“It didn’t surprise me that it came from him”. ABC News has been following three undecided voters in three battleground states: Pennsylvania, North Carolina and New Hampshire.
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Clinton last stepped foot in the Buckeye state about a week ago, when she held rallies in Toledo and Akron.
“Please take it from me: Every single vote counts”.
News coverage of the leaked audio of Trump’s lewd 2005 conversation with Billy Bush on “Access Hollywood” probably drove the debate numbers higher than they would have been otherwise. Locker room talk, whatever you want to call it. The results exclusively after the debate show a 7-point lead for Clinton in a four-way race.
He says even those who have revoked their support for Trump following revelation of his predatory comments about women have “propped him up for a very long time”.
Before the debate, 38 percent of likely voters said the tape is disqualifying and Trump should withdraw from the race, while 42 percent disagreed.
“A large percentage of Ohio’s electorate is most passionate about who should not be president”, said Tom Sutton, Baldwin-Wallace political science professor and director of the Community Research Institute, in a news release.
Baldwin-Wallace’s survey indicated voters are deeply dissatisfied with both the two major party candidates.
Debbie Manzanares, a Republican from Colorado, won’t cast a vote for Trump, but the tapes aren’t the reason. “Without the media, she would not have a chance”, he said. “They haven’t been listening”. “I feel it’s my responsibility not to defend myself against his attacks because, really, been there, done that”, she said. In a two-way contest, she leads him 47% to 44%. Her opponent, Republican nominee Donald Trump, has been in MI five times since he was nominated.
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Cote said she’s now leaning toward voting for Clinton but hasn’t decided, adding, “It is hard for women”. In fact, in just one instance, when co-moderator Anderson Cooper asked Clinton about her private email server debacle, Trump spoke out of turn six times. Voters have heard it all before, and they don’t care. There were plenty of interruptions throughout the night as well, including from the moderators, who repeatedly pressed for more details with follow-up questions for Trump and Clinton.
