Those who have been criticizing Hillary Clinton for receiving big money from lobbyists and special interests would face few points to argue for this one as the average donation size was $50 and around 2.3 million people contributed to Clinton’s fund. Twenty-five percent of the country does not support either candidate, more than double the number who disapproved of both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in 2012. Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson received 7 percent; Green Party nominee Jill Stein got 3 percent. Democratic candidate Tim Kaine’s unfavorables were at 40 percent and the GOP candidate, Mike Pence, had unfavorables at only 32 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.
Clinton has also lost many of her Democratic supporters after knocking out her primary rival Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders with the help of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Hillary Clinton’s campaign believes Arizona is a battleground state in the presidential race and has begun using its cash to running TV ads in the Grand Canyon State. And a Fox News poll, which often leads conservative, has Clinton beating Trump 41 to 39 percent, although her lead in that poll has been shrinking in recent weeks.
Trump’s support has been eroding, too, from his high of 44 percent in mid July. Sixty-four percent of voters – and 71 percent of women voters – said they trusted Clinton to do a better job. The new poll finds Clinton with a 38% favorable/54% unfavorable rating among registered voters, down from 47% favorable/49% unfavorable in July. The Clinton campaign took in $62 million while $81 million was directed to the Democratic National Committee and various state parties.
However, in the right-leaning Rasmussen polls, Clinton for the first time is seen trailing Trump, albeit by just one percentage point.
The last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state in the past 20 years was the Clinton’s husband in 1996. Trump is maintaining leads in less populated and more rural areas such as the northeast (42/35 percent), the northwest (64/24 percent) and central Pennsylvania (50/31 percent).
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The poll is based on interviews with 803 registered Wisconsin voters by landline or cell phone, conducted from August 25 to 28.
