Even when it comes to what may be Clinton’s greatest weakness, the perception that she is dishonest, Trump fails to perform much better: 71 per cent say she’s only slightly or not at all honest, while 66 per cent say the same of Trump.
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Despite a certain well-known reality TV maven teasing that she might throw her support behind Donald Trump instead of Hillary, the former Secretary of State is unbothered as she moves ahead towards the election!
Almost half of voters -49 percent – say Clinton is at least somewhat corrupt, while 43 percent say the same of Trump.
“Trying to let voters see Trump through the eyes of other voters is a really good way to deliver a message that this guy is way outside the mainstream of American politics, that he’s a unsafe candidate for president, that he’s unfit for office”, he said.
These uncommitted voters appear to be leaning more toward Trump than Ms Clinton, according to the latest poll, though they have not been convinced enough to say they will vote for him in November. About half call each nominee at least somewhat decisive.
Only one in four voters find him even somewhat civil or compassionate, and just a third say he’s not at all racist.
It was also possible that some of these voters would pick an alternative-party candidate like Libertarian Gary Johnson or the Green Party’s Jill Stein. Views of Stein are more negative than positive, 19 per cent to 9 per cent.
Both the Democratic and Republican vice presidential nominees are also largely unknown.
And Americans are much more likely to say they trust Clinton than Trump to do a better job handling the US image overseas. Tim Kaine, while 27 percent have a favorable opinion and 20 percent an unfavorable one. It’s now standard protocol for candidates to face off three times in the grueling months leading up to Election Day, providing Americans with a rare, mostly unscripted glimpse of who they are and how they handle themselves under the pressure.
Only 29 percent of registered voters would be excited and 24 percent would be proud if Trump is elected president, while almost half (46 percent) would be angry. And large minorities say they’d be angry (38 per cent) or afraid (44 per cent). “She is in this for the right reasons”.
The AP-GfK Poll of 1,694 adults, including 1,476 registered voters, was conducted online September 15-19, using a sample drawn from GfK’s probability-based KnowledgePanel, which is created to be representative of the USA population. The poll has a margin of error of 4 percent.
Respondents were first selected randomly using telephone or mail survey methods and later interviewed online.
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