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(Reuters) Pollster warns Clinton's lead over Trump is soft
Washington Examiner ^ | 8/17/16 10:30 AM | Paul Bedard

Posted on 08/17/2016 11:57:12 AM PDT by Red Steel

The polling company for Reuters is warning Wednesday that Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead over Republican Donald Trump appears soft.

In fact, Ipsos revealed that of the top three issues voters find most important, Clinton only leads one by a margin of 5 points.

"Simply put, the election still is far from over!" said Ipsos President Clifford Young. "While Clinton does lead Trump on the top quality 'stronger on economy/jobs' by five points, they are in a dead heat on 'terrorism' and 'fixing a broken system'–much closer than the 8-point average Clinton lead in the polls," he added.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016polls; elections; hillary; ipsos; polls; reuters; trump; trumppoll; trumpwasright
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To: Red Steel

The D+6 isn’t bad. But the Indies should make up way more than 9%. And since Indies are breaking for Trump, it’s like padding Hillary’s numbers. Plus the M/W is ridiculous.

D 35 R 29 I 36 would be a good sample.


21 posted on 08/17/2016 12:23:36 PM PDT by nhwingut (Trump-Pence 2016 - Blow Up The GOPe)
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To: nhwingut

I would buy W 52 M 47 Confused 1


22 posted on 08/17/2016 12:36:23 PM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex)
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To: Red Steel

I think a 5-6 point D sample is right, but not a 10 point female oversample.


23 posted on 08/17/2016 12:42:05 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Red Steel

Who knows what the real numbers are. Even if Hillary really is ahead, it would not be to her advantage to have everyone reporting in August that the election is over. She’s won.

That would dampen early voting for her, and voting on election day if the media keep this up.

Plus, what are media going to do for the next 2.5 months if the election is over? They need fresh meat to report/distort/lie about.


24 posted on 08/17/2016 12:45:43 PM PDT by sockhead
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To: LS

I think it’s going to be close to even R v. D.

The Rs did out poll the Dems in the primaries by about 1/2 million votes, and take out California, it’s around 3 million more R voters than D who voted in the primaries.


25 posted on 08/17/2016 12:48:03 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

I thought it was 30-27m Rs over Ds in the primary?


26 posted on 08/17/2016 1:02:01 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Red Steel
Clinton does lead Trump on the top quality 'stronger on economy/jobs' by five points

Only knuckle dragging window lickers could believe that Hillary would be a better job creator.


27 posted on 08/17/2016 1:15:10 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Red Steel

Slightly OT but I have contacted you before and received good information. Obama is turning over the Internet as of 10/1/16. Could this be the fraud the D’s need? Is it possible to be more fraudulent than before?


28 posted on 08/17/2016 1:28:33 PM PDT by DrDude (Does anyone have a set of balls anymore?)
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To: Red Steel
Closer to the election, they will become tighter and probably a truer reflection of voter sentiment because they want to work again. Being terribly wrong is bad for business. Also, to-close-to-call adds drama to the end game, more interest, and higher ratings.

We need to find out the current numbers for that never-wrong county in Indiana. Also, what is the "cares about people like me" number?

I can't believe she is up by five on the economy and job creation, unless they think being on the dole is really a full-time job!

29 posted on 08/17/2016 1:30:00 PM PDT by MHT (,`)
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To: LS
From Conservative TreeHouse (CT).

"Yes, that’s correct. The 2016 total GOP turnout 31.1 million, was greater than the total DEM turnout 30.6 million."

I just put up an article about turnout and the state of PA from CT.

"Hillary Holds Voter Registration Drive in West Philadelphia – Why?..."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3460434/posts

30 posted on 08/17/2016 1:32:41 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

Soft, as in fabricated?


31 posted on 08/17/2016 1:44:46 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: Red Steel

Media-manufactured support is inherently weak.


32 posted on 08/17/2016 1:47:59 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: mrsmith; ScaniaBoy

This thread explains it some how weak Hillary is.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3460434/posts


33 posted on 08/17/2016 1:52:40 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: heights

We have a winner! Good one!


34 posted on 08/17/2016 1:53:03 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~We need our weaves, I don't use them,but we need them.)
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To: Red Steel

“...’stronger on economy/jobs’ ...”

Absolute mind boggling.

Let’s see... a woman who’s been sucking off the taxpayers wallets for years, who has never held a real job in her life, rode her Impeached husband’s coattails for most of her career and contained “Bimbo Eruptions” for most of his, and never “created” anything except political disasters is “stronger on the economy and jobs” versus a Man who runs a multibillion-dollar global empire, who actually HAS “created jobs”, boosted the economy BY creating those jobs, employed hundreds of thousands of people over the years, and is by all accounts a top-notch MANAGER - which, by the way, is what he HIRE for the Country; a Manager to run the affairs of the Nation.

Yeah... But she’s “stronger on the economy/jobs”.

Sure. What Special Kind of Moron believes that...


35 posted on 08/17/2016 2:22:34 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Red Steel

The media trying to lay the ground for an excuse on how they could get things so wrong.


36 posted on 08/17/2016 3:15:34 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: Red Steel

Yes, soft like my pillow that zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…

37 posted on 08/17/2016 3:21:30 PM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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To: AmusedBystander

Amazing! Those pictures coming out of Pennsylvania make Hillary look like the walking dead!


38 posted on 08/17/2016 3:31:34 PM PDT by italyconservative (John 3:30 - Trying to decrease on a daily basis.)
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To: Red Steel; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; ExTexasRedhead; stephenjohnbanker

Sometimes I think the MSM is trying to discourage Trump supporters with skewed polls and slanted news reports.


39 posted on 08/17/2016 3:39:34 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The barbarians are inside because there are no gates)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Sometimes I think the MSM is trying to discourage Trump supporters with skewed polls and slanted news reports.


Of course


40 posted on 08/17/2016 3:53:19 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (election is about Liberty versus Tyranny and National Sovereignty versus Globalism👍)
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