Like Epstein, Democratic political commentators are playing down the potential effects of Clinton’s worrying weekend, and are instead directing attention to Trump’s failure to match the same level of disclosure in health records and tax returns as Clinton. And combined, Clinton and the national Democratic Party paid out $78 million in August, while Trump and the Republican National Committee spent about $47 million.
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The spending disparity has also become a favored Trump boast.
In a two-way contest, Clinton beats Republican Donald Trump 46 percent to 42 percent among likely voters with annual household incomes of $100,000 or more, the latest Purple Slice online poll for Bloomberg Politics shows.
On the other hand, with the trend definitely moving against Clinton and with so many questions about her health to boot, all the pressure is on her to perform extremely well in the face-to-face meetings.
Trump has particularly struggled throughout his campaign with women voters, and Epstein insisted that Clinton’s history of championing women’s issues would continue to overpower his campaign’s attempts to reign in her lead.
“He’s honest about making America great”, says Trump supporter Freddie Stancil. Clinton has also employed 800 people for her campaign which cost her about $5 million last month.
He has stepped up his fundraising since becoming the presumptive GOP nominee in May.
“The NRA – great people – they endorsed me”, Trump said at a rally Tuesday in North Carolina.
He paid the firm of Corey Lewandowski, his controversial former campaign manager $20,000 – the same as in previous months before Lewandowski was sacked and took a contributing role at CNN.
By far, Trump’s largest August expense was an $11 million sum paid to the Texas-based digital consulting firm Giles-Parscale.
Millennials were a huge part of the coalition that brought Barack Obama to power in 2008 and to a lesser extent in 2012 when he won re-election, said Jeanne Zaino, a professor of political science at Iona College outside New York City. Greenberg says the debate could potentially be a game changer for the race, but he says Clinton is in an “extraordinarily strong position” to win NY in November.
“Something that hasn’t happened would have to happen” for Trump to win, McInturff told The Wall Street Journal.
“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.
She added, “We also need to ensure that our investments are reaching the communities suffering the most from decades of neglect”. Thirty-three percent of Donald Trump supporters and almost as many Hillary Clinton supporters (32 percent) frame their vote at least partially in opposition to the other candidate.
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Millennials have a message for the presidential candidates: Young people aren’t going to vote for you just because you promise them free college.
