Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is leading over Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump by 14 points (52% to 38%) among registered voters in Virginia, according to a Washington Post poll conducted August 11-14. “Her lead has been almost unchanged for the past three weeks”.
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Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo, one of the first congressman to say he would not vote for Donald Trump in November, says he believes the Republican nominee is trying to lose on objective to help Hillary Clinton. The percentage of “others” in the poll, defined as respondents who declined to pick either candidate, dropped by 1.7 percentage points to 4.9 percent.
“In short, if the Trump brand. becomes America’s brand, we can expect ruinous marginalization in Asia and unwanted compliance with rules which the Chinese and other challengers set”, they said.
Three states – Pennsylvania, Virginia and New Hampshire – all move from “toss-up” to “lean Democratic”. Democrats already numerically have the majority but are split into two factions. Another 105 electoral votes were “toss-ups” while 33 were rated “lean Republican” and 41 “lean Democratic”.
“I think people understand in that neighborhood and Sherman Park and in Milwaukee, they want law enforcement to step up and protect them”, he said, adding that “statements like that” from Clinton and a “lack of leadership” from Obama “only inflame the situation”. He clarified that he was not referring to anyone in particular. While this year has been filled with unpredictable politics, every day that goes by without Trump shaking up his campaign is one day closer to Clinton becoming the next president.
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“Despite Trump’s claims to carry NY, the Empire State seems firmly planted on the blue side of the map”, said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg. In both cases, we can guesstimate that the shift is among not particularly involved Americans who didn’t hold strongly to those past views, and who were motivated to reconsider them after seeing Trump advocate for them. He said the Senate races will be fought “district by district”. “The president has confidence in the integrity of our electoral process, and everybody else should too”, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
