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Post-convention poll: Clinton retakes lead over Trump
Hillary Clinton emerges from her party’s convention in Philadelphia with a restored lead over Donald Trump, having earned a 7-point convention bounce, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.
Hillary Clinton Hunts an Elusive Prey: White Male Voters
Hillary Clinton would like to discuss some football.
“My dad played football at Penn State,” she reminded a crowd here during her swing through the Rust Belt. “My brother played football at Penn State.”
Read More >>Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 7 points following Dem convention
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton pulled ahead of Donald Trump by 7 points in a new CBS News poll conducted after the Democratic convention.
Clinton has 46 percent support among voters nationwide while Trump has 39 percent support, according to the poll.
Read More >>Guy Cecil of Pro-Clinton PAC Priorities USA Will Not Be Outspent
Ever since the Supreme Court in 2010 legalized the spending vehicles known as super-PACs, Democrats have used the Citizens United case to plead a perpetual penury. One of the most successful fundraising appeals of President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign was an e-mail entitled “I will be outspent.” But this year is different. Last week in Philadelphia, Democrats were preparing for a fall campaign season in which they would be able to lord a massive cash advantage over their opponents.
Read More >>Clinton campaign aims at Republicans
Campaigns for nearly all offices routinely feature attempts to pull in voters from the other party, typically with limited results. 2016 may prove the exception to the rule however, given widespread concern about Republican nominee Donald Trump. The New York Times reports on the efforts of Hillary Clinton‘s campaign to woo GOP voters:
Democrats Eager to Woo Republicans Who Are Wary of Trump
They saluted the valor and vigor of the American armed forces. They quoted Ronald Reagan and Theodore Roosevelt, iconic ... Read More >>
How Clinton quelled an insurgency
Hillary Clinton sat in a locker room in the bowels of the Wells Fargo Center Wednesday night, watching President Obama make the case for passing her the baton.
With her longtime aides Huma Abedin and Capricia Marshall by her side, she grew emotional watching her onetime rival bring down the hall — at one point placing her hand over her chest as she watched.
Read More >>Insiders: Hillary’s speech was a winner
Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention helped to ease party insiders’ anxiety after a week in which Donald Trump rode a modest bounce from the GOP convention into a neck-and-neck race with Clinton in the general election.
That’s according to The POLITICO Caucus — a panel of activists, strategists and operatives in 11 key battleground states. Three quarters of Democratic insiders said following Clinton’s speech closing the Democratic convention here Thursday night they are “very confident” about her chances of defeating Trump in November.
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