Russian President Vladimir Putin “looks at Hillary Clinton and he smiles”, Trump said.
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He noted that Trump often claims to have opposed the US decision to go to war with Iraq from the start – as he did again at his own campaign event Tuesday. But most voters say they still expect to see Clinton prevail in November, and 59% think she will be the one to get to 270 electoral votes vs. 34% who think Trump has the better shot at winning. While they will appear separately and not be on stage at the same time, it could serve as a warm-up to their highly-anticipated first presidential debate on Sep.
The new poll finds the two major party candidates provoke large gaps by gender, age, race, education and partisanship. “I believe in a foreign policy based on our national interests that focuses on American security and regional stability instead of using our military to create democracies in countries with no democratic history and couldn’t care less about democracy”, he said. Another 16% back Johnson, 6% Stein. “You need energy, man”, Trump told reporters.
Almost three in five of all those polled (58 percent) agreed Clinton would be better in that department, compared to just 36 percent who sided with Trump.
Neither Clinton nor Trump has unveiled their schedules for Sunday.
The poll follows several national polls in August suggesting that the margin between the two candidates had tightened following the conventions.
The Republican nominee condemned Clinton’s use of the software BleachBit to wipe her servers – “she bleached her emails” – and raised questions about a Clinton aide destroying her discarded phones with a hammer.
At a slew of recent campaign events, Trump has insisted he would do more to improve life for all racial and ethnic minorities, a pledge that does not seem to resonating with most voters.
Further, almost half of voters say they are less enthusiastic about voting in this election than they have been in previous years, while just 42% say they’re more excited about this year’s contest.
The poll suggests that the post-convention bounces have subsided and that Trump has weathered a hard August, in which he shuffled staff members, insulted a Gold Star family and confused voters about his immigration policy. The lack of enthusiasm spikes among Clinton supporters. They described her as relishing going after Trump on this topic because she feels she knows it well and he doesn’t. But Clinton holds an edge on foreign policy (56% to Trump’s 40%), enabling her to point to a wider range of national security credentials.
Trump’s comments on Clinton’s appearance, as well as his critiques of her stamina, have drawn criticism as being sexist. On that, 49% favor Clinton’s approach, 47% Trump’s.
The Trump campaign said the candidate will call for big increases in spending for new ships, planes, submarines and training combat troops and bolstering missile defense systems.
Republicans, too, have questioned Trump’s capacity to serve as commander in chief.
Voters view Trump as being the more honest candidate, but they prefer Clinton’s temperament when it comes to being best suited to be commander in chief.
According to a contract with WSB-TV, Clinton has purchased $5,000 for 30-second spots during four Wednesday time slots: the early morning local news, Good Morning America and the local news shows broadcast at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
“It’s one of the main rationales for his candidacy”.
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The CNN/ORC Poll was conducted by telephone September 1-4 among a random national sample of 1,001 adults.
