Posted on 10/26/2016 10:26:29 AM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are pouring resources into the battle to win Florida as polling continues to show a extremely tight race in the critical swing state.
A new poll out Wednesday from Bloomberg gave a slight advantage to the GOP nominee, who leads 45 percent to Clinton's 43 percent in a four-way race with Libertarian Gary Johnson (4 percent) and Green Party nominee Jill Stein (2 percent).
The Bloomberg poll was the best result in the Sunshine State for Trump in weeks; he has trailed his Democratic opponent in RealClearPolitics' average of polls there since before the first debate Sept. 26.
And it also appears to be something of an outlier: In six other public polls of the state released this week, Clinton led by 4 points in one survey, 3 points in three different polls, 2 points in one, and one had them tied. In fact, Clinton has maintained a small edge in the preponderance of Florida polls: RealClearPolitics gives her a 1.6 percent lead, Huffington Post's Pollster pegs her advantage at just over 3 points, and FiveThirtyEight's model still projects that she has a 70 percent chance of winning the state.
That may be in part because Trump has not been able to make up much ground, even when polls show him ahead of Clinton. The Bloomberg poll measures his support at 45 percent, almost exactly in line with his polling average in other surveys. Only one poll in the last month had him higher: a Fox 13/Opinion Savvy poll from late September in which he trailed Clinton 46 percent to 47 percent.
But Clinton's 43 percent in the Bloomberg poll is well below her average; only two other polls in RealClearPolitics' database in the last month have found her falling below 45 percent.
Nonetheless, the Trump campaign pounced on the Bloomberg survey as a sign that he's still competitive -- and dropping, at least for the moment, their insistence the polls are rigged against them.
Trump "spent a few days in #FL. Hillary spent million$ in negative ads in #FL, and the result is he is leading her 45-43 percent," campaign manager Kellyanne Conway crowed on Twitter, and spokesman Jason Miller called the result "big league!"
Big league Bloomberg/Florida poll! "Donald Trump has 45% to Hillary Clinton's 43% in @bpolitics poll of Florida https://t.co/s1B6DJTvgC"
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) October 26, 2016 The travel schedules of the candidates and their vice presidential running mates emphasizes just how crucial Florida is to win the White House.
Trump has spent more time in Florida in the past month than any other state, making eight trips there, and sending his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, twice as well.
Clinton on the other hand, has taken four trips to the Sunshine State over the month, spending more time in New Hampshire (six visits) and Pennsylvania (five), as well as making four trips to Ohio. But she has dispatched her vice presidential running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, to Florida eight times.
Both candidates are also spending more money on television ads in Florida than anywhere else.
If Hillary Clinton really was a head in the polls, she would not be campaigning here with back to back appearances.
Tuesday in Ft. Lauderdale and Wednesday in Miami, Lake Worth, & Tampa? Will Hillary physically make it & not seize or collapse?
And she is bringing in Obama, Bon Jovi, and Jennifer Lopez to campaign for her in the next few days.
It appears that negative political TV ads are yet another causality of this campaign season. Old fashioned barnstorming coupled with social media are the new political weapons of choice.
The whole corrupt system is run by political consultants... they pick the easy to control light weights who can raise large sums of cash ... the ‘Tim Kaine’ type.
It’s why there’s an illusion that an ‘everyman’ can run... they can’t.
One look at what they’ve done to Trump tells the story. THEY want to pick and choose... they’ve rigged the game.
Bon Jovi and Lopez. 2 multi multi-millionaires representing the People’s Party.
Hillary’s plan was to get so far ahead during early voting that election day would be a mere formality.
So far, her plan is failing.
If the black voters decide to sit this one out she will claim “voter intimidation” in order to reconcile the loss.
But if T wins it will be her last campaign.
I despised the Clintons before this campaign but.......this is their last round and it would suit me just fine to never, ever hear from them again. Just sick of them after this.
The Dems invented “early voting” so they know how much to cheat on election day.
I so much want this to happen, for Hillary to live the rest of her days gnawing on the fact she was *this* close to the presidency and didn't win. Going quietly into the sunset isn't in her DNA, so I would expect Bill to get the brunt of the punishment.
So true. Trump has exposed this rotten system like I never thought possible. I’m loving it!
The “Petty Bourgoisie” of our day... Or Useful Idiots...
Take your pick
both? 2 jerks.
Those 2 idiots will NEVER be allowed NEAR the real power structure. Suckers.
It’s typical.
Lib artists, heads up their arses.
So 95% of polls are saying Trump is behind. But early voting in swing states shows Trump up by like 10 points nationally.
Can you say Landslide?
I think people are starting to wake up to the pure horror a Hillary Presidency would be. It might have been a joke to them before but the reality of what she truly is, is starting to bite them on the ass.
Fox Business has a reporter in southern Miami florida and he keeps trying to pushing Hillary for the in person voting.
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