Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in a hypothetical general election matchup among middle-class voters in the Rust Belt states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Clinton leads the presumed Republican presidential nominee by 7 points in those four states among likely voters with annual family incomes of $30,000 to $75,000, 46 percent to 39 percent.
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The poll was done by Purple Slice for Bloomberg Politics.
However, a whopping 15 percent of Rust Belt voters said they were unsure.
“If [Trump] can’t improve his performance among these working-class voters, he may need to build a more conventional Republican coalition to win,” pollster Doug Usher said.
Rust Belt voters also gave Clinton the advantage when it comes to having the right temperament and foreign policy chops.
Forty-nine percent of those polled said Clinton has “the right temperament” for the presidency, compared to 22 percent who said the same for Trump.
When it comes to “the skills needed,” 44 percent favored Clinton and 22 percent picked Trump.
However, neither candidate is popular with middle-income Rust Belt voters: 64 percent view Trump unfavorably, compared to 56 percent for Clinton.
Voters don’t trust the two, either.
Nearly three-in-10 (29 percent) say Clinton is more trustworthy, compared to 23 percent who chose Trump. Half (48 percent) are unsure who should be trusted more.
The poll of 803 respondents was conducted May 28-24 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
