Clinton’s 25-minute question-and-answer session was her first extensive availability with reporters since early December.
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Most voters see Clinton’s family foundation, which has come under sharp criticism from Trump over how donors to the foundation interacted with Clinton while she was secretary of state, as an organization that should be shuttered if Clinton is elected to avoid possible conflict of interest, with a sizable share saying it should be closed down now.
Colorado, Virginia and New Hampshire, three other traditional swing states, appear to be long shots for Trump.
Throughout 2015, the Trump-Clinton matchup in polls had been purely hypothetical – no primaries had happened yet, so there wasn’t a clear, quantifiable indication of who was likely to win.
Just 62 days sit between now and Election Day, and the race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton is turning into a nail-biter.
And a final bit of bad news for the bombastic New Yorker: averages of national polls, regardless of the group doing the compilation, show Clinton leading Trump.
She paused to sip water before managing to quip, in a crackling voice, that “every time I think about Trump I get allergic”.
Voters younger than 45 give Clinton an edge (54 percent to 29 percent for Trump), while non-whites favor Clinton by nearly four-to-one, poll results showed.
“I did them with the other, you know, the other cases”.
“This has been an unbelievable reception!”
“The mayor today is just one example of what’s happening across this country”, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said.
Inviting reporters onto his plane for the first time since accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Trump said his focus going forward will be on how to create jobs for middle-class Americans. But of the millions more living in the country illegally, he would not rule out a pathway to legal status.
“Friends don’t let friends vote for Trump”, she said.
The first of 3 presidential debates that are expected to be the most watched moments of the election is just three weeks away.
The start of full-fledged campaigning opens a pivotal month, culminating in the first presidential debate on September 26 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
Clinton debuted her new campaign plane – with the slogan “Stronger Together” emblazoned in big blue letters on the side – that will carry her through to the November 8 election, and it hosted guests whom she has been reluctant to travel with until now: reporters.
The Labor Day holiday traditionally kicks off the fast-paced fall campaign season, and Clinton and Trump both beat a path to OH to woo voters in the must-win state.
Also on Wednesday, Clinton’s campaign announced that 95 retired generals and admirals have endorsed her presidential bid, one day after a group of 88 retired generals and admirals signed an open letter backing Trump to reverse the “hollowing out” of the United States military.
Clinton also is seen as more apt to change her positions for political reasons – 51% say she’s more apt to flip-flop, 42% say Trump is, and another 6% say both of them are equally likely to do that.
The news comes on the day Trump is set to deliver a speech about military policy, and as the two candidates are sparring over which has the support of more retired generals and admirals.
Trump has been helped by what his campaign said was a positive week last week, highlighted by a quick trip to Mexico, appearing side by side with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, and a visit to a black church in Detroit.
“Trump is running a high-risk campaign right now”.
Only 46 percent of all respondents said they were enthusiastic about the 2016 presidential election.
The latest surveys look even more ominous for Mrs. Clinton.
The swing state poll from August had Clinton leading by four points in OH, 49-45, and 10 points in Pennsylvania, 52-42.
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Along gender lines, 53 percent of women want Clinton while 54 percent of men are supporting Trump.
