Poll: Neither Clinton Nor Trump Voters Are Excited About Presumptive Nominees
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A CBS News/New York Times poll released Thursday indicated that most Democratic and Republican voters were at least satisfied with their presumptive nominees, but few in either party are excited.
A total of 75 percent of Republican voters believe their party's leaders should support Donald Trump even if they disagree with him on major issues. But 53 percent would prefer that Republican leaders in Congress have more of a say about the party's future than Trump, the poll said.
The poll also found that 59 percent of Republicans think delegates should adhere to the primary results that made Trump the presumptive nominee, including a majority of Republicans who voted against Trump.
Meanwhile, 77 percent of Democratic voters think Bernie Sanders supporters should now support Hillary Clinton as the nominee. Sanders officially endorsed Clinton earlier this week.
A total of 81 percent of Republican voters described their party as divided, compared with 58 percent of Democratic voters who see their party as united. But voters view both parties unfavorably, the poll found.
The margin of error for the poll is plus or minus three points.
Meanwhile, a separate poll provided insight into what was on Trump and Clinton voters' minds before the Republican National Convention in Cleveland next week, and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia the following week.
Trump supporters had negative views of the impact of globalization and international trade on the U.S., and are more likely to be against illegal immigrants being given a bath to citizenship. They are more likely to support a wall along the U.S. boarder and a temporary ban on Muslims from entering the country.
Trump voters are also more likely to call the U.S. the greatest country on earth, and to agree that everyone has a chance to get ahead in life in today's economy, the poll found.
Meanwhile, Clinton voters hold a more positive view of globalization and are more optimistic about the U.S. job market. But Clinton voters are also more likely to say only a few people have a chance to get ahead in life.
Clinton voters as a group also oppose a wall on the Mexican border, and half feel that too little attention has been paid to the problems of minorities.
But both Trump and Clinton voters express frustration toward Washington, D.C.
The poll on Clinton and Trump voters had a margin of error of 4 percent.