Hillary Clinton expanded her lead in Ohio to 10 points in a Baldwin Wallace University poll, conducted after the second debate and the release of video showing Donald Trump’s vile sexual comments about women.
Clinton leads the head-to-head poll against the businessman, 48-38, among likely voters in Ohio.
When third-party candidates are included, the former Secretary of State leads by nine points, 43-34, with Libertarian Gary Johnson at 10 percent and Green Party candidate Jill Stein at 3 percent.
Baldwin Wallace University has not recently polled the general election in Ohio. The most recent Ohio poll, conducted by CBS/YouGov before the weekend’s news shakeup, showed Clinton leading by four points, 46-42, with Johnson at 5 percent and Stein at 2 percent.
The Baldwin Wallace University poll, conducted from the end of the second debate on Oct. 9 until Oct. 11, surveyed 1,152 likely Ohio voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus three percent.
TPM’s PollTracker Average for the election in Ohio shows Clinton leading Trump, 47.3 to 41.6.
10 points.
In Ohio.
And a happy Wednesday to everyone!
Anybody know why they report polls this way, with head-to-head first and then “when third-party candidates are included” as an afterthought? If Johnson and Stein are on the ballot in Ohio, what does it matter what the head-to-head number is at the state level?