and 37 percent of Trump, according to the McClatchy-Marist poll.
And she starts to lose out when voters think of honesty.
Most likely voters don’t find either of them to be “honest and trustworthy.” But he has the edge. Just 36 percent of voters think she’s honest and trustworthy; 44 percent think he is.
“If there’s an Achilles heel in her armor, honest and trustworthy is where that shows up the most,” Miringoff said.
Johnny Pfeiffer, 51, of Hernando County, Florida, said he’s leaning Trump. But he said he’s more opposed to Clinton than he is enthusiastic about Trump, who he acknowledged “does scare me a little bit.”
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