New York Daily News

Trump campaigns on fear and anger

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tour that included stops in Pennsylvan­ia and Ohio.

Trump, meanwhile, spent time in Colorado while his veep pick, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, was in the Buckeye State.

A super PAC supporting Trump began airing ads the same day in Florida and Pennsylvan­ia featuring Trump’s latest cheerleade­r: former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Almost simultaneo­usly, AFL—CIO union members kicked off a labor campaign for Clinton that included phone banks, rallies, and canvassing in 13 cities this weekend in an effort to get workingcla­ss voters to warm up to the former secretary of state.

The push, if effective, could be a major boost for Clinton, who has struggled to shed her image as a buddy of the big banks and the perception she is more comfortabl­e on Wall Street than Main Street.

Groups working on Clinton’s behalf have collected more than $48 million from hedge-funders, according to the nonpartisa­n Center for Responsive Politics. Trump has received only $19,000.

“She still has to convince people that she can make the economy better, that she can change the economy in the Midwest, where there’s a lot of white men who don’t trust her,” said veteran Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf. “She has to somehow deflect criticism of dishonesty.”

Trump’s largest voting bloc, blue-collar white men, is the same group that has eluded Clinton and could be a hard sell after a Democratic convention that heavily celebrated racial and gender diversity.

The Democratic party, and its embrace of Bernie Sanders’ progressiv­e ideals, are looking to turn out the coalition of minority, female and young voters that twice elected Barack Obama while offsetting expected losses among the white men drawn to Trump’s message.

But Clinton and her colleagues can’t take anything for granted.

“This is not a gimme for the Democrats,” Sheinkopf said. “They’re convinced they won it already. The Dems have not figured

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