A new poll of Virginia voters released by the Hampton University Center For Public Policy found Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump separated by only two points. Twenty-three percent of Americans believe the election is rigged for Clinton.
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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).
New revelations from notes released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation from its July interview with Clinton about her email use showed that she said she did not recall specific training about how to handle classified information, and that she was unaware that confidential material was marked with a “C”. When asked, “Would you Support Clinton or Trump”, it’s time to ask “What are my other options?” The margin-of-error for both samples – the registered voters and likely voters – is 3.4 percentage points. It highlights, however, that this remains a very close race.
There are some voters willing to move across party lines, however. Clinton has 73 percent of the Democratic vote, down from 79 percent in the previous survey.
Republican consultant Josh Holmes, former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said asking voters to use a GOP Congress to restrain Clinton is a smart, essential tactic.
Johnson draws support from eight percent (8%) of Republicans, three percent (3%) of Democrats and 12% of unaffiliated voters. [Jill] Stein earns 6% of the vote among unaffiliateds.
Most young people oppose deporting all immigrants who are in the country illegally, though that’s something almost half of young whites say they support.
With just three weeks before the first of three presidential debates that are expected to be the most watched moments of the election, Clinton will seek to reassert herself Monday with multiple events.
Hillary Clinton continues to hold a significant battleground edge over Donald Trump, running ahead in enough states to give her an Electoral College tie.
Trump holds a 44% to 37% lead among men, while Clinton holds a similar 41% to 36% advantage among women. Clinton’s campaign team has been confident for a while that they can secure victories in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, but they are now projecting the Democratic candidate could secure even more swing states, including most prominently, the Republican-leaning North Carolina. Local 5’s Kris Schuller spoke with voters about the poll and why they support candidates outside of the mainstream. 21 percent declined to pick either of the two leading candidates. Additionally, 66% of voters think it is likely that Bill and Hillary Clinton sold influence to foreign contributors that made donations to the Clinton Foundation.
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The overall total is quite a bit more than the $110 million raised by President Barack Obama in August 2012 for his re-election campaign and the joint fundraising committee linked to various Democratic Party committees.
