“I’ve also noticed a trend, when several polls come out with Trump closing the gap or up a couple point (as happened today), suddenly a poll will come out that has Hillary up by some insane amount (like 14 points) to keep the Realclearpolitics.com average which most news programs quote from budging from it’s +5 Hillary range.”
Bingo. Exactly right.
I have been saying that all along. The double digit poll mysteriously appears to keep the average up.