The recent polls have produced positive results for Trump supporters -- he seems to have already gotten farther than his Democrat competitor Hillary Clinton in the polls. The Guardian reports that the RCP polling data site has updated new averages to show that Trump is 0.2 percent ahead of Clinton. The latter's popularity has been declining lately -- her average has been fluctuating, but slowly declining over the past few months. However, she might still have a chance as her name does not garner as much hate as Donald Trump just yet. Trump supporters, on the other hand, say that they prefer him mainly because he is not Clinton.
According to the Washington Post, about six in every 10 registered voters polled would state that they would not prefer either of the major candidates. Clinton's net negative rating is minus 16, and Trump's is currently at minus 17. Both of these candidates also garner strong reactions from either party, and are labeled by RT as the "most unpopular likely candidates for a presidential election". Fans of either party are said to only vote for their candidate because he or she is the lesser evil compared to the other.
The Guardian does assure us that this RCP polling average is not a totally accurate description of the political situation. A candidate having more votes in the polls doesn't immediately mean that they will win within the next nine months. Each state gives different numbers of votes, so one state's results may not speak for the entire country's. Pundits shouldn't be too compacent, either -- none of them expected Trump to be the leading Republican candidate in the presidential race before, and none of them are panicking at the thought of him beating Clinton now. If he keeps rising steadily like he is doing now, he may very well be the one sitting on the presidential chair next year.
