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HUFFPOLLSTER: Third Party And Undecided Voters Could Break For Donald Trump
The Huffington Post ^ | September 1, 2016 | Natalie Jackson and Ariel Edwards-Levy

Posted on 09/01/2016 10:40:40 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Donald Trump could attract more support from third party and undecided voters if he plays his cards right. Voters are getting more acquainted with Gary Johnson and Jill Stein, and many would like to see them debate. And the presidential race is looking closer in Wisconsin. This is HuffPollster for Thursday, September 1, 2016.

TRUMP NARROWS LEAD, COULD HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTRACT THIRD PARTY VOTERS - Dana Blanton: “The race for the White House has narrowed. A new Fox News Poll finds Donald Trump gaining ground in the head-to-head matchup, despite improvements from Hillary Clinton on top issues….The poll finds Clinton garners 41 percent to Trump’s 39 percent, while Libertarian Gary Johnson receives 9 percent, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein gets 4 percent. The third-party candidates take more from Clinton than Trump, as she holds a six-point lead in the two-way matchup: 48-42 percent…. On immigration, by a wide 77-19 percent margin, voters support setting up a system for illegal immigrants currently working in the United States to become legal residents over deporting them, and those supporting legalization back Clinton over Trump by 18 points. ‘Trump has an opportunity to attract more support by moving off his hardline position on immigration. Nearly half of Johnson and Stein supporters say they’d be more likely to vote for him if he did,’ says Democratic pollster Chris Anderson, who conducts the Fox News Poll along with Republican pollster Daron Shaw.” [Fox News]

Trump could also make a move among undecided voters, if they vote - Mark Blumenthal: “Our data confirm the most obvious facets of the undecided – they tend to be politically independent with major reservations about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – but also adds some critical nuance, including a slightly more Republican than Democratic tilt…

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TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: hillary; lping; polls; trump
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1 posted on 09/01/2016 10:40:41 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Smart people call this “frantic, fitful night sweats.”


2 posted on 09/01/2016 10:42:33 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

HuffAndPuf now realizes the only way left is to get Gary into the debate.


3 posted on 09/01/2016 10:43:39 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Important to keep in mind that there really are very, very few “undecided” voters. Studies have show that something like 90% of voters in Presidential elections who call themselves undecided end up voting for the same party they did in the last election.


4 posted on 09/01/2016 10:44:05 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Would Puffington Host put news of
President Trump back in the entertainment
section where his candidacy dwelt?


5 posted on 09/01/2016 10:44:09 AM PDT by sparklite2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
On immigration, by a wide 77-19 percent margin, voters support setting up a system for illegal immigrants currently working in the United States to become legal residents over deporting them

Yeah, no. Unless they polled only Wall Street fat cats.

6 posted on 09/01/2016 10:45:33 AM PDT by scottinoc
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

All they need is a good excuse.


7 posted on 09/01/2016 10:45:43 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Trump is the Resistance! Vive la résistance!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And the plaster finally is starting to crack and fall away from the media narrative.


8 posted on 09/01/2016 10:48:12 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

That’s the only reason Bill won. Ross Perot.

I’m hearing Gary Johnson ads all the time now on conservative radio. Clintons likely funding it.

Trump should give a mill to Jill Stein. Those are Bernie voters.


9 posted on 09/01/2016 10:49:34 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: circlecity

Or not voting at all. Black turnout will not reach the levels of 2008 and 2012.


10 posted on 09/01/2016 10:51:30 AM PDT by kabar
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To: TigerClaws

I’m pretty sure both Johnson and Stein ran in 2012 too. Together they’re unlikely to get 2% this time either.


11 posted on 09/01/2016 10:54:39 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump has become the Freddy Kruger of Hillary’s dreams. Every time Hillary falls asleep, he goes out and grabs more voters.


12 posted on 09/01/2016 10:55:05 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Could = Has, Is and Will.


13 posted on 09/01/2016 10:56:21 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Vote Trump. Defeat the Clinton Crime Syndicate. Reset America.)
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To: circlecity

We call them “clueless Obama voters”. Soon to be “brainless Hillary voters”.


14 posted on 09/01/2016 11:07:52 AM PDT by Zarro (Tune OUT the MSM. The enemy of our republic.)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Undecideds (including soft third party voters) always tend to break for the challenger, don’t they?


15 posted on 09/01/2016 11:19:52 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I do NOT believe 80% of Americans want to legalize illegals.


16 posted on 09/01/2016 11:23:36 AM PDT by Williams (Make America Great Again)
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To: kabar
Or not voting at all. Black turnout will not reach the levels of 2008 and 2012.

massive turnout wasn't really needed in those elections

Look for 110%-120% in big cities this time
17 posted on 09/01/2016 11:37:26 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If they haven't done so already. After two awful public speeches by Hillary Clinton in the last eight days, everyone now noticing her not being very hale, and increasing calls to shut down the Clinton Foundation before it becomes an international mess, no wonder why Hillary's poll numbers are falling and could really nosedive soon.

And the Left will completely regret supporting her in the first place, when they should have "groomed" a much younger candidate with a lot less political baggage years ago.

18 posted on 09/01/2016 11:44:05 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: scottinoc

Blatantly lying, the polls are the exact opposite, 70% want enforcement.


19 posted on 09/01/2016 12:03:33 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: TigerClaws

I heard a bunch during Rush’s show today.


20 posted on 09/01/2016 12:04:49 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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