Still, his campaign has explicitly appealed for black and Latino votes by emphasizing issues like racial profiling by the police.
And both presidential campaigns are emphasizing issues like education, health care and housing as much as, if not more than, immigration and related border issues.
They say Republicans need to demonstrate that they can work with Democrats and stay connected to their constituents while emphasizing issues like energy and the environment.
Both presidential campaigns are taking care to avoid that trap, emphasizing issues like education, health care and housing as much as, if not more than, immigration and related border issues.
Trump has won over voters who more naturally align with Cruz or Bush by emphasizing issues like immigration, political correctness, and a draconian approach to the war on terror.
He said that in this season's Roman era plays, for example, he is "emphasizing issues of contemporary concern -- manipulation of public opinion, backroom politics, social upheavals -- to show that problems which were faced by the Roman republic are timeless".
Indeed, the poll underscored Mr. Bloomberg's tenuous connection with Hispanic and black residents, despite his repeated efforts to reach out to them by emphasizing issues like low-income housing.
Instead of trying to run a by-the-numbers conservative campaign, he is emphasizing issues on which he has taken what he believes to be principled but unpopular positions.
Some Republicans have questioned some of the campaign's strategic decisions, including appealing to base Republican voters by emphasizing issues like Mr. Bush's opposition to gay marriage right through the summer.
Yet for all his gains in likability, Mr. Gore said he intended to emphasize issue differences in the debate, a reflection, perhaps, of the fact that on most issues, the poll found that Americans still side with Democrats.
