A new Monmouth poll specifically asked whether voters feel that their own personal way of life is under threat from six different sources.

Among these sources, majorities of the electorate say they personally feel threatened by Islamic terrorists (61%) and by the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency (54%).  About 4-in-10 feel their way of life is threatened by the prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency (42%), by the policies of the Republican Party (43%), or by the policies of the Democratic Party (39%).  Just 28% say their personal way of life is under threat from illegal immigrants from Mexico.

Rick Klein: “Trump says he is just now engaging with the commission to negotiate. But the commission says it does not negotiate things like dates and moderators with the campaigns. In any event, one campaign has agreed to the dates, football conflicts or not. Thinking back to the primaries, he may think he has leverage he does not. Plus, there’s a downside, if it means having to swim into Hillary Clinton’s policy depths. (He wasn’t quite as good a debater as he seems to remember himself being.) The only reason the debates would happen is if Trump decides he absolutely needs them. And that will almost certainly mean following the commission schedule through the fall.”

In case you missed it, Jim Lehrer joined us on Political Wire Conversations to discuss the upcoming debates.

“It’s either going to work or I’m going to have a very very nice long vacation.”

— Donald Trump, in a CNBC interview.

Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), “who has been criss-crossing the country to help support Democratic challengers, predicted Democrats will win the 30 seats needed to regain control of the House if Republican Donald Trump continues to stumble,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Said Becerra: “If this is a change election, the sky’s the limit. We can get to our 30 for sure.”

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Donald Trump said he “certainly” wants to take part in the presidential debates this fall, but wants to see a fair moderator, The Hill reports.

Said Trump: “That’s all I’m looking for. Because we have a lot of very unfair people treating us, as Republicans and as conservatives. If you’re a Republican and a conservative, you get very unfair treatment.”

Washington Examiner: “Election Day is Nov. 8 — a full 88 days away. But absentee voting begins in September in at least half-dozen swing states that could decide the White House race.”

“The accelerated voting schedule affords Trump even less time to reverse course and change minds than appears on the already shrinking, formal electoral calendar.”

“This could spell trouble for the Republican nominee given Clinton’s organizational advantage and massive head start in paid advertising. Mining early and absentee votes is all about proficiency in field and data, and team Clinton is more built out and advanced in those departments than Trump — even considering the technological support his campaign is receiving from the Republican National Committee.”

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Harry Enten: “It wasn’t that long ago that Donald Trump liked to boast about his support from black voters… But Trump is polling worse among black voters than almost every single Republican presidential nominee since 1948 in polls taken between the party conventions and Election Day.”

“Trump is currently in fourth place among black voters. You read that correctly: He’s trailing Hillary Clinton, Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein.”

Vox: “This isn’t the first time something like this has happened: Donald Trump, trying to express an orthodox conservative view, ends up saying something that lots of Americans find brutal and extreme.”