A new CNN poll shows Hillary Clinton crushing Donald Trump among registered voters by 13 points (54 percent to 41 percent). The same survey shows that Clinton trails Ohio governor John Kasich by 7 points (51 percent to 44 percent) in a general election match-up.
Many Trump supporters have said they would blame a general election Trump loss on Republicans who refuse to vote for the presumptive GOP nominee, but the CNN poll shows that Trump would lose to Clinton even if he had the support of 100 percent of Republicans.
CNN poll: Trump losing to Clinton 54-41 while leading her among Republicans 84-12 pic.twitter.com/7oITEwxhsm
— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn)
May 4, 2016
Democrats choose Clinton over Trump 94 percent to 5 percent, while Republicans prefer Trump to Clinton 84 percent to 12 percent. Clinton has an 11-point lead over Trump--51 percent to 40 percent--among independents.
A lot can change in six months, but both candidates have benefited from saturation media coverage and nearly 100 percent name identification. It may be more difficult to change voters' views about both Trump and Clinton than it has been to shift opinions about presidential candidates in past elections.