Florida presidential polls: Is Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton leading in Florida?

Although there is not yet enough data to gauge the effect of the second presidential debate, or the full impact of the release of a video of Mr Trump’s comments about groping women, Hillary Clinton is consistently in the lead with female voters.

The furore over the Trump tape and his attacks on former president Bill Clinton’s alleged sexual misconduct may also have turned off some viewers.

In his afternoon speech outside an airplane hangar off I-4 in the center of the swing state, Trump offered his toughest words yet for the former secretary of state. When Bill O’Reilly asked Trump about his polling weaknesses (“You’re behind with women”), Trump simply denied that the problem existed (“I’m not sure I believe that”).

The Republican presidential nominee made the threat – an unprecedented break with United States political decorum – in the middle of the second presidential debate, held Sunday in St. Louis, Missouri.

Since the tapes were released, more than 50 prominent Republicans have withdrawn their support from Mr Trump and on Monday House Speaker Paul Ryan said he would no longer defend or campaign for the Republican presidential candidate.

By going into the gutter, she may have allowed Trump to stay in the game.

“She’s tells African Americans she wants their vote, but she’s done a bad job for African Americans”, Trump said.

He has apologised for him comments, dismissing them as “locker room talk”. The Wisconsin lawmaker is his friend, “but I respectfully disagree with his focus in this campaign”, he told NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell in Iowa. Honestly, it was both very attractive and very sad. He reminded the town hall audience that the media and some within his party are trying to hold him to a different standard than they did Bill.

“So here’s the thing – if Trump never admits to making mistakes, will he now stick to the November 28 election day the rest of the way?” another tweeted.

Some 61 per cent of those polled said that “lots of men” occasionally engage in similar conversations, and 46 per cent, a plurality, said it was unfair to judge someone on conversations “that they did not intend for anyone else to hear”. Taylor was defended by a 27-year-old Hillary Rodham, who took up the case despite saying she didn’t want it – and called into question Shelton’s reliability.

The survey was also conducted before the debate between Mr Trump and Mrs Clinton on Sunday night.

Trump said the last 72 hours has framed what this election is all about.