Sasse’s 1,600 word essay was a scathing indictment of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and asked voters to look inward to address how the race culminated with those options – and how to change it. Stein wants to abolish student debt and raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
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Johnson could appeal to both liberals and conservatives.
Donald Trump is going after Bernie Sanders for his expected endorsement of former Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton. She also wants the country to run on renewable energy by 2030, running on a platform similar to Sanders’ promise to push against coal and oil companies. He wants to replace income and payroll tax with a simpler consumption tax, expand free trade and end wasteful spending.
Recent polls have shown that many Sanders voters plan to back Clinton but have reservations about her honesty. Now, Trump leads Clinton 42% to 39%, within the margin of error; a month ago, Clinton led 47% to 39%.
The poll also found incumbent Democratic Sen.
Fox News says it is suspending its contributor agreement with Newt Gingrich “due to the intense media speculation” about him as a potential vice presidential candidate of Republican Donald Trump.
“One question at this early stage is whether Clinton can hold onto the small but crucial number of Republican voters who are now supporting her or whether Trump can win them over as well as Democrats backing Johnson”, said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute. “Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for President, has supported severely limiting the government’s role, including slashing taxes and reducing programs such as Medicare and the military and broadly decriminalizing now illegal drugs”.
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The poll was conducted from July 8 to 11 with a random sample of 401 likely Iowa voters. The survey of voters who want an alternative to Trump and Clinton included 2,153 likely voters and has a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of 2 percentage points.
