- Sun Jun 19, 2016 7:41 am
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Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton has a 12-point lead over Donald Trump nationally, a new Bloomberg Politics poll shows.
Clinton has 49% support to Trump's 37%, with Libertarian Gary Johnson at 9%, according to the poll of 750 likely voters. The poll was conducted Friday through Monday and released Tuesday evening, meaning many of those polled were surveyed before the Orlando terrorist attack.
Particularly damaging for Trump: 55% of those surveyed said they would never vote for him, compared to 43% who said they'd never back Clinton.
It's a much larger lead than Clinton held in national polls conducted in May and early June, prior to Trump's accusation that the federal judge in the Trump University lawsuit is biased because his parents were born in Mexico and Trump is advocating a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Seventy-two percent of voters said Trump's comments about the judge bother them. Another 71% say the Trump University lawsuits bother them, and 67% said they're bothered that Trump hasn't released his tax returns.
Also damaging: His attacks on women such as Heidi Cruz and Carly Fiorina bother 81% of those surveyed; 66% said they are bothered by his attacks on Mexicans as "bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists," and his plans to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. The same number, 66%, say they're bothered by his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States.
Clinton has 49% support to Trump's 37%, with Libertarian Gary Johnson at 9%, according to the poll of 750 likely voters. The poll was conducted Friday through Monday and released Tuesday evening, meaning many of those polled were surveyed before the Orlando terrorist attack.
Particularly damaging for Trump: 55% of those surveyed said they would never vote for him, compared to 43% who said they'd never back Clinton.
It's a much larger lead than Clinton held in national polls conducted in May and early June, prior to Trump's accusation that the federal judge in the Trump University lawsuit is biased because his parents were born in Mexico and Trump is advocating a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Seventy-two percent of voters said Trump's comments about the judge bother them. Another 71% say the Trump University lawsuits bother them, and 67% said they're bothered that Trump hasn't released his tax returns.
Also damaging: His attacks on women such as Heidi Cruz and Carly Fiorina bother 81% of those surveyed; 66% said they are bothered by his attacks on Mexicans as "bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists," and his plans to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. The same number, 66%, say they're bothered by his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States.
- By johnforbes