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Polls Show Donald Trump Staying Close to Hillary Clinton in 3 Swing States (New York Times)
New York Times ^ | AUG. 9, 2016 | By ALAN RAPPEPORT

Posted on 08/09/2016 2:18:17 PM PDT by cba123

Hillary Clinton may be surging in national polls, but in the key swing states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Donald J. Trump remains in striking distance.

According to a group of surveys of likely voters released on Tuesday by Quinnipiac University, Mrs. Clinton holds a one percentage point lead in Florida, a four-point lead in Ohio and a 10-point lead in Pennsylvania over Mr. Trump. The polls, which had a margin of error of plus-or-minus three percentage points, are slightly closer when Gary Johnson and Jill Stein, the Libertarian and Green Party nominees, are included.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2016polls; 2016swingstates; 2016swinstates; battlegroundstates; elections; fl2016; oh2016; pa2016; polls; swingstates; trump; weird
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To: Enlightened1

What? Any reference on the internal numbers showing such a huge Trump lead? Sounds too good to be true.


21 posted on 08/09/2016 3:15:35 PM PDT by Mjreagan
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To: cba123
He spent $0 on TV ads.

The question is, what he's doing with all the money that he collected -- $80 million in July -- that he's NOT spending on ads. I'd love to know! (So should any Democrats who aren't mind-numbed Hillarybots!)

22 posted on 08/09/2016 3:22:35 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Every nation has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Enlightened1

I doubt that.


23 posted on 08/09/2016 3:22:41 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Enlightened1
The internal polls run by both campaigns show Trump up by 17 a to 23%.

Care to share how you know this information.

24 posted on 08/09/2016 3:24:56 PM PDT by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: cba123

Folks, I keep sayin’ it. These are all D HEAVY SAMPLES and they know it. They know if they use “likely voters” with reasonable D-R splits Trump is tied or ahead in all these states. I think he’s probably down 2 in PA, ahead in FL and OH and NV, and AZ and IA.

But PA is going to be weird because no one has appealed to the PA white voters like Trump.


25 posted on 08/09/2016 3:35:02 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Enlightened1

Would love to believe you-—and I KNOW the polls are off by 3-5-—but where do you get an info on “internals” showing Trump up anywhere by that amount?


26 posted on 08/09/2016 3:35:50 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Blackirish

If most of the polls are leaning one way. They’re probably correct.

too early yet to make that judgement...next month this time, if they stay like this, yeah, they’re legit...


27 posted on 08/09/2016 3:38:20 PM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: LS

Read how. Awful these lib media polls were in 2014 by month .

http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/19/polling-postmortem-the-best-and-worst-senate-polls-of-2014/

Psychop-ops on steroids .


28 posted on 08/09/2016 3:50:10 PM PDT by ncalburt
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To: ExTexasRedhead

I have given up on them posting every poll that comes out...they are b.s. anyway...the only poll that is going to matter is November 8, 2016...so why all the huffing and puffing and feathers being pulled out, or the fainting couch, or the grabbing of the pearls or the weak kneed....it is fun to watch though...ROFL...


29 posted on 08/09/2016 3:50:30 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
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To: cba123

Staying close isn’t good enough. He needs to be ahead and outside the margin of fraud.


30 posted on 08/09/2016 4:02:16 PM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: Mjreagan

That’s fine you do not have to believe it, but just look at Hillary’s rallies compared to Trump rallies. Who has more people.

Hillary had 171 people according to the Secret Service in Orlando. At bare minimum as the DNC nominee she should have a minimum of 10,000 people in a large city. And she only had 171 people..... The media was even caught photo shopping her rally too.

Trump even in small towns gets 15,000 people. Trump many times gets 15,000, 30,000 and even 50,000 people at his rallies. People from all around come. Sanders got a lot of people too, but had his nomination stolen from him. Even though he won the popular vote in 11 States over Hillary. Remember it was the Super Delegates in the DNC that trump the voters.

The Democrats have been even caught not letting people into Trump rallies like in Cleveland. Remember the Fire Marshall only let 1,000 people in a building that said it would hold 5,000. The Fire Marshal said the Mayor who was at a Clinton rally the day before said to do that. That way the media could say look only 1,000 people showed up to a Trump rally.

Remember a year ago when Trump would say the cameras need to pan around and show the crowd, but they would not unless there was a protester. This is because Trump new is


31 posted on 08/09/2016 4:11:35 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: edie1960

If Trump was behind, then the media would not be going nuclear on Trump.

Hillary does not have the crowds Obama had in 2008. Trump has those large crowds.

Hillary can’t even get 300 people to her rally as the DNC nominee. At minimum in a city like Orlando she should have 10,000 people.


32 posted on 08/09/2016 4:14:24 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

I remember all of that and yes, Trump has very enthusiastic support. Hillary does not have much support and is widely despised. However, many braindeads in this country will pull for the Dem no matter who it is and the media has done a good job of demonizing Trump to other braindeads.

Look, I’m not calling you a liar, but it’s a dangerous trap to fall into the “media polls are all lies” pit like I did in 2012. Given the all-out assault on Trump it appears they’re very afraid of him. But, a 17-23 point advantage is a difficult pill to swallow with nothing to back it up.

Here’s hoping it’s correct.


33 posted on 08/09/2016 4:24:13 PM PDT by Mjreagan
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To: edh; admin

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34 posted on 08/09/2016 4:25:33 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Mjreagan

I’m just saying that is what I heard from insiders. The real numbers.

Just look up the next poll. Meaning go to the actual poll. Look of the number of Democrats polled compare to Republicans.

You will see it’s about 10 to 15% more Democrats polled. This is even though during the DNC primary the DNC votes were low and the Republican Primaries were near an all time high.

Just like there was no motivation to put another Bush (Jeb) into the White House. Well it’s the same for the other side with Clinton.


35 posted on 08/09/2016 4:28:42 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

I think plenty of women will vote for Clinton while not openly admitting it. She is an embarrassment for having few accomplishments not attached to her filthy husband. She shouldn’t be lauded for breaking glass ceilings and yet some will see that in her election. While blacks openly supported Obama due to his skin color, women may in secrecy vote for Clinton due to her gender yet not want to appear shallow in admitting that to others.


36 posted on 08/09/2016 4:50:53 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: Enlightened1

That is what I hear also. Although I hear its around 10 to 15% for Trump...which is a lot!

Anyway, we havent even got to the guts of the season-Sept to Nov, and I have NEVER seen people so animated. That Includes the Reagan election.

BTW, I hear after Labor Day the Trump campaign is going to start its TV add attack.


37 posted on 08/09/2016 6:39:00 PM PDT by crz
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To: crz

They’d better not keep their powder dry too long


38 posted on 08/09/2016 7:40:14 PM PDT by Mjreagan
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To: crz
BTW, I hear after Labor Day the Trump campaign is going to start its TV ad attack.

I hope so.

39 posted on 08/09/2016 8:05:42 PM PDT by eekitsagreek
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To: edh

Whatever Cass Sunstein is paying you, he’s getting ripped off.


40 posted on 08/09/2016 9:02:26 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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