Trump trails Clinton

Poll: Trump trails Clinton by double digits

By Nolan D. McCaskill

Donald Trump trails Hillary Clinton by a 13-point margin, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday, a day after the Republican presidential front-runner won Indiana decisively and became the presumptive GOP nominee following Ted Cruz’s exit from the race.

Clinton leads Trump in the hypothetical head-to-head matchup, 54 percent to 41 percent, her largest advantage over Trump since July. Voters’ reasons for backing Clinton is largely split, with 48 percent of her supporters saying they would vote for her because they support her, while 51 support said their vote is an expression of their opposition to Trump. On the other side, 57 percent of Trump’s supporters are backing him in opposition of having another Clinton in the White House, while 43 percent actually support his campaign.

Clinton and Trump both have negative favorability among Americans. Clinton’s net favorability is just minus-1 percent (48 percent favorable, 49 percent unfavorable), while Trump’s is minus-18 percent (39 percent favorable, 57 percent unfavorable).

Among registered voters, Clinton is considered the better candidate on issues including climate change, foreign policy, education, health care, the income gap, immigration and terrorism. But voters suggested Trump would be better for the economy, which Americans said is the top issue for the next president.

The survey of 1,001 Americans was conducted April 28 through May 1 via landlines and cellphones. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.