According to RealClearPolitics, a website that keeps track of all opinion polls, Donald Trump is ahead of his rival Hillary Clinton in numerous “swing states” that Romney lost to Obama in 2012.
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The outcome of the first debate could determine who is working in the West Wing of the White House early next year after Inauguration Day, says Greg Valliere, chief global strategist at Horizon Investments.
According to the AP-GfK poll, American voters say they trust Clinton more than Trump by large margins to handle health care, 42 percent to 29 percent, and race relations, 48 percent to 20 percent. Instead, during the Republican primary, he relied on off-the-cuff responses and aggressive putdowns to keep opponents off balance. But despite her similarly high unfavorability rating, voters do not hold the same negative views about her as they do of Trump.
In the 30-second spot, which will air in several battleground states, young girls look self-consciously at their reflections in iPhone screens and mirrors. Sherrod Brown? Or a New Yorker like Rep. Joe Crowley, who like Trump hails from Queens?
Black voters and minorities heavily support Hillary Clinton, with 69 percent swinging in her favor. The poll showed that 4.1 percent of those surveyed said they still haven’t decided who they will choose.
Clinton insisted she was healthy enough to continue on with her campaign.
Here, Clinton has the advantage with African American voters (81 percent to 7 percent), women (51 percent to 37 percent) and those ages 18-34 (50 percent to 34 percent), while Trump is ahead among men (46 percent to 44 percent) and whites (49 percent to 41 percent).
Trump is trusted slightly more than Clinton on just one key issue: job creation.
“Leads for Donald Trump in Georgia and Iowa and a virtual tie in Colorado plus a 6-point lead for Clinton in Virginia represent a major improvement overall for him in these states”, Brown said.
Most American voters don’t see his backers as deplorable. (Each state gets one vote) Given that the Republicans are in majority right now, which they are likely to retain in November, Trump will become President.
The poll was conducted September 19-21 and included 500 likely Florida voters.
More generally, the two candidates’ supporters are about equally likely to say the USA role in world affairs is very or extremely important, 71 percent for Clinton’s supporters to 69 percent for Trump’s.
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