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2016 US ELECTION

Clinton takes lead over Trump, new polls show

According to the Washington Post-ABC News poll, two in three Americans say Trump is unqualified to lead the nation, are anxious about the idea of a Trump presidency and find his comments about women, minorities and Muslims to show an “unfair bias.”

However, survey respondents also indicated unease with former secretary of state Clinton.

A majority disprove of the way Clinton has handled questions over her use of a personal email server during her tenure as the nation’s top diplomat, and half are anxious about the idea of her in the White House.

Although Clinton’s rival for the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders, has yet to officially drop out of the race and endorse her, the Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showed 78 percent of his primary supporters backed her.

The Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted Monday through Thursday of last week among 836 registered voters and had a margin of error of four percentage points.

The Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll of 1,000 registered voters was conducted Sunday through Thursday of last week and had a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.

Speculation continued to swirl Sunday about who will be the running mates of the two presumptive nominees.

Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose decades of political experience would be a counterbalance to Trump, has been repeatedly mentioned as a potential vice presidential candidate but said Sunday he has not been contacted about the position.

He said he thinks Trump will make a last-minute decision even though the start of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland is just over three weeks away.

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“He’s probably going to start thinking about it two days before Cleveland,” Gingrich said on Fox News Sunday.

“I think Donald Trump does not want to make a decision until the convention. I think that he is a very decisive person.”

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