The interactive Muckety map above shows Republican senators who have endorsed Trump and are up for re-election this year.
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Hillary Clinton makes history as US’ first woman presidential nominee.
“I’ve made a lot of sacrifices”. Despite a few outraged holdouts heckling the nominee on the convention floor, the new poll finds 73 percent of Sanders supporters now say they’ll vote Clinton in November, up from 67 percent earlier last month. “That’s just not how I was raised”.
Yet, Trump’s bounce dropped after the Democratic convention to 39%, likely a result of harsh remarks about his qualifications as president from some convention speakers – including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Khizr Khan, the father of a fallen American Muslim soldier.
“Am I not allowed to respond?” Trump had tweeted. “Hillary voted for the Iraq war, not me!” NBC took third, with 4.5 million total viewers. Now, the Republican nominee kicks off the first full week of the general election campaign having put his strategy of saying the politically unimaginable to its greatest test yet.
Trump again defended criticism Sunday, complaining on Twitter that Khizer Khan in his speech at the Democratic National Convention “viciously attacked” Trump. Khan’s son, Humayun, earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.
Clinton promised during the service to address structural racism, getting cheers when she said, “I want the police to be respected by the communities they serve, and I want communities to be respected by the police who serve them”. With this Clinton returned to her June lead margin.
There’s more good news for Clinton in the poll. Voters now hold a 36 percent to 50 percent favorable-unfavorable view of Clinton, while Trump is at 31-52.
Polls have indicated that voters question Clinton’s trustworthiness. “I think it is fair to say he is temperamentally unfit and unqualified”.
“The most important point to me is that I happen to agree with Sec”.
What’s less clear is whether the changes can be attributed to the Democratic National Convention, or other news events over the past week.
That’s Donald Trump. Which candidate is trying to bring us together, which is Hillary Clinton, and which candidate is trying to divide us up running a campaign based on bigotry?
The Latest on the USA presidential campaign. In that job, he worked to assemble a group of nations to counter Islamic State militants. “I think it’s time for the strong men in America to show”.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is suggesting the USA accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea if it would lead to better relations with Moscow and stronger cooperation in fighting Islamic State militants.
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“If you look at what’s going on in terms of unity, the Bernie people are angry”, Mr. Trump said on ABC’s “This Week”. Remember the platform of change that Obama ran on?
