Trump and Hillary statistically tied in Aug. 9-10, 2016 Rasmussen national poll of likely voters. Hillary 43, Trump 40. GOP voters still prefer a party that’s more like Trump than House Speaker Paul Ryan

Hillary 43
Trump 40
Johnson 8
Stein 2

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Independent voters

Trump 37
Hillary 32 

"Sixty percent (60%) of voters continue to believe the United States is at war with radical Islamic terrorism."

Aug. 9-10, 2016, 1000 Likely Voters nationwide, 3% error margin. Land line automated, internet for those without land lines.

8/11/16, "White House Watch," Rasmussen 

"White House Watch: Clinton 43%, Trump 40%, Johnson 8%, Stein 2%" 

"Is the air going out of Hillary Clinton’s post-convention bounce? The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online White House Watch survey of Likely U.S. Voters shows the Democratic nominee with 43% support to Donald Trump’s 40%. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson picks up eight percent (8%) of the vote, while Green Party nominee Jill Stein trails with two percent (2%). Four percent (4%) like some other candidate, and three percent (3%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.) 

Last week, the first weekly survey following the Democratic national convention, found Clinton with 44%, Trump at 40%, Johnson at six percent (6%) and Stein with three percent (3%).  It was  Clinton’s biggest lead over her Republican rival since June. Trump reached a high of 44% support in mid-July. 

Clinton continues to earn more support among voters in her party (82%) than Trump does in his (74%). But the GOP nominee still holds a slight lead – 37% to 32% - among voters not affiliated with either major political party. Both Clinton and Trump draw just over 10% support from voters in the opposing party. 

Johnson has nine percent (9%) GOP support, three percent (3%) of the Democratic vote and 15% of unaffiliated voters. Stein gets the votes of one percent (1%) of Republicans, one percent (1%) of Democrats and three percent (3%) of unaffiliateds. 

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on August 9-10, 2016 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology....

Clinton leads by 12 points among women, while Trump has a five-point advantage among men. The Democrat has a double-digit lead among those under 40. Trump is ahead only slightly among older voters. Johnson runs best among men and younger voters. 

Trump gets 20% black support to Clinton’s 72%. She also leads by 13 among other minority voters, while her GOP rival is ahead by six points among whites. 

Clinton leads among those who work for the government, while private sector employees are evenly divided between the two major candidates. 

The economy remains the number one issue for all voters this election cycle, but Republicans are a lot more worried about national security than Democrats and unaffiliated voters are. 

Clinton and many other Democrats avoid using the term "radical Islamic terrorism" publicly because they believe it implicates all Muslims for the actions of extremists. Trump and many Republicans place high importance on the language, saying an enemy cannot be defeated if it is not identified by name. Sixty percent (60%) of voters continue to believe the United States is at war with radical Islamic terrorism. 

Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan wrote earlier this year that the only person who can beat Trump is Trump himself, and so far voters think that's exactly what he's doing. 

But GOP voters still prefer a party that’s more like Trump than one that’s more like House Speaker Paul Ryan, the highest ranking Republican in Congress. 

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