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Over Half of Americans Anxious About Backing Third-Party Candidate – Poll

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Slightly over a half of US nationals polled are anxious about backing a third-party presidential candidate despite growing dissatisfaction with the choice in this election, a poll released Sunday showed.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The ABC/SSRS online poll found that 59 percent feared that voting for a candidate from a minor party could cause their least-preferred candidate to win in the US presidential race, the ABC broadcaster said.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as his campaign manager Paul Manafort (C) and daughter Ivanka (R) look on during Trump's walk through at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, U.S., July 21, 2016 - Sputnik International
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A survey by ABC News and the Washington Post earlier in August revealed that six in ten Americans were unhappy about having to choose between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as the major-party contenders.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appear onstage together after his speech on the third night at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 27, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online White House Watch survey of Likely US Voters put Clinton in the lead with 41 percent support to Trump's 39 percent. Trump had been losing ground since the Republican National Convention ended in mid-July.

The US presidential election is scheduled to take place on November 8.

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