Hillary Clinton raising big dollars at tiny fundraisers
Sanders, who received about 13 million, said that he’s waiting to hear what she has to say about numerous issues that he raised during his campaign.
Amid long-shot efforts by a handful of delegates to name someone other than 70-year-old real estate billionaire Trump as the Republican party nominee, Ballotpedia also polled Clinton against Ohio Governor John Kasich and House Speaker Paul Ryan.
“Our first month of general election fundraising proved to be the best of the campaign”, said Robby Mook, her campaign manager.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will meet with Donald Trump over the weekend amid speculation that he could join the Republican’s presidential ticket.
The average donation to Clinton’s campaign in June was approximately $48.
Clinton has mentioned the resort town frequently in campaign speeches over the past two weeks. This teaser raised hopes that the great show of party unity many Democrats believe is necessary to consign Donald Trump to the dustbin of weird presidential campaign history was finally imminent.
“I’m with her, I am fired up, and I can not wait to get out there and campaign for Hillary”, added Obama, who won a brutal, months-long Democratic primary battle against Clinton in 2008. The Vermont senator also repeated his pledge “to do everything that I can to defeat Donald Trump”.
Vice President Joe Biden spilled the beans in a radio interview set to air on Sunday that Bernie Sanders was preparing to endorse his former Democratic primary rival.
The two candidates remain very unpopular: 56 percent of the poll respondents have an unfavorable opinion of Trump, and 59 percent have an unfavorable impression of Clinton.
A majority of voters surveyed-58 percent for Trump and 53 percent for Clinton-don’t think that either one would make a great president.
At the end of May, Clinton had $42.5 million cash on hand.
The Clinton campaign sees Atlantic City as a particularly good example, in part because Trump himself explained in an interview that he considered losses there to be “the bank’s problem”, not his.
Democrats and other political experts have assumed that an endorsement by Bernie Sanders was required to bring Sanders followers into the fold for the election battle against Trump.
Perhaps continued criticism by fellow Republicans, and Friday’s resignation of another high-ranking campaign official (“director of surrogates” Kevin Kellems) signal serious trouble for Mr. Trump.