A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll shows voters are split between which candidate would have the best effect on the economy with two months until election day.
The poll found the electorate evenly split with 44 percent believing Clinton would create more jobs and 44 percent believing Donald Trump would.
The same poll found that 46 percent of likely voters believed Clinton would better handle the economy and 44 percent of likely voters thought Trump would have a more positive effect.
The same poll found that voters overwhelmingly trusted Clinton to handle national security 50 percent to 37 percent. More voters also believed Clinton was better equipped to appoint justices to the Supreme Court 48 percent to 40 percent.
The poll of 1,000 likely voters was conducted between Aug. 24-29 with a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
Obviously these are disappointing numbers, but on the other hand they show a clear path for Clinton: tie Trump’s economic ideas to his horrendous failures as a businessman. I know Clinton has been running this kind of ad in swing states. I would say more of the same will work, for this issue.
Didn’t earlier polls have Trump ahead in terms of potential for creating jobs? That would mean that these new numbers (while still frustrating) show that fewer voters are buying that job-creator nonsense.
We really need to start teaching, and make it mandatory for students to take, some basic economics and economic literacy in high school.
Absolutely. Too many people still believe Trump is both self-made and a brilliant businessman. Once you peel back the layers on that the only thing left is white supremacy.
First we have to rip those smartphones out of their hands. Good luck with that!