Fewer than one in four Clinton or Trump supporters expect their candidate to be a great president while more decisively predicting the worst about the opposing candidate: 72% of Trump supporters say Clinton would be awful, while 83% of Clinton backers said that of Trump. He was last in Charlotte in late July, when he addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual convention.
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Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonThe speech Donald Trump must give Clinton, Trump to appear at national security forum next month New Trump campaign manager skirts Clinton health theories MORE, the Democratic presidential nominee, leads Trump by about 6 points nationwide, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average of polls.
Meanwhile, Trump hasn’t spent a dime on TV spots in the general election.
Trump started his speech by recognizing the devastation in Louisiana, “I hope everyone in LA knows that our country is praying for them and standing with them in these hard hours”, Trump said. A Trump campaign spokesman for North Carolina declined comment.
News reported Thursday that Trump has plunked down $4 million to air ads in North Carolina, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania over the next 10 days, including $838,000 in North Carolina markets.
“I’ve never been politically correct – it takes far too much time, and can often make more hard”, Trump said at a rally in Charlotte, N.C.
“We’re going to sharpen the message”, Conway told CNN. Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign.
“I said nice things about the son and I feel that very strongly, but of course I was hit very hard from the stage and you know it’s just one of those things”.
Trump recently faced a barrage of criticism when he attacked the family of a fallen Muslim American soldier.
But Trump struck a new, inclusive tone on Thursday, as he worked to improve his dismal pole numbers among non-white voters.
Trump now trails Clinton in preference polls of most key battleground states.
Still, Americans remain skeptical that either major party’s candidate would be a good leader for the country.
Trump’s advertising plans highlight his shrinking path to the presidency.
Prior to the purchase, Trump was featured only in advertisements paid for by organizations supporting his candidacy. “Those states are critical on that pathway”.
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To recap, Trump is losing with every demographic group of voters with the exception of seniors and white male conservatives.
