Two head-to-head polls released Sunday showed a resurgent Hillary Clinton vaulting atop the US presidential race after a tumultuous month for Donald Trump, who has failed to rally confidence among voters or party leaders. A Washington Post-ABC News poll showed a 12 percentage point lead for the Democrat, her largest advantage since last fall and a dramatic improvement over last month when the poll showed her statistically tied with Trump.
If the presidential election were held today, 51 percent of respondents said they would vote for Clinton, versus 39 percent for Trump. However, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showed a slimmer lead for Clinton, 46 percent to Trump's 41 percent. They were essentially tied, 39 percent for Clinton and 38 percent for Republican opponent, when third-party candidates were included, this poll showed.
The surveys come after a difficult month for the combative Trump, a political novice who fired his campaign manager and faced criticism for poor campaign organisation and a paltry war chest of $1.3 million at the end of May.
Clinton, who has repeatedly pounded Trump as being "temperamentally unfit," finished the month with $42 million.
Trump faced a widespread outcry after he accused a federal judge of bias because of his Mexican heritage. The judge is presiding over cases involving Trump's defunct online university.
And in the aftermath of the mass shooting at a gay night-club in Orlando, the brash businessman tweeted his thanks to people who congratulated him for "being right on radical Islamic terrorism." He renewed calls for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States and then doubled down, suggesting profiling of Muslims was not off the table.
On Saturday, Trump seemed to change course, saying immigration from "regions linked with terrorism" should be suspended.
"I think there's no question that he's made a number of mistakes over the last few weeks," Republican Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, told ABC News on Sunday. "I think they're beginning to right the ship. It's a long time until November. And the burden, obviously, will be on him to convince people that he can handle this job."
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