More generally, the two candidates’ supporters are about equally likely to say the US role in world affairs is very or extremely important, 71 percent for Clinton’s supporters to 69 percent for Trump’s. It’s not a forum to score policy points (a Clinton strength).
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A Quinnipiac University poll had Clinton and Trump even at 47 percent in a two-way race.
And he has overtaken Clinton in Iowa, up 7 points, 44 to 37 percent, in the same Quinnipiac poll, which had the former secretary of state leading by 2 points back in August. There were outliers, but the trend was clear.
Most American voters don’t see his backers as deplorable.
Well-educated white voters are rejecting Republican candidates in North Carolina, and it might just be enough to jeopardize the chances of Donald J Trump to win the presidency and his party to keep the Senate.
Silverii explained that Clinton needs to show her political chops in order to set herself apart from Trump.
Then Trump did something that must drive Clinton supporters stark raving mad.
These trends have been met with liberal teeth-gnashing and garment-rending, plus a lot of sanctimonious scolding of Kids These Days. Quoth one columnist, “I know you’re young, but grow up!”
Chelsea Clinton campaigns for her mother in Flint, Michigan.
That means a flurry of college visits, including from progressive heartthrobs such as Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Michelle Obama. But the heart of his speech was immigration and a bold intention, if not a detailed plan, to attack the problem of imported terrorism.
Hillary Clinton during her appearance on comedian Zach Galifianakis’ show “Between Two Ferns”.
“When I read about those giant debate books they’re preparing for her, I cringe and worry”. (The tl;dr lesson: Millennials are totes awesome.) And she sat for an awkward, if amusing, interview on “Between Two Ferns” with actor Zach Galifianakis.
In a focus-group discussion with undecided voters last week, several said that issue was weighing heavily on their minds. “You never really know exactly how it’s going to turn out”.
They liked an ad in which Clinton promised to work with Republicans. Seven percent say Trump’s supporters are generally better people than the average American, 30 percent say they’re worse, and 61 percent consider them about the same.
Clinton pulled in 44.5 percent of the 700 likely Wisconsin general election voters surveyed from September 19-20 while Trump took 38.4 percent of the vote.
“All those headlines you see the next day – “50 Percent of People Tweeting Were Supporting Hillary” – that’s the conversation they’re going to look at”. “I can’t vote for him”. A lot of them are tuning in only now, only reluctantly, to try to clarify what the hell we have become over the course of this past year.
Some analysts say the bar is higher for the Democrat Clinton, who has decades of experience inside Washington’s corridors of power as an ex-secretary of state and former USA senator – but struggles to ignite enthusiasm, even in her own camp. Sixty-six per cent of respondents viewed him unfavourably, and only six per cent had a positive view.
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Trump ordered 10
cheesesteaks – five with Cheez Whiz and five without – perhaps mindful of the embarrassing gaffe suffered by 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry when he ordered his with Swiss cheese.
