Trump, however, is in trouble with minority voters – 71% of nonwhites in the CNN/ORC poll said they preferred Clinton.
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Trump told reporters nothing will keep him away from the upcoming presidential debates – well, maybe a hurricane.
She said Trump is “so oblivious to the impact of his own words and the kind of messages that people around the world are taking from him”.
Democrats mocked Trump’s Labor Day efforts, citing GOP opposition to items ranging from a minimum wage hike to the bailout of the auto industry. “I think it is an important element of what we’re doing”.
A new CNN poll out Tuesday suggests Trump has pulled ahead of Clinton by a mere 2 percentage points among likely voters.
“Trump is hoping that he can do something similar to the UK’s Brexit vote, where mobilising a populist fear of immigrants can build a cross-class alliance of white people at a time of deep economic insecurity”, New York University scholar Arun Kundnani told Al Jazeera. I did them with the other, you know, the other cases.
“I would say Trump’s July fundraising number threw a lifeline to panicked establishment donors that maybe Trump was capable of shifting gears and running a real campaign”, said David Kochel, who was chief strategist for Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign.
I’ts not the first time that Clinton has had coughing fits, but Monday’s is seemingly the most noticeable because of the disruption it had on her speech.
Trump told reporters he does plan to take part in all three presidential debates, joking that only a “hurricane” or “natural disaster” would prevent him from attending.
Clinton, in a sit-down interview with ABC News, defended the foundation, which has come under scrutiny after emails revealed foundation donors may have received special access to the State Department.
“We’re just going as hard and fast as we possibly can to be organized for turning out the vote, because we’ve always thought this was going to be hard, and that’s why, you know, I’m not anxious, I’m just working”, she said.
The two candidates crossed paths at Cleveland’s Hopkins International Airport at the start of the day Monday, illustrating the narrow focus of both campaigns on OH and about seven other battleground states that will decide the election.
Reporters were all smiles when Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton finally let them fly with her.
Clinton continues to do well in the Northeast and West but Trump remains competitive with her in the Midwest and South.
Allies of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are playing a prominent role in Trump’s presidential transition team, reports AP. Additionally, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and President Barack Obama will travel to Pennsylvania in mid-September, followed by Bill and Chelsea Clinton, and the Mothers of the Movement will return to the campaign trail at the end of the month.
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Clinton is having a hard time winning over young, black voters, according to the findings of several focus groups, reports The New York Times.
