A Divided and Unpopular Party Convenes

First Read: “As Republicans begin the first day of their convention here, we can safely say that the state of their party is, well, not so strong. In the new NBC/WSJ poll, which finds Hillary Clinton holding on to her five-point lead over Donald Trump, only 38% of Republican voters say they are satisfied with Trump as their nominee, versus 54% of Democrats who say they are satisfied with Clinton.”

“What’s more, a combined 85% of all voters – including 78% of Republicans – say the GOP is not that unified or only somewhat unified. That’s compared with 48% of all voters (and 40% of Democrats) who say that about the Democratic Party. And overall, the Republican Party has a fav/unfav rating of 27%/51% (-24) in the poll, compared with the Democrats’ 39%/41% score (-2). So while you could look at our poll and fairly conclude that both Trump (-33) and Clinton (-22) are unpopular in our NBC/WSJ poll, there really is no comparing the state of the GOP heading into their convention and the Democrats going into theirs.”