Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton raised a whopping $143 million last month for her campaign and the Democratic Party, surging to her strongest performance of the 2016 election.
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Diane Reiser, of Brooklyn, N.Y., with whom I have had an extended back and forth on this topic, wrote on August 25: “I wrote to All Things Considered yesterday about the coverage of Trump voters in central Pennsylvania – no mention of Clinton supporters – no nine-minute piece on those who are voting for her even though polls show her winning Pennsylvania”.
Mike Huckabee says Hillary Clinton may be more comfortable smoking a joint on camera than answering questions from the press.
“Even though Hillary Clinton is trusted by more of the public on these issues, they have pretty low expectations that things will get better, no matter who wins”, said Kaiser polling chief Mollyann Brodie.
Technology is playing a bigger role than ever in the presidential race – from how the campaigns engage voters to the ways the media covers the candidates and the platforms we use to follow along. She’s proposed incremental improvements but no sweeping changes. In Jones’ case, he pledged earlier this year he would back Trump, but eased off that in a radio interview in August after the fallout this summer from Trump’s attacks on a Gold Star family. He has said he wouldn’t cut Medicare and he won’t stand for people “dying on the street”, but his health care plan is basically a collection of Republican talking points.
In a statement to CNN, Lujan rejected the notion that House Republicans can separate themselves from the top of the ticket, saying, “it’s undeniable that this is a nationalized election dictated by Donald Trump, and House races are shifting based on forces larger than the individual districts themselves”.
Now faced with two unpopular choices – an understatement as they are both the most unpopular candidates since Barry Goldwater in 1961 according to Gallup – much of the country is dissatisfied with their party’s nominee and will have to settle with the lesser of two evils.
In his speech on immigration late Wednesday, Trump capped a list of steps to combat illegal immigration, with a final pledge to completely revamp the country’s legal immigration system in order to lessen the number of people allowed into the United States. Meanwhile, 62 percent of Clinton supporters say they are scared of Donald Trump being elected.
Clinton continues to lead Trump among those under 40, while Trump is ahead among older voters. Only 30 percent said Clinton doesn’t deserved to be criticized for this. Trump attracts 15% of Democrats, while 12% of Republicans prefer Clinton.
Only 29 percent of Trump supporters and 27 percent of Clinton supporters would feel “excited” if their candidate claims the White House, the survey found. Fifty percent said they trusted Clinton, compared with 41 percent for Trump. Seven percent remain undecided.
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A separate Marquette University poll of likely voters in Wisconsin showed Clinton holding a 3-point lead in a head-to-head matchup with Trump, 45 percent to 42 percent.
