Last week, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested that “Second Amendment people” could rise up against Hillary Clinton if she wins the election and called President Obama “the founder of ISIS“.
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When looking at the non-white versus the white vote in Texas, Clinton dominates the non-white vote, winning 73 percent to Trump’s 21 percent.
Curbelo mentioned the presidential candidate’s close friendship with Clinton isn’t aiding his campaign to win and that he should allow another Republican to run for president.
Vice President Joe Biden speaking at a campaign event with Hillary Clinton said that Mr Trump’s claim that Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton had “founded” IS proved his views to be “dangerous” and “un-American”, and that it had made United States soldiers in Iraq less safe already.
The poll showed that although Trump has a lead among white voters in Florida – 51% to 37% – Clinton benefits from a gender split.
Curbelo spoke about how Trump didn’t address Clinton’s false claim that FBI Director James Comey said she was truthful about her private email scandal and he shifted his focus elsewhere.
Trump was vague about what he would do differently to decimate the Islamic State in its strongholds in Iraq and Syria. Women from military households go for Clinton over Trump, 49 percent to 43 percent.
Clinton might also be buoyed by her VP choice, Tim Kaine, the former governor and current senator from the state, who has a long history in local politics. Trump is struggling to attract minority voters and voters with a bachelor’s degree or higher ― two groups that are well-represented in Virginia. Kaine enjoys a 54 percent favorable rating in the state.
Trump is also polling behind Clinton in eight of these ten states, with the exception of Arizona and Missouri. And Clinton leads among New York City votes by a huge margin, as well as suburban, upstate and independent voters.
Obama and Romney swapped the lead in the poll several times through the summer and early fall before the president took and held the lead in late October.
Clinton had a strong lead in Virginia with both registered and likely voters, too.
The Washington Post poll surveyed 888 registered voters statewide using a combination of cell phone and landline phones.
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The Washington Post poll, conducted August 11-14 by telephone, included 888 registered voters with a 4-point margin of error and 707 likely voters with a 4.5-point margin of error.
