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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : "-ABC News' Ben SteinBill Clinton speech to be hopeful with jabs aimed at Trump: SourceFormer President Clinton's address at the DNC will be hopeful and aspirational, according to a source familiar with its contents.
58% : Trump leads Harris by 10 points in trust to handle the immigration situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, though he had led by 14 points in July.
58% : Harris and the DNC's latest money advantage comes after Trump and the RNC showed fundraising prowess the past few months and quickly eclipsed the cash on hand edge that Biden and the DNC previously had going into the general election.
56% : With Biden out of the race, Trump is now the oldest person seeking the White House.
48% : "Reproductive rights at the forefrontDay 3 of the DNC kicked off with a focus on reproductive rights -- featuring a video of women talking about the importance of the issue this election and speeches so far by Mini Timmaraju, president of Reproductive Freedom for All, and Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood.
47% : Taking an apparent jab at Trump, Nessel said: "Kamala knows you go from the courthouse to the White House, not the other way around."Crowd chants 'bring them home' as parents of Israeli hostage address crowdJon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin -- one of the Israeli-American hostages, got emotional as they took the stage to a huge ovation.
45% : Alexis McGill Johnson, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood, spoke about South Carolina and Florida's six-week ban on abortion and how it impacted a Planned Parenthood patient in Georgia, who tried to go to those states because Georgia also bans abortion after six weeks.
41% : The speech is expected to highlight the striking differences in vision, experience and temperament between Harris and Trump, underscoring the vice president's story and what her candidacy means for the nation.
40% : "Democrats, however, are intent on tying the policy wishlist to Trump.
34% : As a result, Trump has tried to put space between his 2024 campaign and the project, despite some of his close advisers and former administration officials being involved in its creation.
32% : "I know nothing about Project 2025," Trump has claimed on social media.
30% : Trump was born on June 14, Bush on July 6, and Clinton on Aug. 19.
26% : "These Project 2025 people like Trump and Vance are not just weird, they're dangerous.
25% : At the DNC, speakers are bashing Trump for encouraging congressional Republicans to kill the bipartisan border deal negotiated earlier this year.
23% : Trump's tried to distance himself from Project 2025.
16% : Asked at the time what he meant by the reported "horrible city" comment, Trump told Fox News he was referring to crime in Milwaukee and the 2020 election.
9% : Trump not serious about the border: Texas congresswomanAs the programming shifts to border security, Texas Rep. Veronica Escobar said that former President Donald Trump and his imitators see the border as a "political opportunity to exploit instead of an issue to address.
8% : Gov. Geoff Duncan, another Republican endorsement for Harris scheduled during the DNC this week, said Trump is a "direct threat to democracy.""The only thing left to do is dump Trump," he said, as the crowd chanted "dump Trump.
7% : -ABC News' Rick KleinPelosi does not mention Trump by name, mentions Jan. 6Former House Speaker Nancy did not mention Trump by name during her speech, including when addressing Jan. 6.
4% : As president, Clinton often made stops at McDonald's -- something parodied on "SNL."Clinton, Trump, Bush all about the same ageWith his quip about Trump's age, Clinton reminds us of a historical oddity: He, Trump, and George W. Bush were all born within a few weeks of each other in summer 1946.

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