Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton opened a final two-month sprint to the November 8 election on Monday with the Republican presidential nominee suddenly looking stronger as he and his Democratic rival took their bitter fight to Ohio.
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In a rare news conference aboard her new campaign plane, Clinton said she is concerned about “credible reports about Russian government interference in our elections”.
The Democratic and Republican presidential nominees are campaigning in the populous Midwestern state on Labor Day just two months before voters go to the polls, EFE news reported. “This is like Watergate, only in cyber time”, she said. During the rally, Clinton appeared to struggle with her voice, becoming hoarse and eventually breaking into a coughing fit that caused her to pause her address.
Under extensive criticism from her rival and journalists for not holding a full press conference in nine months, she answered questions for more than 22 minutes on several topics, including tensions with Russian Federation over accusations of cyber-espionage. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson has seven percent while Green Party candidate Jill Stein has two percent.
A new Boston Herald report shows that Clinton is hanging on to a 3-point lead – 44 to 41 percent – unchanged from a Franklin Pierce/Herald poll almost two months ago.
Whites with out a college degree support Trump by almost three to one, 68 to 24 per cent. A large portion of this money will likely be devoted to targeting voters through advertisements and get out the vote efforts in key battleground states.
Trump nearly inverts those numbers among whites without degrees, where he does 18 points better on average.
In a two-way contest, Hillary Clinton, the Democrat nominee, is now leading by four points or more in 20 states plus the District of Columbia, which together would give her 244 votes in the electoral college, tantalisingly close to outright victory.
Younger voters are in Clinton’s corner (54 percent to 29 percent among those under age 45) while the older ones are more apt to back Trump (54 percent to 39 percent among those age 45 or older).
Donald Trump said Monday that he will participate in all three presidential debates, ending lingering questions about whether the GOP presidential nominee would escalate complaints about the debate schedule or moderators. They also drive differently. Putin said in the interview.
With both candidates facing record-high disapproval ratings, Biden said he anxious Clinton could struggle to reach voters.
His first face-off with Clinton is at Hofstra University in NY state on September 26.
Trump trails Clinton by 23 points in MA, which backed him in the Republican primary.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said potential Russian meddling in the USA election is a serious threat that must be addressed quickly and firmly. This was the lead story on page 1: “With comfortable lead, Clinton starts refining an agenda”. Trump said after maneuvering through a crowd of people who shouted his name, against a backdrop of food stands offering fare ranging from chicken on a stick to Italian sausages, fudge and fresh corn.
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Regardless of whom voters said they would support, almost six in 10 said they expect Clinton to win the November general election, while just over a third said they expect Trump to claim victory, the survey found.
