This upcoming week will see Donald Trump take center stage at the Republican National Convention, though it appears to be far from a rousing affair for Trump or Republicans.
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But one candidate has made gains since last month: Libertarian Gary Johnson.
The Democratic convention is set for the following week, opening July 25 in Philadelphia.
The voters in this election year have the worst choice they have ever had – two candidates who have the highest negative ratings in history. Currently, Clinton leads Trump by a count of 320 to 212. Broad support among younger voters helped catapult Barack Obama to the presidency in 2008.
As Trump prepares to accept his party’s nomination, the poll suggests he’s increased his backing among Republicans.
Yesterday, there was more good news for Trump as the RNC Rules Committee overwhelmingly rejected the demands of the “Never Trump” contingent to unbind delegates and allow them to vote their conscience.
Forty-five percent of likely voters supported former Secretary of State Clinton, 33 percent supported Trump, the wealthy businessman, and the remainder supported neither, according to the July 11-15 online poll.
“We’re different people”, Trump said. The poll shows that almost 4 in 10 think she did so intentionally.
Clinton also holds a comfortable 51 percent to 42 percent cushion over Trump in a recent Pew Research Center poll that largely stems from her overwhelming advantage in minority support.
Hopefully, the voters will ignore the remaining Republican critics who have tried for so long to derail Trump’s campaign. He holds his widest edge over Clinton on handling ISIS and also holds an edge on handling taxes.
“One of the reasons is party unity, I have to be honest”, he said.
“In saying that it was “possible” that hostile foreign governments had gained access to Mrs. Clinton’s personal account, Mr. Comey noted that she used her mobile device extensively while traveling outside the United States, including trips “in the territory of sophisticated adversaries”.
The underwhelming rollout continued when Pence got back to IN, where a few hundred people greeted him at a suburban Indianapolis airport hangar bereft of any “Trump-Pence” signs or other obvious trappings of a presidential campaign. Therefore, people should not read too much into the polls because they can change from day to day. While some people wanted Trump to pick former House Speaker Newt Gingrich or New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Trump obviously viewed Pence as less of a risk and a dependable advocate who would be able to persuasively make the campaign’s case to the American people.
Those numbers may shift, however, as a majority say they don’t know enough about Pence to have an opinion on him when they’re asked if they have a favorable or unfavorable impression.
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Several weeks ago, the mainstream news media reported that Donald Trump’s campaign was on life support. Just under half say Ginsburg was wrong to criticize Trump, while roughly the same share say it was inappropriate for Trump to call for her resignation in response.
