And now, in the wake of the Democratic convention, Trump’s criticisms of the family of fallen soldier Humayun Khan – and the resulting, resounding critiques from other Republicans may likewise have swayed some poll respondents.
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Trump’s decline is a big part of Clinton’s post-convention boost. In the first few weeks after presidential conventions, polling data ebbs and flows more than normal, so expect these numbers to continue to fluctuate until around mid-August.
Clinton has solidly been trailed by Trump in the poll throughout most of the 2016 presidential race.
I find Trump deeply flawed in endless ways.
This week Western voters have also leaned heavier in Clinton’s favor; she has 56 percent support from that group, up from 52 percent last week. The Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee faces two primary opponents later this month. But Clinton’s uptick here could prove critical, especially if she can sustain it amid the recent dip for Trump. That may have further boosted Trump over Clinton.
The LA Times/USC poll still has Trump leading Clinton, but that lead has been cut by five points since last week.
In the latest CNN/ORC poll there is a 12 point swing. “Even for a reflexive conspiracy theorist like Trump, this is pathetic”.
“Donald Trump has been a demagogue this whole time, preying on people’s anxieties with loose information and salacious rhetoric, drumming up fear and hatred of the ‘other, ‘” said Comella. Trump’s son, Eric Trump, told CBS News on Tuesday that his father’s comments toward the Khans have been “blown hugely out of proportion”. “For me, if our party has a future, we have to change that trajectory and lead by example”, she said. The Trump campaign responded by saying, “Hillary Clinton has proved herself unfit to serve in any government office”.
In a radio interview, Roger Stone, one of the property mogul’s confidantes and political allies, also said: “I think we have widespread voter fraud”. John McCain in their respective primaries. “Nearly always. Not always, but nearly always, you’ll see the elections are pretty well run”.
Senator McCain, a veteran of the Vietnam War, said in a strongly worded statement that Trump did not have “unfettered licence to defame the best among us”.
“They have no choice”, Trump said.
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Hanna wrote that he has “long held the belief that the Republican Party is becoming increasingly less capable of nominating a person who is electable as president”, suggesting that Hispanics, women, and the LGBT communities are groups that the GOP has grown increasingly out-of-step with.
