Clinton’s lead over Trump narrows to less than 3 points

The billionaire tycoon ended the rift between two of the party’s most powerful members as he launched insults at rival Hillary Clinton, describing her as “unhinged” and a “monster”.

Mrs Clinton opened up a 15-point margin in the McClatchy-Marist survey, 48% to 33%, which was conducted as Trump feuded publicly first with the Pakistani-American parents of a slain USA soldier and then House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, one of the Republican most popular and powerful figures.

“In my first 100 days as president, we will work with both parties to pass the biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II”, Clinton said.

As I have done previously, I advise cool-headed, patient skepticism toward the dramatic – and it really is dramatic – recent improvements in Hillary Clinton’s standing in nearly all polls against Donald Trump. But a Trump loss in November – which seems increasingly likely – could be only slightly less destructive than a Trump victory.

“I have a thing”, he said.

Before both conventions, Hillary Clinton had a 7-point lead. “When you bash one guy constantly, no matter what he says, and the other person gets in trouble and you don’t cover it, what do you expect?” asked John Gleason, 73, a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, retiree.

Check out the full piece over the Los Angeles Times where Bernie gives more reasons to support Hillary and also breaks down Donald Trump’s policies in more detail. It’s a classic swing state: President George W. Bush narrowly won the state in 2000, then lost it to a New Hampshire neighbor, Sen.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s lead over Republican rival Donald Trump narrowed to less than 3 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday, down from almost eight points on Monday.

President Barack Obama helped widen the perception of the office as the first president who was not a white male.

Accordingly, while FiveThirtyEight incorporates the same polls as Real Clear Politics, it arrives at a different conclusion: Clinton leads by 6 points and if the election were held today, she would have an 86 percent chance of winning the state. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and actor Sean Astin of “Rudy” and “Lord of the Rings” movie fame campaign in Iowa on her behalf. Most of all, he feels a responsibility to counter Trump’s message, the source said.

The fact that a woman topped the Democratic ticket was abundantly evident at last week’s convention, where female speakers packed the program each night and former President Bill Clinton played a supporting role, giving a traditional spouse speech about his wife.

Destroying terrorist groups like ISIS: Trump 51; Clinton 42.

“They want to vote for somebody who has positive positions that they think will make America better”, said pollster Andrew Baumann in an interview with The Atlantic, “and at least before the convention they weren’t seeing that from Hillary Clinton”.

According to exit polls, Republican nominee Mitt Romney won whites in MI in 2012 by 11 points and still lost to Obama – by 9 points – because of widespread support from minority voters.

(L-R), Mekahlo Medina, President of NAHJ, and Sarah Glover, President of NABJ, introduce Hillary Clinton, in Washington, on August 5, 2016. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., who’s been sharply critical of Trump.

“There’s more hope, I think, for the Democratic Party, but we’re going to have to force them”, MI resident, Rachel Mace, 20, told Associated Press.

An aide to Ryan said Friday, “He appreciates the gesture and is going to continue to focus on earning the endorsement of the voters in southern Wisconsin”. One other showed Clinton leading by 4 percentage points. But voters such as Barbara Allen, a Coralville independent who backed Sanders, are now in Clinton’s camp.

“Every time I have done a job, people have counted on me and trusted me”, she said. Trump? “He’s just scary”.

“Now you tell me she looks presidential, folks”. It also weights some polls more heavily than others given the historical accuracy of the firm and which were conducted more recently.