This is from the Total Conservative website. New National Polls Have Trump
Back in the Lead
10/20/2016
/ By shawn
After a two-week period
where it appeared that Donald Trump’s support was sinking beyond the point of
the horizon, a new set of national polls proves that it ain’t over till it’s
over. According to the newest Rasmussen Reports survey, the Republican nominee
is poised to be the next president of the United States.
“The latest Rasmussen
Reports national telephone and online White House Watch survey finds Trump with
43 percent support among Likely U.S. Voters to Clinton’s 40 percent,” said the
survey company on Thursday. “Six percent still prefer Libertarian candidate
Gary Johnson, and three percent favor Green Party nominee Jill Stein. Another
three percent like some other candidate, and six percent are undecided.”
Hillary has – for the
second time since the conventions – squandered an overwhelming lead in the
polls.
“Clinton held a seven-point lead at the beginning of last week just
after the airing of an 11-year-old video showing Trump making graphic sexual
remarks, but she began losing ground after the second presidential debate,”
said the pollsters.
Rasmussen isn’t alone in
noting the turning tide.
The latest edition of the
USC/LA Times “Daybreak” tracking poll has Trump at 44.3 percent to Clinton’s
43.6 percent. Then there is the IDB-TIPP poll, which has been cited as the most
accurate survey of the 2012 election season. Their latest numbers have Trump at
41, Clinton at 40.
Do these polls reflect
electoral reality? Or are we to trust the NBC polls that show Hillary leading
Donald by double digits?
In fairness, the question
is irrelevant. The election will be decided by the states, and only a handful
of states at that. Popular vote doesn’t matter. Trump has to get to 270.
If he can keep performing
like he performed at the third debate, that goal is well within reach.
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