There has still been only one Catholic president in USA history – John F. Kennedy, a Democrat – and only one other Catholic presidential nominee, John Kerry, also a Democrat, in 2004.
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Last night Hillary Clinton made history by becoming the first woman to accept the presidential nomination of any major political party in the US. Many local delegates who backed Sanders said they plan to support Clinton.Jonathan Paul Fox of Lancaster is among them.
“I think the Bernie people will come around”, she said.
“It’s really that core, that spiritual center that says, ‘I can make a difference in people’s lives if I apply myself in public life, ‘” Podesta said after a MassThursday held for convention delegates and activists at a historic downtown church.
Such talk comes naturally to Kaine, and his affable religiosity could well appeal to the many voters who are turned off by Trump’s bumptious antics and harsh rhetoric – not to mention his penchant for picking fights with Pope Francis, a popular figure who is also the first pontiff from the Jesuit religious order that had such an impact on Kaine. 25% decided not to choose between the two.
She told supporters in a West Philadelphia arena the coming election was the most important one in her lifetime.
And he recited why he thought Democrats have a strong edge over Republicans in November, listing party positions promoting gay rights and other social issues.
After her optimistic speech at the Democratic National Convention and after her rival attacked her on Twitter, a survey in the United States shows that Clinton takes the lead by 6%.
“I think I have a great temperament, I have a temperament where I know how to win”, Trump said.
To execute this strategy, Clinton and her top aides are looking to press an argument that opposing Trump is not just the right thing to do, but the patriotic decision, something they feel will resonate with longtime Republicans who are disenchanted with Trump.
For many of them, she made them more suspicious, tossing out soaring progressive language that simply doesn’t match the reality of who she is.
The so-called “rustbelt” states are vital parts of nearly any strategy to garner the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the presidency.
Trump’s campaign, which has trailed in fundraising behind Clinton, released a new ad Friday saying that in Clinton’s America “things get worse” with taxes going up, terrorism spreading and voters losing jobs, homes and hope. “He’s making America hate again”.
Trump may have pulled off a narrow victory over Clinton.
Clinton, fresh from becoming the first woman in history to win the nomination of a major USA political party, will take her vice presidential running mate Tim Kaine on a bus journey through Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The so-called “rustbelt” states are vital parts of nearly any strategy to garner the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the presid- ency.
Experts predict that “negative partisanship” – voting against a candidate, rather than for a candidate – will play a major role in deciding who makes it to the White House.
According to recent Time magazine article, an estimated 11 percent of Americans are still undecided.
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Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was seen by 29.8 million people on the commercial networks, the Nielsen company said Friday.
