A new poll of likely voters in the general election gives Democrat Hillary Clinton a 12-point lead over Republican Donald Trump. The survey from Bloomberg found Clinton with 49 percent support to Trump’s 37 percent. Libertarian Gary Johnson receives nine percent, while four percent say they “aren’t sure.”
The poll of 750 was conducted between June 10 and June 13, so only the last day of polling took place after the terrorist attack in Orlando that killed 49 people and injured many more. Among the 408 respondents who were asked on June 13 which candidate they would have “more confidence” in to deal with an Orlando-like crisis, 45 percent said selected Trump while 41 percent selected Clinton. Trump also edged out Clinton among all respondents, 50 percent to 45 percent, on the question of which candidate “would combat terrorist threats at home and abroad.”
Still, a majority of those polled—55 percent—said they would “never” vote for Trump for president. By comparison, just 43 percent said that of Clinton. Here’s more from Bloomberg:
The Bloomberg poll shows a much wider race than two other recent polls, which showed Trump and Clinton within single digits and hovering around 40 percent support. Both of those polls were conducted before the Orlando attack.
