Trump tries to regain footing after week of trouble

Democrat Hillary Clinton called Monday for a new law requiring future nominees for president to be required to release their tax returns while railing against Republican rival Donald Trump for his continued resistance to doing so. Clinton received backing by 42 percent of likely voters, while Trump had the support of 36 percent.

The survey conducted by the Wason Center for Public Policy shows Clinton with a 42-35 percent lead on Trump- a one percent move from their last poll.

At a veterans’ event in Herndon, Va., on Monday, Donald Trump criticized President Obama and Hillary Clinton for publicizing their plans to fight ISIS.

“Following what was by most accounts a hard first debate for Donald Trump, our survey also finds significant shifts in support in another key voting group: Independents”, said Dr. Rachel Bitecofer, Assistant Director of the Wason Center. They noted that Clinton predicted that vote share would grow to 25 percent this election.

Instead, she has deployed numerous surrogates to MI to campaign on her behalf, including running mate Tim Kaine and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, who was in Saginaw and Flint on Monday.

If the USA presidential election were held today, Clinton would lead Trump 246 to 180 in the Electoral College, and had an 88 percent chance of gaining the 270 electoral votes needed to become the US chief executive. Most of this came from independents who had been supporting Libertarian Gary Johnson, whose support dropped from 31 percent to 20 percent.

Other polls have also shown Clinton bumping past Trump since their first debate. As Oliver explains, all Trump had to do was not take the bait, yet the morning after the debate he made his disastrous Fox and Friends call-in appearance in which he chose to bring up the subject himself. She trails Trump by 21 points among that group now, down from a 44-point chasm in early September.

“When Hillary Clinton says no boots on the ground … whether you want boots on the ground or not, you shouldn’t say it”, he said.

In a map updated Monday morning, Polly Vote predicted Clinton to win with 341 electoral points and 52.3 percent of the vote versus Trump’s 197 electoral points and 47.7 percent of the vote.

Clinton has even gained somewhat among whites without college degrees, who have been among Trump’s most ardent supporters.

She says Trump represents the “same rigged system that he claims he’s going to change”.

Even 49 percent of Republicans said that would be below the belt, compared to 37 percent who said it would be fine.

The Republican nominee said that those working in government, including his Democratic opponent, can’t understand what it takes to “climb out of an economic depression”.

Trump has little outreach aimed at specific voter groups in North Carolina; Clinton does. “A big “W” for the debate, and a slightly too-close-to- be-comfortable lead in the head-to-head matchup”, said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

Hillary Clinton tore into Donald Trump’s tax maneuvering, business skills and trustworthiness Monday as she sought to capitalize on news that the NY real estate mogul may have paid no federal taxes for years.

After the first presidential debate last Monday night, which was widely seen as a success for Clinton, the real-estate magnate raised eyebrows by repeatedly discussing the physical appearance of Alicia Machado, the victor of the 1996 Miss Universe pageant whom Trump asked to lose weight.

In a memo to supporters last month, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook outlined several scenarios in which the Democratic nominee can win the election without carrying Ohio.