Despite Trump’s recent rise in the polls – a CNN/ORC poll from early August, for comparison, showed Clinton with an 8-point lead – most voters surveyed said they still expect Clinton to win in November.
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Libertarian Gary Johnson has support of seven per cent of likely voters and Green Party’s Jill Stein has just two per cent, according to the poll.
Clinton made her stop at a brewery in Cleveland before heading to a nearby Labor Day parade and rally, where she tested a new jab at her opponent: “Friends don’t let friends vote for Trump”.
Trump, however, is in trouble with minority voters – 71% of nonwhites in the CNN/ORC poll said they preferred Clinton.
Trump is leading Clinton on the issues of the economy and terrorism, while Clinton beats him out on foreign policy and immigration.
Clinton holds leads of just two points in MI and Wisconsin, and there is a tie in North Carolina, where Trump speaks at a rally Tuesday evening.
During a Tuesday interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius stated that Hillary Clinton should be anxious by the latest polls. The Republican real estate mogul said immigrants in the country illegally may not need to return to their countries or origin to obtain legal status, appearing to contradict his past positions. It was a near-encounter that even forced the Trump press corps to the side of the road as Clinton’s motorcade whizzed by.
Trump was buoyed by more polls showing him in a competitive position. The White House and congressional Democrats say they will only support a stopgap budget that lasts into December.
Going into the crucial final stretch of the campaign, Clinton will also tap her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, who will stump for her in Pennsylvania this week.
He also pledged to participate in all three televised presidential debates, ending speculation that he might sit out one or more if he was not happy with the format.
In a two-way race, Trump leads Clinton 49 to 48 per cent.
Trump has his largest edge of the campaign as the more honest and trustworthy of the two major candidates (50 percent say he is more honest and trustworthy vs. just 35 percent choosing Clinton) and as the stronger leader, 50 percent to 42 percent.
Clinton, who spent a good part of August focusing on private fundraising events with few public appearances, was scheduled to appear along with her running mate, Tim Kaine, at a Labor Day celebration in Cleveland.
It continues: “For this reason, we support Donald Trump’s candidacy to be our next commander-in-chief”.
Trump’s 2-point lead was within the poll’s margin of error of 3.5 percentage points, meaning the race is essentially tied.
“Trump has shown us repeatedly who he is, and what he would do if he were president, and that includes deporting 16 million people”, the Democratic presidential nominee said.
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Both candidates remain largely unliked, with majorities saying they have an unfavorable view of each candidate in the new poll.
