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The good news for Donald Trump out of Ohio, Fla

Some 41 percent supported Clinton and 34 percent supported Trump. Analysts still consider Florida, North Carolina and OH considered genuine toss-up states, perhaps with a slight edge towards Clinton, but a string of strong polls has moved Pennsylvania seemingly out of reach for Trump, where he now trails Clinton by an average of 9 points, according to RealClearPolitics’ aggregation of polls.

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The ads constitute the first paid media Trump has purchased since before winning the Republican presidential nomination in May.

Donald Trump’s America is secure, terrorists and unsafe criminals kept out.

“No group in America has been more harmed by Hillary Clinton’s policies than African-Americans”.

As bad as August has been for Donald Trump, one thing that must leave him at least a little relieved is his standing in the two most critical swing states: Florida and Ohio.

Clinton campaign spokeswoman Christina Reynolds took issue with the television spot, saying in a statement that “no misleading ad can change the fact that Hillary Clinton is the only candidate with the experience and judgment to lead the country and keep our families safe”.

However, Trump’s decision to tour the flood-ravaged areas was met with harsh words from Edwards. In order to make people comfortable enough with Trump to vote for him, the campaign will have to tell that story, too.

Trump’s first ad is likely to generate a tremendous amount of scrutiny, Bloomberg Politics contributor Ken Goldstein said.

Trump said this week he’s overhauling his campaign operation, bringing in a new chief executive and appointing a new campaign manager.

“If we see the decline into October that I’m expecting, then I would expect that the election results are going to get a lot more interesting and not see the big lead for Clinton that we’re seeing right now”, McClellan said.

And, in a twist, Trump’s lack of ground game campaign anywhere helps the argument that, if he put one together, his comeback could be even stronger. The Clinton campaign has outspent Trump on air $61 million to $0, according to data from Advertising Analytics/NBC News. “If Hillary Clinton’s goal was to inflict pain on the African-American community, she couldn’t have done a better job”, Trump said.

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