Donald Trump pushes just ahead of Hillary Clinton in new poll

Clinton, whose use of a private email account during her time as secretary of state has dogged her 2016 presidential campaign, said she understood and took classification seriously when she was President Barack Obama’s top diplomat. “Just shows you how important OH is”.

But Trump seems to be doing well with independent voters, a crucial bloc in any election – 49% of those voters in the CNN/ORC poll said they’d vote for Trump, while only 29% said they backed Clinton. It is a vulnerability that Trump Republicans are bent on exploiting although the maverick billionaire is himself skating on thin ice or simply winging it on various subjects, many of which will feature in the Presidential debate.

Just a week after traveling to Mexico for his first worldwide trip as the nominee, and then returning across the U.S. border to deliver a nativist immigration speech, he assailed Clinton for having “no plan” on immigration.

Trump said Clinton was wrong.

Folks, as you know, I’m not a fan of Trump, but I find him to be much more palatable than Clinton.

Hillary Clinton struggled to get through a Labor Day rally in Cleveland on Monday, completely unable to speak through a coughing fit that lasted several minutes. We first met up with Hillary Clinton and Tim kaine moments after touching down on Clinton’s new plane dubbed hill force one.

The Franklin Pierce/Herald poll also shows that Clinton and Trump continue to be viewed negatively by historically high numbers of likely voters – 55 percent for the Democratic nominee and 57 percent for her GOP opponent.

The Labor Day holiday traditionally kicks off the last stretch of campaigning ahead of the November 8 election. “You need energy, man”, Trump told reporters. “We’ve never had a nominee of one of our major parties urging the Russians to hack more”, said Clinton.

“What her real plan is, she has total amnesty” and a pathway to citizenship, he said, reiterating his opposition to such a legalization process without undocumented immigrants leaving the country first.

“Likely voters” are often people who have voted before, so polls generally reflect what the electorate looked like in 2012.

But an immigration speech that Trump gave following his trip to Mexico drew criticism from some of his Hispanic supporters, and several backers advising him on the issue chose to part ways with his campaign.

Trump’s best chance for altering the race lies in the presidential debates, which begin September 26 and will serve as critical tests of his temperament and knowledge. “The important thing is the content that was given to the public”.

Meanwhile, Clinton’s campaign released a new television ad entitled, “Sacrifice”, that shows military veterans watching some of the NY businessman’s more provocative statements. Tough on immigration, I’m curious, when a voter is asked what Hillary Clinton stands for with 63 days to go? Liberals who are turned off by Clinton’s ties to Wall Street and her ethical lapses might see Stein as an acceptable alternative.