Trump Shows Gains Amidst Women’s Accusations and Election Rigging Comments

A survey released on Friday shows Donald Trump gained almost half the lead against his opponent Hillary Clinton. A string of controversies followed the Republican candidate over the past weeks. Despite the sexual harassment accusation of women in the past and his dubious allegations over the election process as rigged, Trump still gains American voters this week.

The Democratic candidate and the former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton lost her momentum in the recent poll survey. According to the Reuters/Ipsos poll, a survey made on October 14 to 20, Trump cut her lead by half. A momentum gained with a few weeks left before the November 8 election.

The survey shows a four point lead of Clinton who is at 44% and Trump now at 40%. A big difference compared to a survey made on October 7 to 13 which shows the real estate mogul’s score at only 37% while Clinton at 44%.

In the recent survey, Clinton also diminished her lead in a separate four-way poll against other party candidates. The Libertarian candidate, Gary Johnson scored 6% and the Green Party candidate, Jill Stein who scored the lowest at 2%. The Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton scored at 43% while the Republican candidate, Donald Trump at 39%.

The survey also revealed that 63% of Americans, including a third of Republicans, believed that Trump committed the sexual assault in the past. Although the Republican candidate denied the recent complaints, calling the allegations as “totally and absolutely false.”

Correspondingly, the recent analysis showed Trump’s lead reduced to what it was before the controversial video was released on October 7. The video highlighted Trump’s bragging about groping and kissing women. Since early 1980’s to 2007, several women surfaced accusing Trump of sexual harassment.

The poll included a series of questions that asked correspondents on how they perceived Trump’s conduct around women. The poll pointed out that 63% of American adults, including 34% of likely Republican voters agreed with the statement “I believe Donald Trump has committed sexual assault in the past”.

However, even if correspondents believed that Trump “committed sexual assault” they were still backing up Trump on his candidacy. For them, they still agree that, “whatever Trump did with women in the past is less important to them than what he may do as president”.

Looking for something different

A voter from North Dakota, Evelyn Brendemuhl aged 83 said, “I’m embarrassed that our country can’t come up with better candidates, to be honest with you. But he’ll appoint more conservative judges, and she’s (Clinton) pro-abortion, and I’m not for that.”

Meanwhile, other voters are rooting for a change of policy around the White House. A 59-year-old Republican from Colorado, Gary Taylor considered seeing “something different than the last eight years” in the White House”.

Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted the online survey in English in all 50 states, which has a credibility accuracy of 3% variation. It comprises of 1,640 likely voters who had given their voting history, registration status and intention to vote.

The survey concerning Trump’s sexual harassment allegations includes 1,915 American adults with 546 Republicans who are likely to vote. The survey also has a credibility interval of 3% for American adults surveyed and 5 points for Republican voters.

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North Carolina Floods Following Hurricane Matthew Traps Hundreds

Floodwaters swamped North Carolina towns on Monday as rescuers assisted hundreds of residents on Monday in the wake of Hurricane Matthews. Officials also cautioned that life-threatening flooding from mushroomed rivers would continue for days.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday that some villages and towns in Haiti had just been wiped out. The hurricane killed close to 1,000 people in the impoverished nation.

In the United States, the amount of casualties climbed to at least 23, with almost half in North Carolina.

North Carolina received as much as 18 inches (39cm) of rain over the weekend but skies were clear on Monday. Raging rivers and breached levees, however, remain major problems.

Eleven people died in the state and with rivers getting higher, the governor said he anticipated an increase in fatalities.

The White House said in a statement that the flooding provoked President Obama to declare a state of emergency in North Carolina on Monday. This makes funding accessible to affected individuals in ten counties damaged by the storm.

Governor Pat McCrory said that water and air rescues would carry on throughout the day. They counted around 2,000 residents trapped in their homes and on rooftops in Lumberton, off the Lumber River.

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More flooding expected

Central and eastern towns along the Lumber, Neuse, Cape Fear and Tar rivers expected major flooding. The National Weather Service forecast disastrous flooding due to anticipated overflowing of the Neuse river on Friday night.

On Monday afternoon, emergency officials in North Carolina’s Lenoir County declared a mandatory evacuation for businesses and residents near the Neuse River.

Several inland and coastal communities remained under water from storm surge or swarming rivers and creeks.

Governor Nikki Haley, in neighboring South Carolina, alerted that waterways were rapidly reaching capacity around the state.

Emergency services reported three storm-related deaths in her state, she said.

Downed power lines also elicited warnings as around 715,000 businesses and homes were without power on Monday night in North and South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Florida.

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