Favorable views of Pence among registered voters overall have also risen.
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Political website FiveThirtyEight’s current projection of the 2016 presidential election gives Donald Trump a 56.7 percent chance of winning the White House, showing the Republican nominee securing the electoral college with at least 283 votes. Clinton to meet voters where they are and hopefully shore up support.
“One thing you will never hear from me is praises for dictators and strongmen who have no love for America”, Clinton said, a nod to the fact that Trump has said positive things about Russian President Vladimir Putin and late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The gathering was boycotted by numerous party’s heavyweights, including former U.S. President George W. Bush and Mitt Romney, the nominee in the 2012 presidential election.
But even though the party appears to be divided now, Sen.
Only 44 per cent say the same of Clinton.
A better measure, he said, will come when both conventions are over. A victory by Mr. Trump remains quite possible: Mrs. Clinton’s chance of losing is about the same probability that an N.B.A. player will miss a free throw.
The dark portrait of America that Donald J. Trump sketched in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention is a compendium of doomsday stats that fall apart upon close scrutiny.
Going into last week’s Republican convention, 60 percent of Republicans had a favorable view of Cruz. At the time, 39 percent were unfavorable and 23 percent had no opinion.
Addressing backers in an overly warm ballroom in Roanoke, Virginia, the Republican presidential nominee on Monday lashed out at Clinton as low-energy and needing naps. But 66 percent of Republican voters see him favorably. Perhaps most troubling for the Clinton supporters gathering in Philadelphia this week – 68 per cent say Clinton is not honest and trustworthy, her worst rating, CNN reported.
She must make clear Donald Trump’s authoritarian populism is a risky gambit, and the best way to end crony capitalism and make America work for the many is to strengthen American democracy.
The poll used telephoned answers from 1,001 adult Americans between July 22 and July 24.
In the CBS poll, a majority of voters say they have concerns about Trump.
The poll employed a random digit dial methodology. Of course, back then, the reason just 38 percent of people liked her was because many were unfamiliar with her.
The data have been weighted to reflect U.S. Census figures on demographic variables. Depending on the poll, the lead is fueled by an increased margin among independents and further consolidation of Republican voters. The poll had a margin of error of 2.4 percentage points for all voters, and 4.9 percentage points for Catholics.
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