Voters are closely split on which candidate would better handle protecting the country, with 40 per cent trusting Clinton more and 37 per cent trusting Trump more.
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Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is well aware that the outcome of the first presidential debate on Monday isn’t just about what the two candidates say on stage, but also about the conversation that takes place around it.
Republican nominee Trump has hardly endeared himself to the Hispanic community, promising to build an “impenetrable” wall between the U.S. and Mexico and taking a hard line on immigration. Democrat Clinton and Republican Trump will nearly assuredly have these states in mind as they take to the debate stage Monday in Hempstead, New York.
Clinton is legally compelled to answer 25 questions about her email use by October 13 because of a Freedom of Information Act request from the watchdog group Judicial Watch.
Clinton is locked in a dead heat with Trump for the presidency, though most analysts still give her the edge.
The poll also showed GOP incumbent Marco Rubio with a nine-point lead (43%-34%) over Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy in the Florida senate race.
Trump also has closed the gap in Virginia, from where Clinton’s running mate Sen.
Among those backing Trump in the two-way race, just 19 percent say it’s very important for a candidate to share their tax returns, while 45 percent say that of health history.
Clinton has maintained a lead in Pennsylvania, however, where she has long held an advantage.
Voters will head to the polls November 8. The disparity is lower among Democratic registered voters, of which 48 percent prefer Sen.
That’s compared to the 59 percent of voters over 65 who say they will “definitely” watch, the poll found.
Clinton is still stuck with the stigma that she’s dishonest, though more voters believe she’s honest and straightforward now than in June.
During the question-and-answer session at the church, Trump said he was a “tremendous believer in the police and law enforcement, because we need that for our society”. The Real Clear Politics average put him up by 1.2 percentage points, while a poll last week from Suffolk University had him up by three points in the state.
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The poll surveyed 1,300 US voters through web-based interviews from September 18 to September 19.
