The candidates were tied on handing the economy and jobs in June, but Trump has opened up an 11-point lead over Clinton on that issue now, and he has pulled even with her on handling terrorism and national security. Trump has improved his standing with voters on handling some important issues. In July 2008, after an often contentious primary contest, 61 percent of Clinton backers said they would vote for her primary opponent, Barack Obama, in the general election, while 20 percent said they would support McCain. 67 percent of Sanders supporters in the primaries say they will vote for Clinton in November, while just 9 percent say they will cast their vote for Trump - not too different from a month ago. Most of the interviews for this poll were conducted before Clinton's former rival, Bernie Sanders, endorsed her for President. Trump widened his lead among white voters from six points last month to 13 points now, and while Clinton led with white women last month (a group Romney won in 2012), the candidates are now even among white women. Independents were virtually split in last month's poll, but Trump now leads Clinton by 12 points among them. Clinton has lost some ground with independent voters and they have now swung Trump's way. Independents have changed since the last poll. Each candidate is also winning the support of eight in ten of their party's voters. Clinton enjoys strong support from women, African Americans, and younger voters, while Donald Trump gets the support of men, white voters (particularly those without a college degree), and white evangelicals. While the 2016 race is now neck and neck, each candidate continues to perform well with their party's key voters. (It should be noted that the 20 polls were conducted in August, as the conventions were held later in the year.) Barack Obama led Mitt Romney by just 1 point four years ago, and before both conventions in 2008, Obama had a three-point edge over John McCain. How does the state of the 2016 race compare to similar points in recent elections? CBS News polling showed tight races heading into both the 20 conventions. Most Republicans and a slim majority of independents don't think the investigation was impartial, while most Democrats think it was.ΔΆ016 Presidential Vote Choice: Past Conventions and the Demographics Forty-eight percent express at least some confidence that the investigation was independent and impartial, while 47 percent have little or no confidence. Voters are divided on whether the FBI investigation into the email matter was fair. Among Democrats, 43 percent say she did nothing wrong, and another 35 percent said she did something improper but not illegal. Most Republicans (78 percent) and half of independents think what Clinton did was illegal. On the email matter specifically, most voters think Clinton did something wrong when she set up a personal email address and server for work while she was Secretary of State, including 46 percent who think what she did was illegal, up slightly from 41 percent last month. Sixty-two percent of voters don't think he's honest (compared to Clinton's 67 percent), and two-thirds continue to say Trump is not prepared for the job of president, compared to 48 percent who say that about Clinton. Although Clinton receives lower marks on these attributes compared to last month, views of Trump have not improved on these measures and remain mostly negative.
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