In a recent television interview, Trump pointed out that it was Hillary Clinton who was married to “an abuser” who had done “horrible things” – even while President from the oval office. Traditionally a fair number of partisans on either side of the aisle express negative opinions about the other party’s candidate, but the latest poll found that a majority of voters express negative feelings about both leading candidates.
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In terms of likability, 40 percent replied that they either admire or like Clinton while 36 percent said the same about Trump.
Sanders said in a statement Monday night he was “disappointed but not surprised” by Clinton’s decision not to participate.
“Nobody in this country and maybe in the history of this country politically was worse than Bill Clinton with women”, Trump said earlier this month, adding Hillary Clinton was equally liable for his husband’s actions. A slim majority-54 percent-currently support her over Trump (36 percent).
There are plenty of reasons to discount the poll numbers at this point in the race.
Hillary Clinton’s aides insist that she will not “follow Trump into the gutter”, according to Alexander, who played a clip of Brian Fallon, national press secretary for Hillary For America, saying on Bloomberg that “Hillary Clinton is not going to go for that”.
However, the two likely nominees still suffer from the worst public images in the modern history of USA presidential politics, with 58 percent viewing Trump negatively and 54 percent expressing similar sentiments about Clinton, the poll shows. Sanders’ support is very strong among Democratic-leaning independent voters, and that group is especially opposed to Clinton.
Experts say the shift is likely the result of two factors. Former President Clinton fired up Hillary’s Democratic supporters inside while outside we saw a couple of fiery exchanges.
Bernie Sanders speaks at the San Diego Convention Center, March 22. But 17% of Sanders supporters have already vowed to vote for Trump if Clinton is the nominee – a greater margin than Clinton had of Republican voters when Cruz and Kasich remained in the race.
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“The main job of all delegates, including me, is to rally behind Trump”, Spindell said. So far, the two candidates have had three of the four debates the agreed to, the last being in NY on CNN.
