Looking to the debates, Clinton says she’s ready for whatever Trump sends her way.
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“We’re going to see the debate prep making sure that she’s not going to be able to pull him somehow off the message”, said Rep. Chris Collins, a New York Republican who is one of Trump’s most loyal backers in Congress.
According to Pew, a mere 11% of voters overall say they would feel excited if Trump were to win, virtually the same number (12%) who would be excited if the former secretary of state is victorious.
A four-way matchup shows Clinton has 43% support of likely voters while Trump has 37%, in the new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll.
In a brief interview with an OH television station Wednesday, Trump was asked why, after years as the chief proponent of the falsehood that the president was born outside the country, he chose to announce Friday that was no longer the case. Bloomberg’s poll shows that referring to those in his path as “pigs”, “slobs”, and “bimbos” hasn’t played well with the wealthier segment of the population; 59 percent said they’re bothered a lot by his sexist rhetoric.
Mook said the campaign has noticed that Trump is someone who is easily offended.
GETTYDonald Trump and Hillary Clinton are neck and neck in the national pollsWho is ahead in the polls in Pennsylvania?
While both candidates are raising huge sums from donors, their lopsided spending lays bare the difference in the two major party presidential campaigns. “That is why I would argue he’s unfit and unprepared to have our nuclear codes and lead our men and women in uniform as commander in chief”.
Clinton also holds the advantage over Trump on being knowledgeable and experienced enough to handle the presidency (60 percent to 23 percent) and on having the right temperament to be president (56 percent to 23 percent).
The poll also finds President Barack Obama’s job-approval rating at 52 percent – unchanged from last month.
Senate GOP Spokesman Scott Reif said the public is reacting to the Senate’s recent accomplishments, including record school aid and a tax cut for the middle class.
The NBC/WSJ poll surveyed 992 likely voters between September 16 and 19 with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
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In North Carolina, Trump was up by 5 points, leading Clinton by 45% to 40%. Among the 922 likely voters the survey interviewed, the margin of error is plus-minus 3.2 percentage points.
