Jill Stein, the presidential candidate of the far-left Green Party, compared Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump on Thursday while talking with Meet the Press Daily’s Chuck Todd.
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A new AP-GfK poll finds that 81 percent of Americans say they would feel afraid following the election of one of the two polarizing politicians: Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.
In addition to the New York Times/CBS News poll showing that Clinton and Trump are tied at 40 percent, it also shows that both Democrats and Republicans are unhappy with their candidates.
Seeking to make a sharp contrast, Clinton pledged she would introduce a comprehensive immigration reform bill within the first 100 days of her administration and said she is committed to expanding President Barack Obama’s plan to defer deportations, despite a major legal setback last month in the Supreme Court, an aide said.
Hillary Clinton campaigned with potential vice presidential running-mate U.S. Senator Tim Kaine in his home state of Virginia on Thursday, testing whether the person widely seen as the “safe choice” can propel her to the White House in November.
Kaine has said his job is to help Clinton win in Virginia, and regardless of whether he makes the cut in his tryout, there are few places more key to Democratic victory than vote-rich Northern Virginia. It reverted red in 2012, but polling has shown Clinton competitive there, drawing significant support from minority communities. And in Pennsylvania, it was 43 percent-41 percent Trump among 982 voters. Clinton will not be brought up on charges, but she may have lost the trust of former supporters and voters that were previously undecided.
The WSJ/NBC/Marist findings in Virginia and Colorado findings are in line with other recent polls in those states.
The candidates share this quality – the majority of voters polled don’t see either of them as honest or trustworthy – Clinton with 67 percent, and Trump with 62 percent saying “no”.
And just because you don’t like the top of the ticket political analysts say you should still vote because of the local and state races. If more of Clinton’s supporters decide to support one of the third-party candidates, things could get interesting for Trump.
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Additionally, the poll found that gender and educational divides continue to shape the 2016 race, with lower-educated male voters favoring Trump, and more highly educated female voters favoring Clinton. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.3 points in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, and 3.5 points for Colorado.
