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Trump Overtakes Clinton In Poll Average For First Time
thehill.com ^ | May 22, 2016

Posted on 05/22/2016 1:49:50 PM PDT by Helicondelta

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has overtaken Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in an average of head-to-head national polls, according to the RealClearPolitics average of polls.

Trump leads Clinton by 0.2 percentage points, 43.4 percent to 43.2 percent in the average, overtaking the Democratic front-runner for the first time in the average of polls.

Several recent surveys have shown Trump with an advantage over Clinton.

An ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted May 16–19 shows a tight race between the two candidates, with Trump holding a 2-point lead over Clinton. A Rasmussen Reports poll conducted May 17–18 had the presumptive GOP nominee up 5 points over Clinton. A recent Fox News poll also showed Trump with a lead.

Trump has, in recent weeks, started to pivot toward the general election after his two former rivals dropped their presidential bids following the Indiana primary.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016polls; election2016; newyork; trump
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To: Hugin

Yes, scores of those ‘experts’ were Freepers.

Wonder where they are now?

JR swept them into the sea?


21 posted on 05/22/2016 2:35:11 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Hillary has the dirt on so many RATS they’re afraid to get rid of her. Remember the FBI files? I think, at this point, the RATS are willing to lose the White House just to end Hillary’s reign of terror. Then they can also get rid of Blabbermouth-Schultz, Sid Vicious Blumenthal, and many other Hillary stooges that are dragging them down.


22 posted on 05/22/2016 2:35:37 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
My guess is there are two things, one well known and the other something the Dems hate even to acknowledge.

The first is the Clinton Deathstar. That's the more than $1,000,000,000,000 fund accumulated in various fake charities and foundations that's devoted solely to electing the Witch and all the antagonistic intelligence they have against the other Dems. Put that all together and you have a terrific ability to reward or punish, whichever is necessary. Combine that with their vindictiveness and her appeal to minorities, and you have a winning way to keep other candidates out.

The other is the current, mostly coerced, support of the Obolas. Although they and the Clintons hate each other, they know it's better to “hang together than to hang separately.” Obola and the Mooch are every bit as dirty as the Clintons, although it's not so well known. The best rumors are that the Mooch was forced out of the Illinois Bar after only four years of practice because she, as an attorney, suborned perjury in an insurance case in Federal Court, but there are currently no available, definitive records. All of Obola’s academic records, that might prove he was a lousy student whose education was funded by a horde of dubious people, have been sealed. The records of both, however, are probably in the custody of middle aged to elderly women who support the Witch. That gives the Clintons great leverage to keep the Obolas on the reservation.

Thus, the Clintons have huge coercive power to keep everybody in line. However, huge power does not success make. If Obola decides the Witch is hopeless and her defeat could bring him down, then he might dredge up the courage to give the Clintons an offer they can't refuse: continue with the campaign and be indicted or drop out for “health reasons” and get full pardons.

Stay tuned for the final outcome.

23 posted on 05/22/2016 2:36:00 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: dowcaet

Trump can talk about crooked Hillary and her bag gage.
People are tired of looking at a tired worn out used car.


24 posted on 05/22/2016 2:37:03 PM PDT by FreedBird
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To: Hugin

And that Cruz and Kasich could?


25 posted on 05/22/2016 2:38:13 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: Tallguy

That’s what I’m afraid of. What can Trump say against Biden?

Then again, this could all be a scam just to make us think our votes count.


26 posted on 05/22/2016 2:40:16 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (The day Trump is sworn in I'm changing my screen name.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Why did we allow McCain to become the nominee or Romney? They’re empty of candidates as we’ve been for years.


27 posted on 05/22/2016 2:41:19 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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To: Balding_Eagle
Wonder where they are now?

JR swept them into the sea?


28 posted on 05/22/2016 2:42:19 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Helicondelta
LIAR LIAR

29 posted on 05/22/2016 2:43:37 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Hugin

Yes! I remember Medved and other talking head experts declare with utter certainty, “TRUMP IS A LOSER!”

I want them to never be able to forget. Maybe they can learn something from this teachable moment.


30 posted on 05/22/2016 2:47:14 PM PDT by Awgie (Progressives should be called RE-GRESSIVES!)
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To: Helicondelta

My sister and my brother, both lifelong democrats, have both re-registered Republican to vote for Trump in the California primary and general election.

The landslide is starting!


31 posted on 05/22/2016 2:52:46 PM PDT by r_barton (GO TRUMP!!!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The reason I expect Cankles to be our next Prez

In addition to demographics, there is massive vote fraud.

You’ve already seen it in Kentucky. If its close, they can and will steal it.

Nothing is beneath the Democrats.


32 posted on 05/22/2016 3:16:34 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: goldstategop

I think it’s going to be a close election. It’ll come down to a few states such as Florida, Ohio, Colorado and Nevada.


33 posted on 05/22/2016 3:41:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Are they deliberately trying to lose the election

I wonder. Maybe they figure that the debt bomb will go off in the next four years and they want a Republican in office when it happens.

34 posted on 05/22/2016 3:45:47 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be defeated.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

If its close, votes will be manufactured somewhere.

The other side plays dirty.

Hillary is not about to let a principle like fairness get in the way of being President.

You heard it here first.


35 posted on 05/22/2016 3:50:55 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: donozark

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1BOHB_enUS677US677&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=the+h+is+silent+in+benghazi&tbm=shop


36 posted on 05/22/2016 3:52:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("During a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" --George Orwell)
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To: goldstategop

Hillary would only manufacture enough votes to get her over the edge In battleground states. She ain’t stupid so she wouldn’t be too obvious.


37 posted on 05/22/2016 4:43:32 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: miss marmelstein

We didn’t allow anything they were picked by our supposed betters to lose both elections.Its the only way the muzzi could have won.What you are witnessing this time around is our pick of a candidate much to the chagrin of the usual suspects.


38 posted on 05/22/2016 5:41:17 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Helicondelta

This hasn’t even really started yet folks. The “death cross” was inevitable and further divergence is well on its way. Stay cool.


39 posted on 05/22/2016 5:53:57 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Oh, thanx for link!


40 posted on 05/27/2016 12:41:22 PM PDT by donozark (I was cruisin' with Cruz. Now travelin' with Trump.)
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