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Trump on birtherism: ‘We wanted to get on with the campaign’

Just 8 percent of voters say they’re concerned the most about Clinton’s recent health issues. Those saying they have “major” concerns totals 54 percent.

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Separately, a new analysis of tens of thousands of voter interviews by SurveyMonkey underscores how much unfavorable impressions of one candidate or the other are driving voters’ choices.

Clinton is still ahead in Pennsylvania where she is up 6.6 percentage points against Trump according to Real Clear Politics.

Higher-income voters do pick Trump over Clinton as the candidate they think would be best for their own investments, 45 percent to 36 percent. Consequentially, Clinton saw her poll numbers slide.

Despite exaggerating disparities in black communities – lack of quality education, safety concerns, absence of jobs – Trump has made minor gains.

The Badger State has not chosen a Republican candidate for president since 1984, when President Ronald Reagan won re-election by carrying every state except Minnesota in landslide.

The negative feelings many voters have about the candidates came through in how they described their presidential choices, Pew found.

“I am opposed to Hillary Clinton”.

Bloomberg noted this is bad news for Trump, since this group comprises 28% of the electorate, and it’s a group whose support would have been a sure thing until this election cycle. Just over one-fifth (22%) like her “issue/policy positions”. However, Clinton appears to a more specific stance on marijuana than Trump, and doesn’t view it with much stigmatization. A similar report released in July showed Clinton and her supporters outpacing Trump and his backers by a 15-to-1 margin.

“There was a man answering questions very concisely and very confidently”, Conway said.

Trump has offered a more cautious opinion on marijuana.

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“Battleground states carry that name for a reason: They’re going to be close, from now until Election Day”, campaign manager Robby Mook wrote in a memo to supporters this week.

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