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Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Supporters’ Views Differ Widely

Just like Hillary Clinton is against the miners, she is against the police.

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Protesters wearing masks of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump march with a group of cannabis advocates on the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 28.

Trump is a staunch gun rights supporter and often talks about the issue on the campaign trail.

Earlier in the week, the Republican nominee tapped a combative conservative media executive, Stephen Bannon, to serve as CEO of his presidential bid.

The RNC’s Sean Spicer, defending his work on behalf of Trump’s candidacy, told the Washington Post this week, “There are doctors who help people who have done bad things, there are lawyers who defend bad people”. Her campaign said the two met backstage and chatted about the 2016 campaign, the Summer Olympics and their families.

Offered a choice among four candidates, including the Libertarian and Green Party nominees, 41% of registered voters said they would vote for Clinton while 37% backed Trump. A slightly smaller – though still wide – majority of Trump supporters (72%) say they believe Clinton would be a bad president if elected.

Senator Tim Kaine released ten years of his returns and joined Hillary Clinton in calling for Donald Trump to finally show the American public the transparency and openness they deserve.

Among Clinton’s supporters, 63% expect that she would continue Obama’s policies and most (59% 0f all Clinton supporters) say this would be a good thing. Believe me. You know it, and I know it, and guess what, she knows it. “After hearing Michelle’s message on Hillary, they are more likely to support her”.

Just 15 per cent say Trump would make an “average” president, the poll said.

Still, Americans remain skeptical that either major party’s candidate would be a good leader for the country.

Lorraine Minnite, a political science professor at Rutgers University-Camden, says voter impersonation fraud is rare because it’s hard to do on a large-enough scale to tip an election.

As a candidate, Bill Clinton was dogged in 1992 by questions about his honesty, but voters ultimately viewed him as a better caretaker of the economy, which had stumbled during President George H.W. Bush’s administration.

Clinton said Thursday at the start of the meeting that deadly shootings in Dallas, Baton Rouge and Milwaukee show the need for respect between police officers and residents.

By contrast, about two-thirds (64%) of Trump supporters say the election of a woman as president would be not too or not at all important.

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Of course, throughout this election year, critics of Trump and Clinton have posited several theories on how to actually remove either or both of them from their place as nominees: a brokered convention, an Federal Bureau of Investigation indictment, or ongoing rumors that at least one of them might just decide to drop out.

Donald Trump the Republican Party's presidential nominee said Thursday night that he had'regret for choosing the wrong words that have caused'pain during the 2016 campaign