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The first post-hot mic poll is out, and it suggests that Donald Trump is in deep, deep trouble
The Washington Post ^ | October 10th, 2016 | By Philip Bump

Posted on 10/10/2016 5:04:46 PM PDT by Mariner

Even before The Washington Post reported on a 2005 recording of Donald Trump making crude comments about exploiting his celebrity to sexually assault women, Hillary Clinton's campaign was on the upswing. Her strong performance in the first presidential debate had pushed her national polling numbers up fairly quickly. Not as quickly as after the party conventions, mind you, but even before a new NBC-Wall Street Journal poll released on Monday, she led by about five points.

Then the new poll came out. As always, one poll could be an outlier. This poll has a relatively high margin of error of about 4.6 percent. It's always worth being cautious until more polls come in. But with all of those asterisks applied, the results of the poll are dramatic.

Clinton leads Trump in a four-way contest by 11 points with likely voters. In a one-on-one race, she leads by 14. That's up from their last polls by five and seven points, respectively.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016polls; bias; compost; grope; scampoll; skewedpolls
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To: Mariner
Hillary got a bounce, and Donald got a drop. No doubt about it.

I just don't think the bump will last for a month, and I think a backlash is already forming.

21 posted on 10/10/2016 5:14:38 PM PDT by AndyTheBear (Hating Islam is the natural consequence of caring about people in the Middle East, including Muslims)
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To: Mariner
Please

Now the two biggest trump hate sites
Murdoch and Comcast are conducting polls on weekends !
A story from Friday night and a poll from a Saturday in October with high school and college events everywhere !
Who the hell are they contacting on Sat at home?

Gee I though weekend polls were all garbage .
The smell of globalist poll propaganda desperation from Murdoch and Comcast is lame.
No coincidence NBC was forced to drop the lame tape on Friday so ax weekend push poll was brewed up. I am fed up with Murdoch and Comcast and Disney and Bezos and Time-warner pure BS .

22 posted on 10/10/2016 5:15:01 PM PDT by ncalburt
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To: aquila48
Aftwr the second debate, this is ancient history.

I expect the MSM will try to drop the second debate into the memory hole, like they dropped videos and personal stories of 9-11 into the memory hole.

If Trump can keep it alive until he buries her in the next debate, great. If not, they will (a) not mention it and not show any video of it, and (b) bury it with the help of more dirt leaked by the GOPe and Hillary.

The MSM is in all-out coordinated battle to prevent a Trump presidency. They are working hand in hand with the Hillary campaign, with the Obama administration, and with numerous high-net-worth individuals, both foreign and domestic, to crush him.

If these efforts should fail, I wouldn't be surprised to see them take some sort of executive action against him.

23 posted on 10/10/2016 5:15:15 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Mariner

The BS NBC poll again.


24 posted on 10/10/2016 5:15:31 PM PDT by SIDENET (Tagline free is no way to go through life, son.)
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To: Mariner
(the enemy with in!) "Sitting down with Bill Hemmer to analyze last night's second debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton, O'Reilly said he's "100 percent convinced" of the media plot against Trump.

"I'm talking about big conglomerates. ... News organizations have sent, not officially but through the corporate grapevine, [word] that we don't want anybody supporting Trump. If you study it, you can see which ones they are," he said.

American's this election is a WAR for our freedom, the U. S. Constitution our rights.....who are these people who want control of our government? Don't Let This Happen......Fight back.

25 posted on 10/10/2016 5:16:00 PM PDT by yoe ( Trump!.....)
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To: Mariner
If you believe the Washington Post, Donald Trump has NEVER stood a chance against Hillary.

Oddly, millions of people seem to disagree.

26 posted on 10/10/2016 5:17:01 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Mariner
Bulls***

The day Bammy's Approval rating number was pegged at 55% proved how bogus the polling is.

That is an IMPOSSIBILITY given EVERY Dem would have had to approve including 10% of Republicans for FUBARing EVERYTHING.

27 posted on 10/10/2016 5:17:07 PM PDT by HangUpNow
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To: Mariner

No serious person takes the poll seriously. They have had Clinton up by ridiculous margins all the way.

Please don’t post this. It is crap.


28 posted on 10/10/2016 5:17:28 PM PDT by Az Joe (Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”)
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To: Mariner

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My wife understands braggadocio, I suspect that other women do too.
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29 posted on 10/10/2016 5:17:36 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Mariner
Then the new poll came out. As always, one poll could be an outlier. This poll has a relatively high margin of error of about 4.6 percent. It's always worth being cautious until more polls come in. But with all of those asterisks applied...

Aw what they heck, we are going to report it anyhow. Shameless. All pretense of objectivity is gone in the U.S. media.

30 posted on 10/10/2016 5:17:37 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: Mariner

Bump......is a chump......just like Hillary Clinton!!! And, he like her....too.


31 posted on 10/10/2016 5:17:57 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
The Ministry of Propaganda is working overtime to get as much mileage as they can from the “pussy” tape.

I don’t believe their skewed polls.


Trump taking a big hit in "the first hot mic poll" was never in doubt. That is the way it was engineered.
32 posted on 10/10/2016 5:20:51 PM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: Mariner

Silly nonsense

Ignore all media

Get Out The Vote


33 posted on 10/10/2016 5:21:11 PM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: Mariner

The is Bezos Never Trump newsletter.
It’s nothing but a 24/7 Trump hate site .
It’s frightening that dangerous billionaires bent on destroying our country can get away with the pure unchallenged propaganda that is package now at the Compost,WSJ. Fox ....
I


34 posted on 10/10/2016 5:21:33 PM PDT by ncalburt
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To: akalinin
I work with 85% women. Every single woman I know is voting Trump.

They're obviously trannies.

35 posted on 10/10/2016 5:22:53 PM PDT by HangUpNow
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To: Mariner
While the data is obviously skewed, don't be under the illusion that Trump did not suffer major losses since the first debate.

Work harder. Don't patronize, but help women understand why Trump is their best choice.

No doubt that tape did some damage, and that Trump's lackluster performance in the first debate did not help (contrary to some of the posters here who believed he "looked Presidential"). But any poll that is post-tape and pre-debate is worthless.

36 posted on 10/10/2016 5:24:04 PM PDT by eekitsagreek
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

As Gandalf said of Balin being killed in Moria, “I was not there then.”

Trump is no Bush in deep doo-doo.


37 posted on 10/10/2016 5:24:14 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: Mariner

Wake me up when the honest post debate polls are out.


38 posted on 10/10/2016 5:24:55 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (SandyInPeoria just doesn't sound right... yet here I am.)
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To: Califreak
Who are all those fools calling CSPAN?

Democrat operatives?

Close. 50 year old Mommy's Basement Dwellers.

39 posted on 10/10/2016 5:24:59 PM PDT by HangUpNow
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To: Mariner

The Post has an agenda, plus they want to see news created as a result of their recording hit piece. Trump is far from done in. It definitely won’t be a cakewalk from here to victory but I am confident that he’ll pull it off. It will help if people stick with him, don’t let real-life pasts, gotcha hits, and other BS undermine their support.


40 posted on 10/10/2016 5:26:04 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Trump/Pence or Crooked Hillary & Kreepy, The Pedo Klown)
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