Trump getting stronger amid Dem infighting, poll suggests
With discord between Democratic candidates of the US 2016 vote on the rise, GOP’s Donald Trump is getting stronger, a poll suggests.
The infighting was highlighted recently at a convention in Nevada, where supporters of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders protested to the process loudly, booing California Senator Barbara Boxer, with the event ending in favor of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton I terms of the number of delegates.
Recriminations that ensued the chaotic gathering, intensified leading to more discord among the two campaigns.
Meanwhile, Trump is appearing stronger in the backdrop of the infighting.
“Every week, every news cycle, every tweet that goes by where the focus is not on the GOP presumptive nominee is a day lost in this race to seize the most advantageous ground to wage the general election,” said Democratic strategist Chris Lehane.
An NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll released Tuesday showed the Republican presumptive nominee was as powerful as the Democratic front-runner in his own party, both enjoying an 87-percent support.
“The poll also suggested that hopes among Democrats of an easy win over Trump are misplaced. Tuesday’s poll had Clinton with an edge of just 3 points in a hypothetical match-up: The former secretary of State led Trump 48 percent to 45 percent,” the Hill said in its Wednesday report on the poll.
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The result followed the Saturday convention at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, where Sanders’ supporters demanded recount of the delegates, with their candidate ending up getting five to Hillary’s seven.
Sanders said later that the party should decide if it is ready to welcome “people who are prepared to fight for real economic and social change” or “choose to maintain its status quo structure [and] remain dependent on big-money campaign contributions.”
His statement was called “silly” by Clinton’s supporter, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.
Meanwhile, fears remain that enmity between Sanders’ supporters and Clinton’s could persist up to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in late July, slimming the party’s chances of taking out Trump in November.
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