BRUTAL New CBS/NYT General Election Poll Will Have Dems Hitting The Panic Button

https://twitter.com/RadioKenPittman/status/753555149637971968

So it looks like Hillary Clinton’s email lies have really caught up to her as the latest CBS News/New York Times national poll has her tied with Donald Trump at 40%:

Email probe has wounded Hillary Clinton. Poll finds she's now tied with Donald Trump https://t.co/Wkr2t5dTFo

— Andrew Mambo (@TheRealMambo) July 14, 2016

New NYTimes poll finds Clinton and Trump tied at 40% each. Yikes. https://t.co/hoeDLVoSzm

— David Wessel (@davidmwessel) July 14, 2016

New NYT/CBS poll: Clinton, Trump tied at 40%… @JoeNBC: It sounds like half-time at a basketball game https://t.co/Sl3VWvH51D

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) July 14, 2016

This poll is just brutal for Hillary Clinton. Combined with recent state polls, expect panic in Democratic circleshttps://t.co/4dlVPh0WDO

— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) July 14, 2016

Clinton was up by 6% last month:

New NYT/CBS poll: Clinton’s 6-point lead evaporates. She & Trump are tied at 40 percent. https://t.co/4l2oWKoCjz pic.twitter.com/F6XS4jGqRZ

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) July 14, 2016

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And for the first time, her favorability rating is lower than Trump’s:

CBS/NYT Poll: Trump and Clinton tied at 40, but Clinton's favorability plunges below Trump for 1st time https://t.co/nX2AbsX1oc

— Ryan Lovelace (@LovelaceRyanD) July 14, 2016

Of note, however, is that Trump isn’t moving up in the poll and that it’s Clinton who is getting weaker:

https://twitter.com/DavidKenner/status/753552786093142016

The only good news for Clinton in this poll is that Trump’s numbers are still stuck in the mudhttps://t.co/4dlVPh0WDO

— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) July 14, 2016

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