Donald Trump’s poll numbers slid steadily in key battleground states, their Democratic counterparts outraised them by almost 3-1 in July, and talk about the Senate GOP majority slipping away triggered fresh worries that the large House majority could also be in jeopardy.
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Diane Reiser, of Brooklyn, N.Y., with whom I have had an extended back and forth on this topic, wrote on August 25: “I wrote to All Things Considered yesterday about the coverage of Trump voters in central Pennsylvania – no mention of Clinton supporters – no nine-minute piece on those who are voting for her even though polls show her winning Pennsylvania”. When Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Green are included, Trump leads 40% to 39%. Three percent (3%) like some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided.
In a worrying trend for Clinton, support even dropped among groups that have historically supported her.
One senior House Democratic strategist familiar with Democratic polling conceded to CNN that while many incumbents and GOP candidates in open seat races are now leading, they believe GOP support is “soft” and polls will shift in the fall when more voters tune into races below the presidential level. The USC/LA Times track puts Trump ahead 44.1/43.7. Trump is maintaining leads in less populated and more rural areas such as the northeast (42/35 percent), the northwest (64/24 percent) and central Pennsylvania (50/31 percent). It highlights, however, that this remains a very close race. It’s that Hillary is losing many of hers.
Here is a quick update, starting with the most positive news for Trump and ending with surveys in two states that show him still behind but closing. But that’s down from 6.6 percent in just a week, which is a pretty big change considering that not every poll updates weekly. It could not direct more than $70,800 to them from a single donor. She concluded, “All in all it’s a sad day for public media when a prime member of its audience for the past 20 years can never hear herself (or her family or friends) reflected in its coverage of this election”. And that counts just as much as the new ones that reflect the current trends. “I think it’s ridiculous”.
The 2016 presidential campaign has in many ways become a question of character.
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Pence hits Clinton on foreign policy: Mike Pence dismissed Tim Kaine’s mockery of Trump’s trip to Mexico, saying Thursday that his Democratic counterpart should look to his running mate and current president to find the true amateurs, reports Politico.
