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Hillary Clinton had an 8 point lead over Donald Trump only 2 weeks ago. She has lost every bit of it. Trumps is surging, and his numbers in the polls are rising. Hillary is dropping like a lead ball. According to the latest Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll released Friday, 40 percent of likely voters are supporting Trump, and 39 percent backing Clinton for the week of Aug. 26 to Sept. 1.
Trump's gains came as Republican support for their party's candidate jumped by six percentage points over the past two weeks, to about 78 percent. That is still below the 85 percent support Republican nominee Mitt Romney enjoyed in the summer of 2012, but the improvement helps explain Trump's rise in the poll. It's expected disgruntled Trump-bashing Republicans will ultimately support Trump, which when they do, that will give a bigger lead to Trump over Hillary, who seems to be sinking fast, based on her continuing, if not rising distrust by the general public.
In recent weeks, Clinton has come under renewed criticism over her handling of classified information while serving as U.S. secretary of state, and her family's charitable foundation has come under fresh scrutiny for the donations it accepted while Clinton served in the Obama administration. Meanwhile, Clinton hasn't been campaigning as actively as Trump. She also has lost respect by not accepting the invitation of the President of Mexico, Pena Nieto, while Trump did go there, and got the "looking presidential" credits from it.
Trump, meanwhile, has reshuffled his campaign leadership, and sought to broaden his appeal to moderate Republicans and minorities. He recently suggested that he would be a better president than Clinton for African Americans, and has made appearances in some Black churches, raising his support numbers among Blacks.
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/tru...il_job=1685175_09032016&s=al&dkt_nbr=1jgjctuk
Trump's gains came as Republican support for their party's candidate jumped by six percentage points over the past two weeks, to about 78 percent. That is still below the 85 percent support Republican nominee Mitt Romney enjoyed in the summer of 2012, but the improvement helps explain Trump's rise in the poll. It's expected disgruntled Trump-bashing Republicans will ultimately support Trump, which when they do, that will give a bigger lead to Trump over Hillary, who seems to be sinking fast, based on her continuing, if not rising distrust by the general public.
In recent weeks, Clinton has come under renewed criticism over her handling of classified information while serving as U.S. secretary of state, and her family's charitable foundation has come under fresh scrutiny for the donations it accepted while Clinton served in the Obama administration. Meanwhile, Clinton hasn't been campaigning as actively as Trump. She also has lost respect by not accepting the invitation of the President of Mexico, Pena Nieto, while Trump did go there, and got the "looking presidential" credits from it.
Trump, meanwhile, has reshuffled his campaign leadership, and sought to broaden his appeal to moderate Republicans and minorities. He recently suggested that he would be a better president than Clinton for African Americans, and has made appearances in some Black churches, raising his support numbers among Blacks.
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/tru...il_job=1685175_09032016&s=al&dkt_nbr=1jgjctuk