“It’s clear from the Federal Bureau of Investigation report that Hillary Clinton lied about her handling of confidential information”, said Trump, who added, “This is like Watergate, only it’s worse”. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson is at 7 per cent and Green Party candidate Jill Stein is at 2 per cent.
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Her use of a private email server while secretary of state and questions about improper influence involving donors to the Clinton Foundation have been thorny topics for Clinton as the presidential campaign headed into its final months.
Clinton was leading most national and state polls after the Democratic National Convention in late July, but Trump has gradually been gaining some ground in recent weeks. The Lone Star State has sided with the Republican nominee in presidential elections for 40 years.
The contours of the race remain relatively unchanged, according to the CNN poll. Women prefer Ms Clinton 53 to 38 per cent, while men favor Trump 54 to 32 per cent. Voters younger than 45 give Ms Clinton an edge (54 percent to 29 per cent for Mr Trump), while non-whites favour Ms Clinton by nearly four-to-one, poll results showed.
College graduates are more likely to support Clinton, while those who do not have degrees lean towards Trump.
“We are going to do whatever is necessary for as long as it takes to bring ISIS to justice”, Clinton said. John McCain, a former Vietnam War POW, a war hero because “he got captured;” and seeming to compare his own “sacrifices” as a hard-working real-estate developer to those of parents who lost a son in combat in Iraq.
As #HackingHillary trended on Twitter, Trump accused the so-called mainstream media of ignoring the coughing fit. In a rare news conference aboard her new campaign plane, Clinton said she is concerned about “credible reports about Russian government interference in our elections”.
Florida and Virginia were chosen by the candidates because they are both pivotal swing-states.
The poll’s margin of error is 4 percent.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine on Tuesday assailed Donald Trump in an extensive speech focused on condemning what he sees as the Republican nominee’s “disqualifying” foreign policy visions.
Trump’s remarks, delivered at a town hall-style event in Virginia, included a promise from the business mogul that any veterans who seek health care outside the VA system will have their costs fully covered.
“Putin looks at her and he laughs”, Trump said.
With Monday’s Labour Day holiday kicking off the final dash to Election Day, Clinton took pains to make herself more than available to reporters traveling with her, after almost nine months without holding a formal press conference.
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“I believe I have created so many jobs in the-sort of, conspiracy theory machine factory because honestly they never quit, they keep coming back”, she said.
