WASHINGTON: In a brand new national poll released last week, Democrat presidential nominee is seen to be leading 41-37, beating Republican Donald Trump. The Pew Research Survey shows that Trump supporters genuinely believe life "for people like them" in the country is worse than it was 50 years ago.
Eighty-one per cent of registered voters who support Trump, say life has gotten worse, while 11 per cent say it has gotten better. On the contrary, 59 per cent of Clinton supporters say life for people like them has gotten better in the past half-century, 19 per cent think it has gotten worse, and 18 per cent see little change.
Meanwhile, Trump has rejigged his presidential campaign for the second time in two months. He has hired a top executive from conservative website Breitbart News. Stephen Bannon, executive chairman of Breitbart News LLC, will become the Republican campaign's chief executive and Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser and his running mate governor Mike Pence of Indiana, will become the campaign manager. Analysts said the move is a result of Trump's realisation that his campaign was at a crisis point.
Experts said the move reflected Trump's realisation that his campaign was at a crisis point. But it indicates that the candidate -who has chafed at making the types of changes his current aides have asked for - has decided to embrace his aggressive style for the duration of the presidential race.
Both Conway and Bannon, whose news organisation has been very favourable to Trump, are close with Robert and Rebekah Mercer, the father-and-daughter conservative donors who have become allies of the real estate tycoon and are funding a “super PAC” against Hillary Clinton. Conway has past presidential experience in primary races, but the role in a general election represents a new one for her. She is well liked by Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushn Beener, who had serving as the de facto campaign manager for the billionaire.
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