The NBC News/Survey Monkey weekly tracking poll released Tuesday morning found that Donald Trump did not see a post-convention bounce in support.
Hillary Clinton maintained her one point lead over Trump, leading him 46-45.
However, when third party candidates were added to the question, Trump led Clinton by two points, up one point form last week’s poll. It was Trump 41, Clinton 39, Libertarian Gary Johnson 10, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein 5.
Trump has seen mixed polling results following the Republican convention in Cleveland. A CNN/ORC national poll released Monday found Trump gaining six points since before the convention and earning a 48-45 lead over Clinton. And in a CBS News poll released Monday, Trump led Clinton by one point.
NBC News/Survey Monkey surveyed 12,931 registered voters online July 18-24 with a margin of error plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.
Yet all we could talk about yesterday was Trump’s huge bounce and how he overtook HRC in whatever other polling.
Polls drive me crazy. Like preseason college football rankings. I’ll start paying attention in about a month or so
I imagine that there will be polling soon on Putin and Trump’s connection. I can’t wait to see that.
… suggestion: don’t forget the old chestnut “dead cat bounce”. That always makes for a nice headline.
“Dead cat bounce” can also describe his coif.
People say voters don’t pay attention until after Labor Day. I doubt that old saying has much relevance in the age of three cable news channels and talk radio.
Good to see CNN looking like an outlier here.