Donald Trump dominates Hillary Clinton in who voters trust to fix the economy and beats her on immigration and even national security while she edges him on gay marriage and abortion, according to a new poll.
Rasmussen Reports polled 1,000 likely voters and found that Trump has taken charge of the biggest issues of the day, coughing up social issues to Clinton, though not in a runaway fashion. For example, when asked who voters trusted on many of the social issues, Clinton won by just four percentage points.
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The poll questions:
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Q. Which major presidential candidate do you trust more to handle the economy and job creation?
— 50 percent Trump.– 38 percent Clinton.
Q. Which major presidential candidate do you trust more to handle national security?
— 46 percent Trump.– 42 percent Clinton.
Q. Which major presidential candidate do you trust more to handle social issues like abortion, gay marriage and Church-state topics?
— 44 percent Clinton.– 40 percent Trump.
Q. Which major presidential candidate do you trust more to handle the environment?
— 45 percent Clinton.– 40 percent Trump.
Q. Which major presidential candidate do you trust more to handle immigration?
— 52 percent Trump.– 38 percent Clinton.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
