In the week following the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, just 19% of Millennials surveyed said that they paid no attention to the major party conventions.
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This could be worrisome for local and state races as New York Republicans look to keep control of the Senate, but Greenberg says it’s too early to tell if Trump’s fall will affect other races.
Frustratingly for Republicans, Trump’s missteps have overshadowed hard news for Clinton: The new release of 44 previously-unreleased email exchanges Clinton had while at the State Department.
Greenberg says the presidential race doesn’t look be “wait and see”. And the numbers hold even though Clinton personally is not all that popular.
The vice president says he’s known Clinton for three decades, dating back to before her time as first lady in the 1990s.
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in Youngstown, Ohio, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016.
The Republican nominee has made stricter immigration measures a central part of his proposals for defeating the Islamic State, a battle he said Monday is akin to the Cold War struggle against communism.
Hillary Clinton shrugged off Donald Trump’s latest campaign shakeup Wednesday, saying he’s the “same man” who would cut taxes for rich people while she would force the super-wealthy to pay more.
Greenberg, with Siena, says even with the enormous lead of Hillary Clinton in the Presidential race, voters have a long tradition in NY of splitting the ticket when it comes to their local lawmakers.
Still, Trump holds on to his diehard supporters due to their intense dislike for Clinton. Barkalow, who is starting a tech-repair business, says he is now enthusiastic about supporting her: “She is very good on policy”.
“He’s got to wrestle in his own heart, how does he communicate who he is, what he believes, the change he thinks he can bring to America, why what he’s doing is fulfilling the desires of the American people”, Sessions said on ABC’s “This Week”.
Adding to Trump’s woes this week was a report in The New York Times that the name of his campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was on secret ledgers showing cash payments of more than $12 million from a Ukrainian political party with close ties to Russian Federation. However, Sanford is backing the nominee because of the Supreme Court vacancy and the possibility that the next president could fill several openings.
Trump has spoken favorably in the past of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Biden’s office says he will argue that Trump, the Republican hopeful, is less prepared on national security than any nominee in history.
He is planning to argue that the USA should work with anyone that shares its mission go defeating the Islamic State – regardless of other ideological and strategic disagreements. But despite its quiet, the speech could reverberate for days or weeks to come.
He says allies should pay 100 percent of the cost of stationing American troops, or the USA should be prepared to end their protection.
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Trump aides said the government would use questionnaires, social media, interview with family and friends or other means to vet applicants’ stances on issues including religious freedom, gender equality and gay rights.
