Gallup:
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's image has picked up among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents over the last two weeks. Clinton now has a favorable rating of 73% and an unfavorable rating of 20%, yielding an overall net favorable score of +53. Her net favorable score had dropped to as low as +46 earlier in September. [...]
From a big-picture perspective, Clinton's image among Democrats clearly deteriorated as the campaign progressed during the summer and into September, in part as a result of the controversy over her emails while she was secretary of state. Her net favorable score had been as high as +62 in early August -- thus leading to a 16-point drop between that time and mid-September. [...]
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' image among Democrats has plateaued well below Clinton's throughout September, after having edged upward from early August. Sanders' favorable rating is now 48% and his unfavorable is 12%, yielding his current +36 net favorable rating. Sanders has become more familiar to Democrats over the past two months, but four in 10 Democrats and leaners still don't know enough about him to have an opinion.
But national polls mean nothing, argle-bargle, right? Sure, I agree, let's look at voter choices in the states.
Iowa, Clinton 43%, Sanders 27%, Biden 12%
New Hampshire, Sanders 48%, Clinton 34%, Biden 10%
Florida, Clinton 54%, Sanders 17%, Biden 16%
South Carolina, Clinton 48%, Biden 24%, Sanders 23%
North Carolina, Clinton 48%, Biden 30%, Sanders 20%
Ohio, Clinton 47%, Sanders 17%, Biden 14%
We still have a long way to go before the ballots are cast, that's not a point anyone should dispute with any seriousness, but one thing is clear: even after an entire summer of bad news and, frankly, self-inflicted wounds, Hillary Clinton remains the Democratic front-runner and the odds-on favorite to win the White House.