In other words, Clinton was more trusted than Trump with the duties of being president.
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Hillary Clinton has experienced a 6-point gain in her image since mid July, and now has a 44 percent favorable rating.
Another poll by the Reuters/Ipsos on Sunday showed that almost 41 percent of likely voters said they favoured Clinton, while 35 percent expressed support for Trump.
Trump has made the loss of manufacturing jobs a key part of his campaign, bemoaning outsourcing by companies like Carrier and Nabisco and threatening to impose tariffs on goods American companies produce overseas.
Ms Whitman is the first of America’s financial elite to fully defect from the Republican party and lend their support to Ms Clinton.
Meg Whitman said she plans to give a “substantial” contribution to Clinton’s campaign to make sure Republican nominee Donald TrumpDonald TrumpMeg Whitman will support Clinton for president Trump spokeswoman: Khan “proponent of Sharia Law” Khan slams Trump’s Purple Heart comments: “You did not serve” MORE doesn’t become the next president.
Ryan repeated some of his previous comments on Trump, telling host Jerry Bader that he was not inclined as a leader of the Republican party to question the choice of the voters who made Trump the GOP nominee.
While Whitman has actively spoken out against Trump, the embodiment of shredded detritus found somewhere in Hell’s answer to a black hole, for the better part of this year-she has previously only vocally backed members of her own party. The campaign said she raised more than $8.7 million in the 24 hours around her speech.
It was reported in June that Whitman hinted in a closed-door meeting that she’d support Clinton.
Speaking in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Republican presidential nominee told a crowd of supporters that Clinton’s policies as secretary of state helped birth the terror group.
A big reason Clinton is ahead is that Democrats are rallying around her. A 2014 study by Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt, who now heads the Justice Department’s voting rights unit, found 31 possible instances out of 1 billion votes cast over more than 14 years.
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For all of the media talk about 2016 being an unconventional outsider election, Hillary Clinton is leading by being competent and qualified in the face of the endless barrage of questionable statements and behavior coming from Donald Trump.
