Donald Trump is gaining ground on Hillary Clinton in a new statewide Franklin & Marshall College poll.
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Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign plans to begin airing television ads on Friday in Arizona, a state carried by Republicans in 11 of the past 12 elections. She is favored by 48 percent of likely voters to Trump’s 41 percent.
According to the poll, Clinton and Trump run about even when voters are asked who will better handle the economy and protect the USA from terrorism.
Up 6 percentage points in only three weeks, 56 percent of all adults surveyed view the Democratic presidential nominee unfavorably, while 63 percent view Trump the same way.
The poll of 736 registered voters, conducted from August 25 to 29, has a sample error of 4.6 percent. Thursday’s poll shows her lead there shrinking to 45 percent to 31 percent.
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“Backlash against Trump’s divisive rhetoric and unsafe campaign, including his embrace of a deportation force and the alt-right hate movement, have increased the opportunities in the state”, the official said. “It’s just like building personal relationships – people have got to know they can count on you – that you won’t say one thing one day and something totally different the next”. “And it says a lot about the person doing the insulting”.
National polls have tightened since the end of two major parties’ national convention in late July, but Clinton maintains leads in nearly all battleground states.
Those six are Philadelphia, the surrounding four suburban counties, and Allegheny County.
According to the Suffolk University/USA Today poll, released on Thursday, the former secretary of state is viewed negatively by 51 percent of voters and the NY billionaire by 59 percent.
Blacks make up about 13 percent of the registered voters while Hispanics are about 7 percent.
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When asked, 30 percent of likely voters said “Hillary Clinton shouldn’t be criticized for donations to the Clinton Foundation, which does good works”. “Still, there are huge amounts of people who haven’t made up their minds”. Interestingly, voters age 65 and older were much more closely divided, with 47 percent saying they trusted Clinton and 44 percent trusting Trump.
