Polls show women are defeating Trump
The latest polls show the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s popularity among voters is deteriorating.
LOS ANGELES, United States (Kurdistan 24) – The latest polls show the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s popularity among voters is deteriorating.
A new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows Trump has fallen further behind Hillary Clinton and now trails her by eight points among likely voters.
One in five Republicans said his vulgar comments about groping women disqualify him from the presidency.
“Trump’s chances are down to 14 percent in our polls-only forecast (against an 86 percent chance for Clinton) and to 17 percent, a record low for Trump, in our polls-plus forecast,” FiveThirtyEight reported.
A scandalous tape recording of Trump surfaced last week where he speaks about women in vulgar terms. He has lost significant support since.
Almost 20 elected Republicans who previously endorsed Trump pulled their support after the tape was revealed by the Washington Post where he boasts about groping women.
Dozens of Republicans have said they would not be voting for him in November or have called on him to step down, a request Trump rejected in a tweet.
Many senior Republicans — including House Speaker Paul Ryan and RNC chair Reince Priebus — condemned Trump’s remarks but refused to drop their support.
The tape and backlash that followed forced the Republican nominee to offer an apology, an uncharacteristic move for the candidate who had never before admitted to making a mistake.
“Anyone who knows me knows these words don’t reflect who I am,” he said. “I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.”
He said mentioning grabbing women’s genitalia was only “locker room” banter and he apologized to Americans.
His apology was left unaccepted by most Americans, particularly women rights activists who argue sexual harassment is a real traumatic event and cannot be dismissed.
When questioned in the second Presidential debate, Trump said he had never inappropriately touched any woman.
“No,” he declared under questioning on Sunday evening, “I have not.”
On Wednesday, two women, Rachel Crooks and Jessica Leeds, said Trump had inappropriately touched them.
Leeds, 74, told New York Times, “He was like an octopus. His hands were everywhere.”
Trump has denied the allegations.
The Republican Candidate was also deplored in the past for making outrageous comments about his daughter.
Trump has called his eldest daughter “voluptuous” and said it’s okay to describe her as “a piece of ass.”
He also said if she weren’t his daughter, “perhaps [he’d] be dating her.”
Editing by Karzan Sulaivany