… If his support base is voters unsettled by changes that have reshaped the country, a key part of Mrs. Clinton’s is those unsettled by Mr. Trump.
The hope, as shown here in Philadelphia in video testimonials, character witnesses and footage of Mr. Trump’s own words, is to sow doubts not only about his character, but also about whether he genuinely cares about the working-class people to whom he has so much appeal. …
“One of the central questions in the election will be, ‘Who do voters trust more to be on their side?’” said Geoff Garin, a pollster and strategist for the pro-Clinton “super PAC” Priorities USA Action. “And one of the things that’s being developed in the convention is Trump’s long history of cheating people to enrich himself.”
Whit Ayres, a top Republican pollster, noted the similarities to the Romney strategy. “They did it four years ago, but our nominee hadn’t set the table for them quite as perfectly,” he said. CONT.
Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times