The Democratic presidential candidate said she understands it was challenging for the state to pass legislation expanding an assault weapons ban and barring large-capacity ammunition magazines, among other changes. “It’s reflected in every poll”. There have not been any polls released from Rhode Island, though campaign advisers expect it will closely mirror results from neighboring CT due to the similarities between the two states.
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Hours after Cruz’s Hershey, Pa., appearance, Trump spoke at a rally at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, abandoning the comity he displayed in his victory speech on Tuesday.
Clinton got to that point by first praising the job President Barack Obama has done in bringing the country back while noting that incomes have stagnated for most people.
“61 percent for Trump – was so overwhelming that I think it had a psychological effect, where if nobody stops Trump in any of these states, notably in or somewhere on the West Coast, it’s going to be hard to see how he’s denied the nomination”, he said on “Special Report” Friday.
Though Mr. Trump, a NY native, and he and Mr. Cox have been cozy of late, the Republican leader irked the incendiary billionaire when he refused to clear a path for him in the 2014 NY governor’s race.
Cruz had alienated New Yorkers with his knock on “New York values” earlier in the campaign.
Pennsylvania represents a quirk in the GOP delegate allocation landscape.
Clinton’s favorability rating among registered Democrats is 69 percent, compared to 66 percent for Sanders. Polling has been scant in DE, but the lone survey, conducted by Gravis, put Trump up by a whopping 37 percentage points. The campaign feels it’s going to be very competitive in IN, said Pete D’Alessandro, director of the Vermont senator’s in operations. His favorability stood at 55 percent while Trump was at 46 percent and Cruz, 45 percent. This as he still writing big checks for his campaign, 11 million just in March and for the first time spending more than Ted Cruz. The campaigns are trying to get their supporters elected, to be able to line up more second ballot votes. Sanders has a 73% favorability score to an 18% unfavorable score.
Trump added that “Bernie Sanders made a big mistake by not going after her emails, which are a big part of her life story”.
The margin of error for the favorability numbers was plus or minus 4.2 points for the Democrats and 4 points for the Republicans.
The event is free and open to the public.
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It is no secret that the Democratic party has been heavily favoring the former Secretary of State over Sanders. Details of her visit were still unannounced Wednesday evening.
