A May 17-18 robo poll by Florida-based Gravis Marketing (MoE +/- 2%) find Hillary Clinton now receiving support from 46 percent of registered voters and Donald Trump 42 percent. “I hope Secretary Clinton reconsiders her unfortunate decision to back away from her commitment to debate”.
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The same polls showed that Mr Sanders had a higher favourability than either candidate and that his chances of beating Mr Trump were higher. “In the last several weeks, the people of Indiana, West Virginia and OR have suggested otherwise”, he said.
Sanders had already agreed to participate in the event to be hosted by Fox News, following a series of heated exchanges during their fifth debate in April in NY. Trump had secured at least 27 delegates as of late Tuesday, leaving him 41 short of the number needed to clinch the nomination, Fox News reported. Political considerations aside, Clinton’s appearances on the network are few and far between.
Last week Sanders accepted Fox News’ invite to attend an upcoming debate moderated by Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace.
In other words, it was promoted as a way to appeal to moderates.
It’s his first stop as he campaigns for his wife, Hilary Clinton.
Clinton’s recent struggle to make headway in the polls may be related to her having to battle on two fronts-her rival in the Democratic primaries Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump.
“Nobody in this country and maybe in the history of this country politically was worse than Bill Clinton with women”, Trump said earlier this month, adding Hillary Clinton was equally liable for his husband’s actions.
But it does set a not-so-friendly tone between Clinton and the conservative-themed network as the general election looms.
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The presumptive Republican nominee’s plan to deport millions of people living in the United States illegally also drew Clinton’s ire. Riemer said. “I think that’s where you’ll really get a feel for what this race will shape up to look like”.
