Month: October 2016
Trump Gives $10 Million to His Campaign
$10 million
“Donald Trump, seeking to boost momentum in the last days of the presidential election, wired $10 million of his own money into his presidential campaign Friday morning,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The cash infusion will be used to buy $25 million in new TV advertising in key battleground states. … Mr. Trump’s latest donation to his cause still falls $34 million short of the $100 million he has repeatedly said he will give to his campaign—a pledge he reiterated as recently as Wednesday.”
U.S. Economic Growth Accelerated Last Quarter
2.9%
“U.S. economic growth accelerated last quarter, easing fears of a near-term slowdown but doing little to change the trajectory of a long but weak expansion,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.9% annual rate in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said. That was stronger growth than the second quarter’s pace of 1.4%. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected growth at a 2.5% pace for the July-to-September period. Last quarter’s growth rate was the fastest recorded in two years.”
Trump Raised $11.5 Million on Day ‘Access Hollywood’ Video Was Released
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Amount Donald Trump’s campaign raised on the day that the video was released of him bragging about groping women on the Access Hollywood set, Politico reports.
Trump Has Returned the GOP to the 1950s
Mr. Trump has sent the party back to the Dark Ages — or at least the 1950s — with his provincial notions of masculinity and misogynist notions of femininity, his cartoonish bombast, his vulgar jocularity and his open hostility to women who question him. In short, he’s reaffirmed the worst stereotypes about Republicans that Democrats have pushed for decades.
— S.E. Cupp
Majority of Trump Voters Question Election Legitimacy
64%
Of Donald Trump’s supporters say they’re more likely to have serious doubts about the accuracy of the vote count if the Republican nominee is not the victor, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. By contrast, 69% of Hillary Clinton’s supporters say they’ll accept the outcome if Trump wins.
What Does Surprise Winner in Bloomberg News Poll Portend for 2020?
The results of a new Bloomberg News poll in Florida show the winner is…Michelle Obama!
The First Lady’s net favorability score — 57 — was higher than the other ten people in the poll, all of whom are, were, or want to be, elected officials.
Here are the actual numbers, from lowest net favorables to highest:
Patrick Murphy, candidate for the Florida U.S. Senate seat currently held by Marco Rubio — 38
Tim Kaine, Democratic VP nomineeand Virginia senator — 39
Hillary Clinton — 44
Donald Trump — 46
Rick Scott, Florida governor — 47
Bill Clinton, former president — 47
Marco Rubio, Florida senator — 50
Mike Pence, Republican VP nominee and Indiana governor — 51
Barack Obama, president — 51
Joe Biden, vice president — 54
Vox: Hillary Clinton’s Debate Strategy Left Trump Campaign in Ruins
Ezra Klein at Vox offers a brilliant analysis of Hillary Clinton’s unique and extremely effective strategy of using Donald Trump’s personal weaknesses to bait him during the presidential debates.
