Polls Trump vs Clinton May 19 2016

As the democrats continue to fight amongst themselves with an increasingly bitter confrontation between Hillary and Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump seems to have consolidated his position as the Republican Party`s nominee.

It seems almost certain that Hillary Clinton will end up being the democratic nominee and that then poses the question, what are polls showing in regards to a Clinton-Trump match up?

The Latest Polls show the following results

Gravis (May 10) Sample Size 1574, Margin of Error 2.5%

Hillary Clinton  48%
Donald Trump  46%

PPP (May 6-9) Sample Size 1222, Margin of Error 3.2%

Hillary Clinton  47%
Donald Trump  41%

Predictions Iowa Caucuses 1 February 2016

The republican field of precandidates for the presidency in 2016 is unusually big, at 12. Many people think that this will lead to divisions within the party, given that the the GOP establishment candidates are way down in the polls and people with little or no political experience, such as Donald Trump, are leading thus far.

The success of Bernie Sanders, who represents the democratic party, describing himself as a "Democrat Socialist" has been a great surprise, especially given that historically the term "socialist" has been avoided like the plague in election time. Although his frank message has found fertile ground within young people and liberals, his lack of experience in politics could be to his detriment.

Donald Trump has achieved a lot thus far, leading the republican polls in the United States despite having made a number of controversial comments that would have sunk other candidates. Even his adversaries admit that he has been adept at using social media to keep himself in the limelight.

Both republicans and democrats could end up with presidential candidates with enormous levels of rejection. According to a recent poll by NBC News/Wall Street Journal, almost half of voters have a negative opinion of Clinton and almost 6 in 10 a negative opinion of Trump.