Many recent polls have shown a narrow race, and the upcoming debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., is expected to have a Super Bowl-sized audience.
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In particular, Trump advisers are trying to steel him for the likelihood that Clinton will aim to get a rise out of him on live television in front of what both campaigns expect to be a record-setting audience.
The problem for Trump is that even if he wins them, those states aren’t enough.
She’s up by only 3 points among women, who went for President Obama by 11 points in the state against Gov. Romney in 2012. Instead, it’s Trump who’s viewed as most disconnected and disrespectful.
Hillary Clinton was back out on the campaign trail Wednesday.
In the interview, the Democratic ticket gave an early assessment of how they see working together in the White House with a job description for Kaine that sounds an very bad lot like what Joe Biden does in the Obama administration.
How do you prepare to take on an unpredictable opponent?
Clinton’s major problem is that she does not recognize that she needs to make a case for her election to the presidency. “The smaller her debate book, the better off she’ll be”, said Sam Popkin, who’s prepped four Democratic candidates for debates and played Ronald Reagan in Jimmy Carter’s debate prep sessions.
Voters seem to share Clinton’s concerns.
Dr. Bart Rossi, a political psychologist, said: “I think the psychology here would be to hit him on his business failures, bankruptcies and other failures”. I’ve been at this.
Clinton has faced criticism of her own for saying half of Trump’s supporters belong in a “basket of deplorables” because they are racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic.
With the first presidential debate coming on Monday, Donald Trump has moved to a five-point lead over Hillary Clinton in the last Rasmussen poll, his biggest advantage since mid-July. There was little more enthusiasm among Trump supporters; just 28% would be excited if the GOP nominee triumphs in November.
As is typical, economic issues were thought to be most important by a plurality of voters (29%), and those voters favored Trump by a 48%-32% margin.
But during the debate, the candidates will be without a script.
Trump, in particular, has struggled to balance a message that appeals to his white, working-class base with one that improves his standing with minorities and educated whites who may worry about racial undertones in his candidacy.
“We love you, buddy, but what are you here for if you can’t answer basic questions?” “As president, I’m going to give – give them that chance”. He is said to have been holding meetings at his New Jersey golf course on Sundays, when he is typically not campaigning.
Fox News also shows Trump up in battleground states. “But when he got on the debate stage something happened to him”.
He was seen as bullying, lost the debate and the election, and now says Mr Trump will need to treat Mrs Clinton carefully.
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“Our most cherished values are at stake”, Clinton told students at Temple University on Monday.
