Though Clinton was subtler in her attacks on Trump in front of the audience of veterans, the former secretary of state did blast the businessman-turned-politician – sometimes not by name – for what she said were his insults toward the military, attacking the family of a soldier killed in action and being too cozy with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Meanwhile, Donald Trump has had no major gaffes in the last couple of weeks”.
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“Actually, Mr. Trump agreed with me”, the strategist says.
On the basic pocketbook question, the poll found that 36 percent of voters feared their own access to affordable care would get worse if Republican Donald Trump is elected, versus 24 percent who anxious their own situations would worsen under Clinton.
The Franklin and Marshall College poll finds Clinton ahead of Trump 47% to 40% among likely voters, which represents a slight decline from a similar poll taken just after the Democratic National Convention (when she led 49% to 38%).
“We will have a total reform of the VA medical system, ” Trump said to applause from the veterans. However, they’re neck-and-neck among registered voters, with Toomey getting the advantage, 37 to 36 percent. So even when one doesn’t trust the poll numbers, they’re forced to contend with daily news reporting around the clock to get a better idea as to where both candidates stand with the public.
Alfonso Aguilar, president of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, on Thursday told CNN he had chose to withdraw his support for Trump, warning that “many like me think the same way”. “I’m guessing that Kellyanne probably understands that [Ohio] is a battleground state that we have to win and we’ve got to put all the resources we can into it”, he says.
State GOP officials insisted they were tapping in to deeper support than is shown in the polls in Pennsylvania, which is the linchpin of Mr. Trump’s plan to follow a Rust Belt path to the White House.
A Fox News survey published Wednesday shows Clinton winning 41% of the vote to Trump’s 39%, with third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein earning 9% and 4% respectively. Pat Toomey and Democratic challenger Katie McGinty.
However, among likely voters, McGinty’s lead grew from 39 to 38 percent last month to 43 percent to 38 percent, with almost one in five voters still undecided. They shouldn’t. But if he picks names out of a phone book, he’s still more likely to produce more socially conservative justices than Clinton would.
Another participant, Clinton supporter Kyle Cassidy, said maybe the email scandal had set the Democratic candidate back in the polls for now, but not for long.
“It is really a contrast between the failed leadership of the last 7.5 years, and a distinctly American, broad-shouldered leadership at home and overseas, that I think this election is largely about”.
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“There’s a fine line between optimism and delusion”, said Ryan Shafik, a Republican strategist in Pennsylvania. “I think what we’re seeing is a reflection of that”.
