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NEW YORK. – With 101 days to go before Americans elect a new president, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton hit the campaign trail yesterday hoping to secure a poll bump from their duelling party conventions.
In the last fortnight Republicans and Democrats have gathered to formally select their presidential nominees and tee-up what is already one of the most fractious and vitriolic presidential campaigns in living memory.
Both parties are deeply divided and led by profoundly unpopular figures with approval ratings below 40 per- cent.
Both conventions featured withering personal barbs, with Republicans in Cleveland chanting “lock her up” against Clinton, and Democrats in Philadelphia painting Trump as an authoritarian and threat to US demo- cracy.
Experts predict that “negative partisanship” – voting against a candidate, rather than for a candidate – will play a major role in deciding who makes it to the White House.
Clinton, fresh from becoming the first woman in history to win the nomination of a major US political party, will take her vice presidential running mate Tim Kaine on a bus journey through Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The so-called “rustbelt” states are vital parts of almost any strategy to garner the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the presid- ency.
A string of high-profile Republicans, including the party’s last presidential nominee Mitt Romney, have publically stated they cannot vote for Trump because of his populist policies. This means some Republicans can be won over. – AFP.
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