Only days ago, Trump triggered panic within the GOP when he declined to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan’s re-election or that of other leading Republicans. He announced his backing of Ryan on Friday.
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The poll shows Clinton leading Trump, 46 percent to 34 percent, among registered voters and finds a similar margin for Clinton among likely voters.
The New York real estate developer, who has never held elected public office, touts his practical experience on economic matters and potential to create jobs, blaming President Barack Obama for what he calls a weak recovery from the 2008-2009 recession.
Clinton has her own challenges in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates– 66 percent say she’s too willing to bend the rules, though this has eased by 6 points from last month. Just over a third said she is not suited for the job. Clinton will offer her own economic vision in a speech in MI on Thursday.
When Trump speaks in Detroit, he is expected to reiterate his plan for reducing income taxes, as well as lowering the corporate tax rate to 15 percent from the current 35 percent in an effort to spur new investment.
Trump also reiterated the slogans and ideas that have been central to his campaign, calling Detroit’s economic collapse an example of politicians abandoning “America first” policies in favor of a globalist agenda. A Trump campaign aide, who asked not to be identified, said Trump’s economic plan will lessen the tax burden on parents who pay for childcare because “we don’t want it to be an economic disadvantage to have children”.
Clinton’s increase is partly due to support from more of her fellow Democrats, which grew to 92 percent from 85 percent in June and 88 percent in July.
For many families, day care now costs more than rent – or even college tuition. It just means that his running mate isn’t, and that Pence’s pretty low-key campaign has avoided offending numerous otherwise-friendly Republican-leaning voters that Trump has alienated. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details ahead of the speech’s delivery. His rival Hillary Clinton has been campaigning as a champion of children.
Families of four living at or below the federal poverty line of $24,000 spend 36 percent of their income on child care, said Katie Hamm of the liberal Center for American Progress.
Because Trump’s plan is structured as a tax deduction, rather than a tax credit, it would primarily help more affluent households.
He says that he has been working on the plan with his daughter, Ivanka, who is one of his top advisers.
“We need much, much faster growth if we’re going to have wages rising and salaries rising and middle-class incomes rising”, he said.
One at a time, women seated throughout the audience stood up and yelled “Mr Trump”, but their continued shouts were quickly drowned out by boos as security led them from the room.
“This is helpful to the middle class, not to the working poor”, says Budson.
But a host of independent groups crunching the numbers soon concluded otherwise.
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Jill Colvin reported from New Jersey. Associated Press writer Nicholas Riccardi contributed to from Denver, Colorado.
