Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, stands on stage with VFW Commander in Chief John Biedrzycki, second from right, after she speaks at the 117th National Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Cha.
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The polls were conducted after Trump was officially named the Republican nominee for president at the party’s convention in Cleveland last week. CNN’s survey earlier in July had Clinton ahead 49% to 42% over Trump.
Contrasting their foreign policy visions, Clinton said “one thing for certain you will not ever hear from me is praise for dictators and strongmen who have no love for America”.
The Republican nominees in their travels will jointly appear at two town hall meetings, a rally, a national veterans’ convention and what the campaign described as a Hispanic leadership round table. Thirty-two percent of independents described Trump’s speech as “hopeful”; 25 said it made them enthusiastic about the candidate; 25 percent said it scared them.
The billionaire businessman’s favorability ratings and his personal image is on the rise as well, with 46% of registered voters saying they have a positive view of Trump, which is up from 39% before the convention.
More than a half of respondents (52 percent) say Trump has no bad intentions and is running for the presidency for the good of the country.
Trump’s boost comes as he asserts a commanding lead among white voters without a college degree, climbing to 62 percent – up 11 points from last week.
Her tone was different from that of Republican nominee Donald Trump, and Clinton took note of that.
The number of people who believe Trump will be able to unite the country has also increased – from 34 percent to 42 percent after the convention.
This is the first time since 2000 that a candidate has received such a significant bounce and has taken the lead after a party convention.
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Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook downplayed the CNN/ORC Poll Friday, which gives Trump an edge coming out of the Republican convention. Nearly 6 in 10 (58%) said the Republican convention spent too much time attacking Democrats, and 18% called Trump’s speech “terrible”, the highest by far since CNN started began the question in 1996.
