Polls indicate Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump are tied in Georgia, a state that hasn’t been won by a Democrat since 1992, when Bill Clinton beat President George H.W. Bush.
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The first ad aired by the GOP nominee portrays “Hillary Clinton’s America” as one with Syrian refugees flooding in, undocumented immigrants committing crimes and collecting benefits, while in “Donald Trump’s America” is secure, with “terrorists and risky criminals kept out”. 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. Just 27 per cent of registered voters say that Trump would make a good or great president, while about twice as many (55 per cent) say he would be either poor or bad (with 43 per cent saying he would make a “terrible” president).
“Terrorists and unsafe criminals kept out”. “No misleading ad can change the fact that Hillary Clinton is the only candidate with the experience and judgment to lead the country and keep our families safe”. More than 120 Republicans have signed an open letter to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus asking to divert RNC funding away from Trump’s presidential campaign and toward Senate and House races.
The focus is unsubtle: Immigrants, including ones from Syria, are coming into the United States and putting Americans at risk. His new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, said earlier in the day that the shift is about “pivoting stylistically”, not on substance. The “system” is “rigged against Americans”.
As a candidate, Bill Clinton was dogged in 1992 by questions about his honesty, but voters ultimately viewed him as a better caretaker of the economy, which had stumbled during President George H.W. Bush’s administration.
Indeed, Trump’s speech was more organized, but he hasn’t dropped the grand, vague promises that are his trademark. “I have done that”, the GOP nominee, reading from prepared text, said at a rally in Charlotte, N.C. They’re 49 points more likely to see immigration that way.
What about people who aren’t already committed to one of the candidates? But to be clear, we are talking about hope, not reality.
Trump’s America is simple: “secure”.
Clinton’s numbers fell from 50 percent Tuesday to 47 percent, and then dropping as low as 41 percent in Reuters’ Thursday poll.
The 30-second ad starts with a 2014 interview where Trump says that he “absolutely” would release his tax returns if he ran for office. Maybe Trump is actually trying to reach out to Republicans. Clinton held a 43% to 40% edge over Trump last week.
An ABC News/Washington Post poll taken this summer indicated that Clinton leads Trump 50 percent to 39 on the issue of terrorism.
Trump and Clinton supporters differ on the major issues they believe are important for the country.
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“I’ve never been politically correct – it takes far too much time, and can often make it more hard to achieve total victory”, Trump remarked. He’s trailing Clinton a bit in spending near Cincinnati, which tends to be more Republican most OH cities, but outspending her near Philadelphia, which is a Democratic stronghold. “I’ve never wanted to learn the language of the insiders, and I’ve never been politically correct – it takes far too much time, and can often make more hard”, he said.
