CBS’ Salvanto: Trump Voters ‘Want a President Who Goes for the Big Picture, the Big Ideas’

‘Clinton voters by contrast are looking for a president who starts with specifics, who starts with fine details, they say, and then they think the big picture will take care of itself’

SALVANTO: "Up until now Donald Trump has been lagging Hillary Clinton on this idea of being prepared to be commander-in-chief. And in fact, that’s what we’ve seen over the weeks has sort of weighed down many of his poll numbers, but we wanted to know what goes into being prepared, and we asked voters about that? One of the things you’ve seen over and over is knowledge. Do you need to know a lot to be prepared? What we find is it is not always that voters think that a candidate has to have a lot of knowledge, because what some voters, in particular Trump voters, are saying is they want a president who goes for the big picture, the big ideas, sets a large course, and then the details they say will take care of themselves. It’s not always just judging on total volume of details and knowledge. Clinton voters by contrast are looking for a president who starts with specifics, who starts with fine details, they say, and then they think the big picture will take care of itself."

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