“There has never been a man or woman, not me, not Bill (Clinton) – nobody more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States”, Obama said to cheers at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The remaining seven percent of respondents said they would vote “other” or “neither”. In a CNN/ORC poll, Trump takes 48% to Clinton’s 45%. A majority (52%) now say Trump is running for president for the good of the country rather than personal gain, just 44% say the same about Clinton. Ivanka Trump is here to help – marketing her “look” on Twitter the day after delivering a speech at the GOP convention. In 2000, Al Gore and George W. Bush each achieved eight point leads over each other in the weeks following their Parties’ respective campaigns.
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The CNN poll shows 76 per cent of white evangelicals declaring for Trump, with only five per cent of these saying they are open to changing their minds.
National polls don’t have a large enough sample to accurately reflect the state of play in key battlegrounds, and there is little information thus far on how Trump’s convention performance has affected the presidential race state-by-state.
“This has always been the philosophy of the Trump Organization.Women are paid equally for the work that they do and when a woman becomes a mother she is supported, not shut out”, she said to cheers from the audience.
Independents are not the only voters impressed by the overall RNC.
The survey consisted of 3,462 registered voters across the United States and has a margin of error of ±1.7%.
Now, 43 percent back him while 41 percent were dissuaded after the convention.
Nearly twice as many women between the ages of 18 and 34 said they support Clinton (49 percent) as those who said they support Trump (26 percent).
After multiple jabs at Hillary Clinton, Priebus left the crowd with a “little-known story of American greatness” about William Knudsen, an immigrant and a leading automotive industry head during World War II.
Cruz did not disqualify himself from being a future standard-bearer merely by failing to endorse Trump, but also by failing to embrace the conservative policies that are necessary to make America great again.
On July 23, Trump tweeted, “Tim Kaine is, and always has been, owned by the banks”.
Mike Pence will be a contender obviously if Trump wins but would have to wait until 2024.
To date the vast majority of polling has found Clinton with either a slim or a substantial lead.
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While avoiding any direct mention of Trump’s name, Clinton slammed many of his recent statements about the military and worldwide affairs, vowing to stand by longtime allies, fight repressive regimes and carefully weigh the advice of military officials.
