Clinton 12 points ahead of Trump nationally

But Clinton appeared confident that labor was solidly on her side after the grueling Democratic primary in which many key unions withheld endorsements until now.

On overall judgment, however, Clinton pulls ahead of Trump, earning 43 per cent of support from those who believe she shows good judgment, compared with Trump who comes in at 25 per cent among those who view his judgment favourably.

Republican Donald Trump is slamming AFL-CIO leadership for its decision to endorse his likely rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Trump responded with a statement Thursday afternoon by saying despite the endorsement, he still expected to get more AFL-CIO members’ support than Clinton.

Trump predicted his ride would be a smash in the news.

Bernie Sanders is also 100% correct when he says that Hillary Clinton “vote[d] for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions of jobs”.

The lukewarm endorsement of white evangelical Christians, a crucial bloc of Republican voters, could undermine Trump’s chances of winning the White House in November, according to Religion News Service (RNS).

The proportion of voters who said they would not vote for either candidate has risen steadily over the past week. That’s particularly important given a terror attack on domestic soil is often cited as something that might help Trump overcome the many other electoral factors that favor Clinton. “The activism of working people has already been a major force in this election and is now poised to elect Hillary Clinton and move America forward”.

“This election offers a stark choice between an unstoppable champion for working families and an unstable charlatan who made his fortune scamming them”, said Lee Saunders, the president of AFSCME and the chair of the AFL-CIO political committee.

Clinton, for her part, is seen positively by 59 percent of liberals – but that means four in 10 in this key Democratic group rate her negatively. “We don’t know the people, we don’t have a lot to go on”. Clinton remained about the same with 56 percent of registered voters seeing her in a negative light – just a one percentage point different from last month’s 57 percent.

The Clinton campaign is flexing its muscles on the airwaves. “I’ll ride that horse”, said Trump.