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in a poll about Trump vs. Clinton in the general, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll_us_572c5399e4b0bc9cb046564a
Similar responses prevailed among Clinton supporters.
About 46 percent said they would vote for her mostly because they dont want to see a Trump presidency, while 40 percent said they agreed with her political positions, and 11 percent said they liked her personally.
The April 29-May 5 poll included 469 likely Trump voters and 599 likely Clinton voters. It has a credibility interval of 5 percentage points.
The headline is wrong, as in both cases, the figures they quote do not equate to "most"... not just because the numbers are below 50%, but the numbers don't even represent the majority of those who expressed an opinion. That is, for Trump, 49% are supporting him for some reason other than stopping Hillary (more than the 47% who are supporting him for that reason), and for Hillary, 51% are supporting her for some reason other than stopping Trump.
Still, the poll is noteworthy as further evidence of what we already knew, these are two highly disliked candidates. Fortunately for us, the Republicans are putting up someone with even higher unfavorables than Hillary.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)And I'm proud to be an aMurican...
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)candidate.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Sure I liked Obama but I equally disliked McCain and Romney. Those that spend their time waxing philosophically on the obvious should go take a nice walk in a local park and appreciate nature as a way of resetting one's perspective.
Silver_Witch
(1,820 posts)I doubt it but maybe they will learn.
marmar
(77,114 posts)ChoppinBroccoli
(3,786 posts)If there were anybody out there viable enough to start up another Party and actually be a threat to win, this would be the year to do it. Just to use him as an example (not because I think he could or even should do it), it's kind of the same situation as when Jesse Ventura got elected Minnesota's Governor (i.e. there was a large segment of the populace that didn't like either candidate, and he represented something different).
Ross Perot and Ralph Nader didn't have the gravitas to be serious contenders, but certainly there must be someone out there who could make a 3rd Party run this year and actually be a big enough threat to be considered something other than just some "outsider nutball" throwing a Hail Mary. Because ultimately, I'd love it if we had 3 or even 4 parties, all on equal footing every election. Give the people some REAL choices.
okieinpain
(9,397 posts)is why wasn't this being discussed after 2012. why wait to now for everybody to go "anybody but hillary".
jwirr
(39,215 posts)okieinpain
(9,397 posts)was talking about "who's gone stop her now". I didn't see any post back then going "hell nah, not hillary". now it's like she a spawn of the devil or something.
pampango
(24,692 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)-Robert A. Heinlein
fred v
(271 posts)With a few, rare exceptions.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Tired of voting for the lesser evil.