Hillary Clinton’s campaign, shrugging off polling that has shown a tightening presidential race, insists that her path to the presidency remains clearer than Donald Trump’s.
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Clinton leads Trump among Hispanic, black and Asian voters in the state, 69%-16%.
The 5-point margin has narrowed since the poll was released last month – Clinton was 9 points ahead at the time. Six percent are backing Libertarian Party nominee Gary JohnsonGary JohnsonThe Trail 2016: A crack in the Foundation Poll: Clinton’s lead shrinking in California Poll: Trump up by 1 point over Clinton in NC MORE.
Clinton’s speech was the kickoff of her effort to bring them back into the Democratic fold. “Right now the world has no respect for our country, they have no respect for our president, whatsoever”, he said in an interview on Fox News. Clinton, meanwhile, is opening campaign offices across NY.
The New York billionaire also has vowed to block the settlement in the USA of thousands of Syrian refugees, who can’t be properly vetted, accordion to Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security officials.
A poll of likely Florida voters in August showed Clinton with a 9-point lead over Trump. The candidates are virtually tied in the New York City suburbs, according to the poll. The GOP’s fight to retain the Senate has become considerably better, with Sen.
He was beating Long 69 percent to 23 percent, Siena said.
The poll also surveyed voters on some national issues. “I finished it”, Trump said at the tail end of a media event that ended up mostly promoting his new Trump International Hotel. Of them, 1,246 identified themselves as likely voters.
Nationwide, according to a survey by NBC News and SurveyMonkey, Clinton tops Trump by 5 points for a total voter preference of 50 percent and 45 percent, respectively.
All 213 seats in the state Legislature on the ballot in November, too. Twenty-three percent say Putin was a better leader.
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The favorability rate in the Assembly was smaller: 44 percent to 40 percent. I’m not sure how effective it will be at rallying young voters to Clinton’s candidacy, but I’m even less sure that it matters. A month ago, 72 percent NY voters saw him unfavorably.
