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Poll: Trump Closes In on Clinton’s Projected Electoral Lead
Hamodia - The Daily Newspaper of Torah Jewry ^ | September 11, 2016 | Reuters

Posted on 09/11/2016 12:37:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Republican Donald Trump appears to have carved out a wider path to the White House as a number of states, including Florida and Ohio, are no longer considered likely wins for Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project released on Saturday.

The project, which combines opinion polls with an analysis of voting patterns under different election scenarios, still shows Clinton would have the best chance of winning the presidency if the election were held today. Yet Trump has caught up to her level of support in several states.

Clinton now has an 83 percent chance of winning the election by an average of 47 votes in the Electoral College, the body that ultimately selects the president. In late August, the States of the Nation estimated that Clinton had a 95 percent chance of winning by an average of 108 electoral votes.

Over the past few weeks, Clinton’s lead in the national polls has slipped considerably. Polls tend to narrow as Election Day nears, and the Clinton campaign has struggled to overcome controversy about how she handled classified information while serving as secretary of state.

A separate Reuters/Ipsos poll of likely voters showed that an 8-point lead for Clinton has vanished since the last week of August.

Clinton is still favored to win 17 states, including many with large, urban populations such as New York, New Jersey and California that heavily influence the outcome of the election. Trump would likely win 23 states, many of them with smaller populations....

(Excerpt) Read more at hamodia.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Polls; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2016electoralcollage; 2016electoralcollege; 2016polls; 2o016electoralmap; hillary; polls; trump
After today's "dehydration" collapse and the recent basket of deplorables gaffe, next week's polls should be interesting.
1 posted on 09/11/2016 12:37:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

she has no lead


2 posted on 09/11/2016 12:39:28 PM PDT by brucedickinson
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump wins by 350+ ev’s.


3 posted on 09/11/2016 12:47:32 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: brucedickinson

The media including Fox is already circling the wagons..so I don’t know what you’re talking about a seizure never happened she was not overheated she was not stumbling into the vehicle no such event happened! Oh by the way guess who is getting the blame...you guessed it! the Washington Post is blaming The Secret Service for breaking protocol ... imagine that! God I hate the media!!!!


4 posted on 09/11/2016 12:49:01 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She’ll probably get a bump in the polls, and I’m only being somewhat facetious.


5 posted on 09/11/2016 12:55:53 PM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If they don’t sink today’s video down the memory hole, her chances have decreased significantly.


6 posted on 09/11/2016 1:00:47 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How long before the MSM starts demanding that Trump “suspend his campaign” out of sense of fairness?


7 posted on 09/11/2016 1:03:50 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: RoseofTexas

Her coughing, her spasms, her collapses, her memory blackouts - this can only add up to one thing - Secret Service breaking protocol!


8 posted on 09/11/2016 1:06:07 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

At what point between now and Nov 8 will the DNC pull a Torrucelli and take her out and appoint someone who didn’t even earn a single priMary vote??


9 posted on 09/11/2016 1:21:19 PM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Keep the pressure on!


10 posted on 09/11/2016 1:26:56 PM PDT by Fido969 (Maybe I';ve been posting for the last 10 years, and rather than spew cr@p you could look up my posts)
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