Posted on 10/15/2016 12:09:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Could the Republican be recovering from the scandals that have knocked his numbers?
Donald Trump appears to have bounced back from trailing numbers in the polls, with his first lead in a national poll following the various scandals that have dogged him over the past two weeks.
In the latest national four-way poll by Rasmussen Reports, Trump is now leading Hillary Clinton by two points, with a total of 43 to her 41, while Gary Johnson is on six points and Jill Stein is on two.
A national two-way poll by LA Times/USC tracking has Clinton and Trump on equal footing, which shows a marked difference from polls released at the beginning of the week, in which Clinton was leading Trump by as much as 14 points.
Trump had suffered several setbacks on the campaign trail that were reflected in the polls, including accusations he had not paid certain taxes for 18 years, leaked footage from 2005 that showed him making lewd comments about groping women, and allegations published by The New York Times by women who accused the GOP nominee of assault.
Trump, who has dismissed the allegations as "ludicrous", has since seen election rhetoric revolve around the women's allegations, also addressing them during the second presidential debate and suggesting the topic was distraction from the real issues of the day.
However, national averages still have Clinton in the lead, while the LA Times poll has been questioned, as it often shows Trump leading where others have shown the opposite - due to the different methods it uses to take polling data.
"A lot of readers have noticed that our USC/Los Angeles Times Daybreak tracking poll is different from other polls," explained David Lauter, LA Times/Chicago Tribune Washington Bureau chief last weekend, as he answered questions in a story about why their poll is an outlier.
The poll tracks 3,000 voters each day until election day. The other difference is in the questions it asks.
"The Daybreak poll asks people to estimate, on a scale of 0 to 100, how likely they are to vote for each of the two major candidates," wrote Lauter. The estimates are then combined to make the daily forecast.
However, this poll had the most accurate margin in predicting the Obama win in 2012, so it is not wise to dismiss anything as impossible in the run-up to November.
One would have to believe any polls to answer this question.
His numbers are probably slightly higher...
We can hope, but the important thing is go get out and vote.
All you see on Yahoo is negative polls.
I have given up on polls. Way too much variation between polls.
George W. Bush.....wonder if he realizes he was a pawn in the hands of power brokers.
I just heard, on the radio, that smarmy “Campaign” Carl Cameron pretty much say her lead is insurmountable. It’s getting to the point that I don’t know which Fox person I despise the most.
She humiliated herself with the claim that he stalked her during the debate, which was witnessed by tens of Millions.
Yahoo is a dying platform
Trump is General Washington leading the charge against the MSM’s Redcoats.
GWB IS a power broker.
I’ll bet the internal polls tell a very different story.
Exactly right! We all need to realize we’re being played and develop an immunity to the psycological warfare that is waged via polls. They are tools for rigging the system.
She humiliated herself with the claim that he stalked her during the debate, which was witnessed by tens of Millions.
That was so stupid.
We are supposed to believe Hillary was troubled by being stalked??? Really???
but, Hillary supposedly is a tough woman, who fears nothing and no one, not Trump, not anybody. She is supposed to be rough and tough enough to send our military to war, make life and death decisions in the Situation room and all that.
But she’s allegedly so rough and tough, but can’t handle the sight of Donald Trump on a debate stage????? Really?????
Carl Cameron may have two brain cells to rub together, but the existence of the second is still an open question.
The latest allegations are questionable.
As Michelle Obama knows well, women don’t like to be groped.
They will yell, kick, and even punch their attacker.
Police will usually be called in.
Airlines and nightclubs will ban an attacker.
Lawyers will be consulted. Rich gropers will pay dearly financially.
Women will talk to their female friends about their attacks.
Is the Pope Catholic....not so much
W. was and still is a pawn of power brokers. This time, of the Uniparty vs the GOP.
I find it incredulous and a little disgusting to see W. snuggling up to Bill and Hillary, the way they trashed him in the press and at their public speeches. What happened to GWB’s healthy ego? He is now a durable and conveniant doormat for the Dems.
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