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Trump’s First General Election Ad Spotlights Immigration

Approximately 48 percent of Trump supporters said they were “somewhat confident” in the accuracy of the presidential vote, and 79 percent of Clinton supporters said the same.

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The $4.8 million ad will air in Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida over the next 10 days, NPR reported. It’s possible that Trumpism and new Clinton revelations would drive these numbers up, but at the end of the day, those on the left-democratic side will not want to put Trump in power and will vote for Clinton.

The ad focuses on security, specifically immigration.

But, he said, there is still time for Donald Trump to mount a Harry Truman-like comeback.

The 30-second ad, entitled “Two Americas: Immigration”, contrasted how the candidates would tackle the hot-button issue, contending that while “in Hillary Clinton’s America, the system stays rigged against Americans”, in Trump’s America, the country will be secure and keep out unsafe people. It accuses Clinton of being soft on illegal immigration and welcoming Syrians refugees, while promising that Donald Trump’s America will be safe from criminals and terrorists. Collecting Social Security benefits, skipping the line. “It’s more of the same, but worse”, says the narrator.

The imagery shows immigrants (presumably) with blurred-out faces being handcuffed or simply walking around. That’s all replaced by bright color images in Donald Trump’s America, with shots of the border being tightly patrolled by helicopter. As border patrol helicopters and trucks swarm across the desert, the narrator assures, “Terrorists and risky criminals kept out. Change that makes American safe again”.

“Sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don’t choose the right words or you say the wrong thing”.

In addition, the Pew Research Organization past year concluded that after rapid growth of undocumented immigrants entering the United States from 1990 through 2008, the number has remained stable from 2010 through 2014.

The grim reality for the businessman is that it may not be enough to help him make up the significant ground he’s lost.

The flipside is that voters may become more impressed with Trump’s campaign management style if he starts making good on one of his earliest campaign pledges – and starts winning.

This speech, which the Republican nominee read from a teleprompter, was Trump’s first public address since he reshuffled his senior staff, hiring Breitbart News’ Steve Bannon as the campaign CEO and GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway as campaign manager.

Most voters share a favorable opinion of the National Rifle Association, but the NRA’s endorsement of Trump is more important to Democrats than to other voters.

Clinton leads the polls in all of them – and more has been spent, tens of millions, on advertising for months now.

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Republicans are concerned that Trump’s deficit and insistence that the campaign’s dedication to “let Trump be Trump” will not only lose the election to Clinton but will also threaten their congressional majority this November. He was able to do this because of his high name identification and the megaphone he possessed.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte North Carolina on Thursday