In contrast, only 35 percent of military and veteran voters said they would be confident in former Secretary of State Clinton’s ability to serve as Commander in Chief; 64 percent said they would not.
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The polling found Libertarian Gary Johnson received 5 percent, followed by Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, and Evan McMullin, an independent candidate, with 1 percent.
An additional 22.9% haven’t decided yet.
“Floridians say if they had to choose between another four years of Barack Obama or electing Trump as President, they’d keep Obama by a 50/45 spread”. About 20 percent of voters are now either undecided or will vote third party this fall, and “elections are harder to predict when fewer people have made up their minds”.
Even when undecided likely voters were asked who they were leaning toward supporting, the results remained similarly tight, with Clinton at 39.9% and Trump at 36.8%.
“As the first woman to be a major party nominee, Clinton is forging new ground”.
Public Policy Polling surveyed 744 likely voters between September 4 and September 6.
OH is considered one of four swing states-those that are not clearly in the Democratic or Republican camp – that could prove decisive in the Electoral College vote that will ultimately determine the victor. Before that, it was President Harry Truman in 1948.
Pace reported from Washington.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump meets with active and retired law enforcement in Akron, Ohio, on August 22, 2016. Whether yesterday’s big polling news suggests Clinton’s has fallen behind or is merely losing her edge can only be seen in hindsight.
Trump’s anti-illegal-immigration posture, which has included vows to deport millions, has alienated many Hispanics.
A new poll released Wednesday shows voters who are now serving or have previously served in the USA military widely favor Trump over Clinton. “.2016.post-labor.day.pdf”>poll showing Trump ahead of Clinton in a four-way race among likely voters. The margin of error for that question is plus or minus 10.8 percentage points.
Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, and Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, will be at an 8 p.m. military affairs forum organized by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America advocacy group.
Trump’s national and Arizona campaigns did not respond to The Republic’s requests for comment. Though Clinton did vote to authorize the war in Iraq while she was a senator, the Obama administration in which she served as secretary of State has been cautious in sending ground troops overseas, enduring sharp criticism, for example, for failing to use USA soldiers to stop the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
“Despite close numbers, Hillary Clinton is poised to win by dominating the issue dimensions of governing, caring, temperament and being for the middle class”, said pollster Celinda Lake, a Democrat and president of Lake Research Partners, a group that conducted the poll with the university. To begin, only 886 registered voters and 786 likely voters were polled, a relatively small sample size.
But an immigration speech that Trump gave following his trip to Mexico drew criticism from some of his Hispanic supporters, and several backers advising him on the issue chose to part ways with his campaign.
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Those costs could increase substantially, depending on the size and scope of other promises Trump made Wednesday to expand the US fleet.
