[Dilbert San Diego]

Normally polls at this point in the election cycle show the Democrat comfortably ahead.

If Hillary is really essentially tied at this point, she’s in major trouble for the general election.

We know Trump has some high negatives and all that. But Hillary has no upside potential; she’s been on the national political scene for decades, and people know what they think of her. She is not going to gain any additional support no matter what she does. She can only hope to stop attrittion and hope for enough voter manipulation in key states to win a close election.

[Roos_Girl]

“Normally polls at this point in the election cycle show the Democrat comfortably ahead.”

That is just not true with the exception of 1996 in the last 6 presidential election cycles.

[billyboy15]

"But Hillary has no upside potential; she’s been on the national political scene for decades, and people know what they think of her. She is not going to gain any additional support no matter what she does."

This is the dirty little secret the media never mentions. The criticisms of Clinton such as her being thought of as a liar, untrustworthy and dishonest (Quinnipiac Survey) go directly to her character. Meanwhile the Trump negatives are related to personality (and huge media spin) and can be overcome . In short while Clinton has nowhere to go but further down, Trump has a huge upside potential.