Clinton leads Trump by 4.5 points in an average of surveys by the website Real Clear Politics, 46.4 percent vs 41.9 percent. But Trump’s starting point was far lower, and below that of a typical Republican candidate. That is still below the 85 percent support Republican nominee Mitt Romney enjoyed in the summer of 2012, but the improvement helps explain Trump’s rise in the poll.
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Because the poll is conducted online and individuals self-select to participate, a margin of error can not be calculated. But party strategists downplay GOP polls at this point in the race, arguing they don’t account for “informed voter” input – surveys in which pollsters give more information about the candidates and their stances on issues before assessing match-ups between candidates. The office in Deltona will join other locations in Downtown Orlando, East Orlando, and Kissimmee in attempting turn the biggest political battleground in the country blue for Clinton. But recent polls have shown Trump gaining ground on Clinton. And the RealClearPolitics polling average has Trump ahead by just 2.5 points. Some of the more recent individual polls, however, have the race even tighter. Those numbers were scheduled to be updated later Friday.
Clinton to begin airing ads in Arizona: Clinton’s campaign has placed an ambitious ad buy in Arizona, a state that no Democratic presidential candidate has won since her husband in 1996, reports ABC News.
This high untrustworthy number for Clinton may be in part due to the Clinton foundation, and for Trump it may be related to the fact that he has not released his tax returns.
Aguilar said the speech does not bode well for Trump’s campaign.
“But the president of Mexico shouldn’t feel snubbed: Hillary has scheduled only six public appearances anywhere between now and the end of September”. It remains to be seen whether those efforts will click. Of them, 1,173 identified themselves as likely voters.
Clinton leads Trump by 7 points in the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential race.
The Clinton campaign announced on Thursday that the Democratic nominee raised a total of $143 million in August for her campaign and the national and state Democratic parties. About 60% said they are following the story closely. “Every four years, you have two national party conventions that produce a bounce of varying sizes”.
Looking back on the previous year, the build-up to the 2016 election has been insane and unexpected, and it is still months away.
CLINTON: She promises to propose immigration legislation in her first 100 days that would include a route to citizenship.
A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll published Thursday found fear of the other candidate winning – rather than excitement for Trump or Clinton – is a prime motivating factor for voters.
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The third-party candidates are also making dents in the polls, with Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson at 7 percent and Green Party nominee Jill Stein at 3 percent.
