Posted on 09/05/2016 2:24:20 PM PDT by digger48
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The 2016 Presidential campaign entered the home stretch on Monday as both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump focused on the battleground state of Ohio.
Meantime, the race in Indiana is all but over.
Donald Trump is popular in the state and the addition of Mike Pence to the GOP ticket has made him even more popular.
A new poll published by Reuters shows that Indiana is likely out of reach for Hillary Clinton. It shows Trump with 56 percent of the vote in Indiana if the election were held now. Hillary Clinton would receive just 32 percent.
That same poll shows Clinton with a 6 point lead nationally.
Donald Trump was campaigning near Cleveland and at a Labor Day roundtable when he started off by sharing poll numbers.
“Ohio,” he said. “Trump is leading 46 to 43.”
He’s concerned about states where the race is close and Indiana is off the list. Statistician Nate Silver, on his website fivethirtyeight.com, gave Trump a 95 percent chance of winning Indiana in November.
Mike Pence is a big reason why the GOP nominee does so well here.
“And I think Hoosier voters are looking at Governor Pence and they see him in a new light,” said Republican Mike O’Brien on Indiana Week in Review. “They see him in a different context. They see him in a national context and he’s popular because of it.”
But some Democrats are critical of Pence.
“He’s the chief pooper scooper is what he is,” said Democrat Ann DeLaney. “I mean all he’s doing is running behind trying to say, ‘He really didn’t mean what he said. He really didn’t mean what he said.'”
Trump is hoping that the Pence influence will carry over to Ohio. Pence was with him at a pair of campaign stops Monday.
In the meantime, Hillary Clinton greeted reporters on her new campaign plane and then made stops in Ohio and Illinois, quite literally flying over Indiana.
Mike Pence will be in Indianapolis Tuesday night for a fundraiser at the JW Marriott. He’ll be collecting cash from Indiana supporters that will be spent in other states.
Mrs. Henkster graduated fom Scottsburg HS in 76.
Lots of problems in the area with the aids epidemic and heroine. Scott- Jackson -Jennings all have had major issues. Shame
LEO is doing their best to clean up the issues
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Indiana,_2012
That is 2% more for Trump than for Romney, and there are still a lot of undecided voters.
Mrs. Henkster tells me things are really bad in Austin; they are eaten up with heroin. It used to be an “urban” but now the suburbs and rural areas are being eaten up.
He’s sven a second grade Austin teacher busted
One died and many overdosed last week
“It shows Trump with 56 percent of the vote in Indiana if the election were held now. Hillary Clinton would receive just 32 percent.”..........
If the demodummie cheating and voter fraud can be held down a bit, I expect Trump will win the “BIG PRIZE”. The real problem is can/will the republicans work hard enough to hold on and actually help to support Trump’s win?
Precisely why Clinton made the statement a long time ago to worry only about the electoral vote. She MAY be right, should she live long enough.
Wow. Even President Peanut Farmer got nearly 38% to Reagan’s 56% blowout 1980 win in Indiana. Crypt-keeper Clinton is definitely looking at a shellacking this year.
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