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Donald Trump has never been closer to the presidency than he is at this moment
The Washington Post's The Fix ^ | November 3, 2016 | Philip Bump

Posted on 11/03/2016 2:59:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

If the polls closed right at this moment (which they won't) and if the results in each state perfectly mirrored the current RealClearPolitics average of polls in each state (which they won't), Hillary Clinton would be elected president by an electoral college margin of 8 votes. From her high in the polls a week or two ago, Clinton's leads in a number of critical battleground states have collapsed or evaporated entirely. The election could come down to one state with four electoral college votes that flips from Clinton to Donald Trump and, boom: A 269-269 electoral college tie, and a vote by the House of Representatives to decide on the next president -- who, given the composition of the House, would almost certainly be Donald Trump.

On Thursday, that Clinton state with four electoral college votes raised its hand. Hi, New Hampshire! Two new polls, from Boston Globe-Suffolk University and WBUR-MassInc put the Granite State at a virtual tie, with the continuing trend in the state away from Clinton. That's Trump's 269th electoral college vote. Or, really, his 270th: Polling in Maine's second congressional district (which allocates one electoral college vote separately) has Trump in the lead. He wins the states he holds now and that one in Maine? President Donald J. Trump....

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


TOPICS: New Hampshire; Campaign News; Polls; State and Local
KEYWORDS: elections; hillary; polls; trump
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1 posted on 11/03/2016 2:59:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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2 posted on 11/03/2016 3:00:59 PM PDT by rickmichaels (I shouldn't have to press 1 for English)
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Peaking right on time...


3 posted on 11/03/2016 3:06:20 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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And the funny thing is that WaPo thinks it’s going to be close.


4 posted on 11/03/2016 3:06:27 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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Why so pessimistic? He is going to win ALL the Romney states plus Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada and Colorado.

Rodham will never win an election fair and square. She needs the illegal vote which isn’t going to happen this time.

Trump poll watchers and lawyers will be everywhere.


5 posted on 11/03/2016 3:06:48 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And tomorrow he will be closer.

Still holding my breath that there’s no gaff, but I think those days are over.

If nothing else, who wants to go through another Watergate?


6 posted on 11/03/2016 3:08:16 PM PDT by cicero2k
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Agreed. The polls always overstated her support among the Democrat base, AA and Millennial voters.


7 posted on 11/03/2016 3:08:37 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: rickmichaels

Notice that there are never any caveats on Clinton’s poll numbers, only Trump’s


8 posted on 11/03/2016 3:08:44 PM PDT by usafa92 (Trump 2016 - Destroying the GOPe while Making America Great Again!!)
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The old joke was "shot himself 15 times in the back, pausing twice to reload".

But now, you can buy semi-autos with that kind of capacity. And with practice, you can reload in a couple of seconds.

9 posted on 11/03/2016 3:08:57 PM PDT by justlurking
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s gonna be a whole lot closer next Wednesday!


10 posted on 11/03/2016 3:09:12 PM PDT by Fai Mao (PIAPS for Prison 2016)
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Have we ever seen a Democrat candidate collapse so suddenly and completely?

It shows her support was always phony.

11 posted on 11/03/2016 3:09:48 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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Rasmussen says with 88% of voters decided, Trump with 53%, Canklepotomus 43%, Johnson 3%, Stein 1%.


12 posted on 11/03/2016 3:10:06 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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Listening to Hannity tonight he called it a thin line to get the electoral votes to win. Downer.


13 posted on 11/03/2016 3:11:06 PM PDT by lilypad
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

NBC with GA plus 1 for Trump. I will take that bet.

Georgia will not be close!


14 posted on 11/03/2016 3:12:36 PM PDT by georgiarat (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Voltaire)
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NBC with GA plus 1 for Trump. I will take that bet.

Georgia will not be close!


15 posted on 11/03/2016 3:12:36 PM PDT by georgiarat (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Voltaire)
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i think he’s being extra cautious....don’t blame him


16 posted on 11/03/2016 3:12:51 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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That’s Hillary’s problem... She needs Democrats to vote for her and frankly, they don’t like her and many of them won’t.


17 posted on 11/03/2016 3:13:30 PM PDT by jerod (Pro-Abortion Gun Control Freaks & Environmental Nuts who hated Capitalism? The Nazi's)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Any pools started about what time on November 9th Hillary will start her 2020 campaign for the Democrat nomination? Or will she run as a Libertarian next time?


18 posted on 11/03/2016 3:14:37 PM PDT by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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Hmmm, maybe later.


19 posted on 11/03/2016 3:15:21 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: God luvs America
i think he’s being extra cautious....don’t blame him

I don't blame him either. There's a lot of encouraging signs, but now is not the time to relax. VOTE TRUMP and convince as many people as you possibly can to VOTE TRUMP!

20 posted on 11/03/2016 3:16:53 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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