Active U.S. servicemembers say they favor Donald Trump for president over Hillary Clinton by a wide margin, but they are also unhappy with the choices, according to a new survey by the Military Times. Trump and Clinton will each try to paint a rosy picture of life under their leadership during their back-to-back conventions, but it seems unlikely either can quickly shake Americans out of their bad mood.
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A Telemundo/NBC News/WSJ poll of Latinos released Sunday afternoon shows Trump trailing Clinton by 62 points among Latinos in a head-to-head matchup.
But one candidate has made gains since last month: Libertarian Gary Johnson.
Both candidates remain unpopular among USA voters. By roughly 2-1 (64-31 percent), Americans view Trump unfavorably. That was up slightly from Clinton’s favorable ratings: 34% of respondents said they viewed the former secretary of state positively, compared to 56% who said they viewed her negatively. Fifty-four percent of Clinton’s supporters say they are mainly voting against Trump while 57 percent of Trump supporters say they are mainly voting against Clinton. Instead, some analysts have argued, a candidate needs only to increase turnout among white, working-class voters in states with a lower minority population. All these events have added to the tensions of a country on edge and heightened the importance of security and racial issues in the choice of a new president.
Fifty-five percent of all voters say her use of a private email server is important to their vote – up from 42 percent who said this in late October 2015 after her testimony before the House Benghazi Committee. Other recent polls show the race nationally to be in low single digits, with Clinton generally enjoying the advantage.
Walker also gave a prime time speech during the 2012 Republican National Convention when Mitt Romney was the nominee and Janesville Rep. Paul Ryan was his running mate. “We’re so weak”, Trump said hours after the Nice attack. Of the three, only the last one shows any movement towards Trump, which is interesting since their sample is D+10. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1%.
Another weakness Clinton has heading into her convention is the country’s desire for change.
Clinton walks away with the win with 41 percent, Trump with 35 percent and then Johnson with 11 percent and Stein with 6 percent.
When asked by NY if part of the phenomenon is that men worry ambitious women will take up space that has traditionally belonged to them, Clinton concurred.
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When asked about instability and violence around the world that is threatening American interests, Pence said that “One of the reasons why I said yes in a heartbeat to run with this man, is because he embodies American strength, and I know that he will provide that kind of broad-shouldered American strength on the global stage as well”.
