Let someone mention the bad behavior of the Clinton Foundation and the response is likely to be a shriek of outrage that you didn’t say something worse about the Trump Foundation.
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In a head-to-head matchup without third-party candidates, Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, leads by 11 points, 51 percent to 40 percent.
By population segments, 61 percent of Latinos, 77 percent of African Americans and 44 percent of white non-Hispanics would vote for Clinton, while Trump would get the votes of 21 percent of Hispanics, 13 percent of African Americans and 38 percent of whites.
Clinton has spent heavily for TV advertising, which has come at a cost of $10 million per week, and polling, which cost her $1.3 million in August. The remaining 2 percent said they plan to vote for Trump.
According to the poll, both candidates were virtually tied on the issue of terrorism and national security, with Clinton claiming a narrow one-point advantage.
It was only the latest dig on the 68-year-old Democratic candidate by Mr Trump, who has repeatedly mocked his rival’s ‘stamina, ‘ although he wished her well after she was diagnosed with pneumonia after she left the 9/11 commemoration ceremony.
The results are based on a sample of 644 likely voter surveyed from September 12 to September 16. The two will meet at Hofstra University on Monday for the first debate between the major-party nominees. It comwes amid a series of other polls that have shown Trump variously deadlocked or witin a few points of Clinton.
“More Californians now view her unfavorably (53%) than favorably (47%), a reversal from July”. Bloomberg’s poll shows that referring to those in his path as “pigs”, “slobs”, and “bimbos” hasn’t played well with the wealthier segment of the population; 59 percent said they’re bothered a lot by his sexist rhetoric.
Among all registered Latino voters, the share was 69 percent for Clinton, 18 percent for Trump.
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Voters were more concerned with Clinton’s ability to deal with Syria, Iraq, and Libya – 36 percent of voters reported that was the concern most important to them.
