A majority of young adults say they support airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
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The poll was conducted from July 8 to 11 with a random sample of 401 likely Iowa voters.
On Tuesday, he tweeted that Sanders “sold out to crooked Hillary Clinton”.
“This campaign is not really about Hillary Clinton, or Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders, or any other candidate who sought the presidency”, Sanders said. They believe that she is part of the same establishment political system, that as I said, they don’t feel represents their interests right now and so she can take away from this some good news, which is that they just believe that Donald Trump is so outside of the mainstream of their lives that they could never vote for him.
Trump senior policy adviser Stephen Miller says in a statement released during Sanders’ endorsement of Hillary Clinton Tuesday that the Vermont senator is “endorsing one of the most pro-war, pro-Wall Street, and pro-off-shoring candidates in the history of the Democratic Party”.
Trump has framed his response to the issue in largely economic terms, and the GenForward poll found unemployment was nearly as important an issue to young African-Americans as police brutality.
Only 19 percent had a favorable opinion of Trump and just 21 percent said that he is qualified to be president, according to the poll. Trump performs strongest with young whites.
“I’m not afraid of it”. He said Trump would not hike the current minimum wage and would appoint Supreme Court justices that would threaten civil liberties and equal rights. With third-party candidates included, Trump’s edge extends to five points, 41 percent to 36 percent. Exit polls found that Obama carried 66 percent of voters 18-30 years old in the 2008 election and 60 percent during his re-election campaign.
The poll showed major support for the Black Lives Matter movement among African-Americans polled – 84 percent.
While the gender gap remains wide, Trump gains support among men, who back him 50-29 percent, and women, who back Clinton 48-36 percent, compared to 52-34 percent in June.
Comparing the candidates’ character traits, OH voters say by 57 percent to 34 percent that Mrs. Clinton is better prepared to be president, and by 47 percent to 37 percent that Mr. Trump is more honest and trustworthy.
Clinton does somewhat better in a four-way race, topping Trump 40 to 35 percent.
Clinton said she is proud to get Sander’s support.
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Sanders spoke with a smiling Clinton at his side at a school in New Hampshire. He says, “We can not have a man with Trump’s temperament with the nuclear code and running this country”. “This campaign is about the needs of the American people and addressing the very serious crises that we face”, Sanders said.
