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Trump’s trap: GOP nominee can’t let go of perceived slights

PPP said Clinton’s Pennsylvania numbers are similar to those she received in June before both parties’ conventions. That is, Clinton had 45 percent support before the convention and 52 percent after in the CNN poll, which would be a 7-point bounce the way that Gallup is counting.

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“It may be the Clinton News Network, but nobody wants to watch Hillary”, he said. Trump has praised the Russian leader in the past and last week openly asked Russian hackers to find emails deleted by Clinton from her time as secretary of state.

Mr Trump struck back by questioning whether Mrs Khan had been allowed to speak. Bernie Sanders for endorsing Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary, even as some Sanders supporters have continued to resist unifying behind the nominee. Only about 16% of voters say their minds could change in the 99 days left between now and Election Day. His supporters, however, countered that he was more honest in addressing the problems we face. Likewise, 91 percent of Trump’s supporters said the same. While Mr. Trump mentioned elsewhere in his speech that he desires to work with other people to make improvements, this particular statement has been rightly criticized.

The 49% saying the DNC made them feel more apt to vote for Clinton is the fourth highest in CNN/ORC and Gallup polling, dating back to the 1984 Democratic convention.

“I was most impressed with his stance of keeping jobs in America, specifically let the states battle it out – that’s fine, but going out to foreign countries and that, obviously that is an issue”, Kelly said.

Clinton Republicans and ex-Republicans could thus be this generation’s Reagan Democrats. Among Democrats and independents who lean toward the Democratic Party, 84% now feel the party will be united by November, up from 75% before either convention.

Obama – who is enjoying heightened popularity in his eighth and final year in office – has made clear he plans to be an active player in the White House race, campaigning around the country for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Requests to Trump’s campaign for additional explanation were not returned.

Republican Party unity, meanwhile, has faded some compared with a survey immediately after their convention. The morning after accepting the Republican nomination at the party’s convention, Trump re-litigated months-old grievances with primary rival Ted Cruz. Instead, he has frequently disrupted his own campaign – most recently by suggesting that Russian Federation should hack into Clinton’s private email server.

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Both conventions featured their candidate’s family members prominently, but Americans aren’t so sure they should have that much of a role in any administration. Trump has a narrow 2-point edge on handling gun policy. He also questioned whether Trump had ever read the Constitution.

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