On the eve of the first presidential debate of 2016, a new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump neck-and-neck.
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A new CNN Poll of Polls incorporating the results of the new Post-ABC Poll finds the margin in an average of the five most recent polls holding at a three-point edge for Clinton, 43% back her, 40% Trump in that calculation. Clinton (46 per cent) leads Trump (44 per cent) in four way matchup with Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson (five per cent) and Green Party nominee Jill Stein at one per cent. Following Clinton’s announcement about her sickness, a Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey found that 86 percent of likely US voters said a candidate’s health is important to their vote, with 43 percent saying it is very important.
A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey released on September 8 reported only 30 percent of likely USA voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
How are the candidates preparing? .
Mook said Clinton would challenge Trump at the debate “to reveal what his plans are”.
The 90-minute debate is considered must-see TV by many and is expected to draw an estimated audience of 75 million or more viewers, with many more expected to keep tabs on the event online.
Trump has eschewed traditional debate preparations but has held midflight policy discussions with a rotating cast of advisers.
What happens after the debate?
This is a significant disadvantage for Donald Trump, given that he often makes statements that are later proven untrue, inaccurate or totally absurd. “I hope he’s doing this”.
“We hate to leave absolute errors of fact on the table”, former debate panelist Ann Compton said.
Miller called the Time’s editorial board the “embodiment of the rigged system Donald Trump is running against”.
“If this is what Donald Trump wants this debate to be about, that’s up to him”, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said on ABC. Conway chided Obama as being “so glib about these issues”.
“I believe the chief fact-checkers are the candidates”.
After it was announced that Shark Tank judge, Mark Cuban would be among the celebrity guests present at the debate this week (Cuban has also made some negative comments about Trump on social media), Trump expressed his disdain in a loaded tweet. “That’s kind of like the mythology of the Trump campaign”, Tapper said, noting, “the truth is he attacks people on his own all the time”. “It’s on the choice that we face”.
The Trump and Clinton campaigns engaged in a spirited war of words on Sunday’s political talk shows ahead of Monday’s debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. In a joint lawsuit Johnson and Stein filed previous year against the commission, the two candidates alleged violations of antitrust laws and the First Amendment to undermine competition in the presidential debates. The Clinton campaign had invited Mark Cuban, a fellow billionaire and Trump rival, to the event.
Trump has criticised Hillary Clinton for not leaving her husband because of his marital indiscretions. “I’m impressed with her knowledge and experience”.
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Perhaps having a threshold is correct so you don’t have another Republican primary situation with so many candidates they can’t all fit on stage. We’re here with former presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders.
