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In a new poll just released this afternoon, Hillary Clinton is stomping Trump with a double digit lead among likely voters.The problem, to state the obvious, is his overt negatives. Too many people dislike too many things about the Donald, and the antics that cause his dedicated fan base to adore him and helped him shove his way through the Republican nominating process aren't as effective in a general election. As a result, a whopping 55% - a majority of those polled - said they could never vote for him, versus 45% for Hillary.
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Source: Bloomberg
Democrat Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead nationally over Republican Donald Trump, whose negatives remain unusually high for a presidential candidate amid early indications that the Orlando terrorist attack has had little direct impact on the 2016 race.
A new Bloomberg Politics national poll shows Clinton leading Trump 49 percent to 37 percent among likely voters in November's election, with 55 percent of those polled saying they could never vote for the real-estate developer and TV personality.
Read the questions and methodology here.
Most national polls in late May and early June showed a closer race, but they were taken before criticism intensified of Trump's charge that a U.S. judge overseeing fraud cases against Trump University is biased because of the judge’s Mexican heritage. Fifty-five percent of likely voters in the new poll said they were very bothered by those comments.