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Trump outperforming his 2016 campaign in key battleground states, even as he trails Biden
Fox News ^ | August 28 2020 | Tyler Olson

Posted on 08/28/2020 12:18:00 PM PDT by knighthawk

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1 posted on 08/28/2020 12:18:00 PM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

They don’t have a clue because everyone quit talking to pollsters.


2 posted on 08/28/2020 12:20:13 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: knighthawk

Only 46% approval at Rasmussen today. Weird.


3 posted on 08/28/2020 12:20:37 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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Oops. Here’s the link.

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/prez_track_aug28


4 posted on 08/28/2020 12:20:57 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: knighthawk

News casters in the news. I’d ramble about the decay of msm, but they have always been crap.


5 posted on 08/28/2020 12:21:18 PM PDT by JoSixChip (Its not about color, its about character.)
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To: knighthawk

While Tapper argued the convention presented a filtered and skewed view of Trump (of a president “not sending tweets that upset people”), he suggested it could help give the president an electoral bump. Other analysts came away with a similar prediction.


What’s the point here? I assume Jake is ok that the Democrat convention presented a filtered and skewed view of Joe Biden.

Don’t we expect conventions to put their best foot forward, for whatever candidate they support?

What is he saying? That the convention showcased Trump? And is that bad?


6 posted on 08/28/2020 12:21:18 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Summary: "It is our belief that Trump is trailing in the polls, although he could be winning."

Nothing like covering all bases, while at the same time providing the most negative spin on Trump's real chances.

7 posted on 08/28/2020 12:22:23 PM PDT by CatOwner
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...and Hillary still has a 92% chance of winning.


8 posted on 08/28/2020 12:23:12 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: knighthawk

Why do these new agencies keep saying he’s behind in the polls? HE’S NOT BEHIND!


9 posted on 08/28/2020 12:23:31 PM PDT by ducttape45 ("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
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-—What’s the point here? I assume Jake is ok that the Democrat convention presented a filtered and skewed view of Joe Biden.
Don’t we expect conventions to put their best foot forward, for whatever candidate they support?
What is he saying? That the convention showcased Trump? And is that bad-—

Yes, the point is that everything that Trump does is bad, and if Biden does the same thing it’s either a good thing or it’s ignored.

This is what it looks like when you have an entire media industry completely in the tank for one political party. They’re Dem spin doctors, not journalists.


10 posted on 08/28/2020 12:24:31 PM PDT by StoneRainbow68
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To: CatOwner
Summary: "It is our belief that Trump is trailing in the polls, although he could be winning." Nothing like covering all bases, while at the same time providing the most negative spin

They've been learning from the master, Anthony Fauci


11 posted on 08/28/2020 12:24:34 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: ducttape45

Joe announced he is finally getting out of the basement to campaign after Labor Day.

If Trump were really behind I suspect he would not be doing this.


12 posted on 08/28/2020 12:25:16 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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“Joe announced he is finally getting out of the basement to campaign after Labor Day.”

If I recall, Hillary pretty much took August off as well. Over confident or hiding an unlikable, unfit candidate?


13 posted on 08/28/2020 12:28:43 PM PDT by Trumplican
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To: familyop

The link you posted is for Trumps day to day approval rating and it is NOT a head to head match up poll between the candidates.

That is here and Trump has picked up significant ground since the Dem Convention.

White House Watch
Biden, Trump In Near Tie
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Joe Biden’s lost ground since the close of the Democratic National Convention, and he and President Trump are now running neck-and-neck in the latest Rasmussen Reports’ weekly White House Watch survey.

The new national telephone and online survey finds Biden with 46% support among Likely U.S. Voters to Trump’s 45%. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate, while four percent (4%) remain undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

A week ago, Biden led by four points – 48% to 44%. The former vice president has bested Trump in every weekly survey to date, but this week’s 46% is his lowest level of support in any survey.

The president has never earned more than 45% of the vote. It remains to be seen if he gets any kind of bounce from the ongoing Republican National Convention.

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2020/white_house_watch_aug26


14 posted on 08/28/2020 12:32:59 PM PDT by billyboy15
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To: knighthawk

Fivethirtyeight says Biden as a 70% chance of beating Trump.

Look at what they said back in 2016 about Hillary’s chances:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/


15 posted on 08/28/2020 12:35:04 PM PDT by Signalman
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National polls don’t mean anything, because Biden has a huge lead in a few BIG blue states (CA, NY) that skew the national totals.

The fact that they have Trump close (and even leading) in a few traditionally blue, battleground states indicates Trump has a lead where it counts: in the Electoral college.

But, not reason to let up at this point. Getting overconfident and coasting to the finish line is the last thing we need to do.


16 posted on 08/28/2020 12:35:21 PM PDT by Brookhaven (Only communists call fascists right wing, because only communists are to the left of fascists.)
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I hang up on pollsters all the time whether phone or internet. Maybe libbies respond more IDK


17 posted on 08/28/2020 12:43:17 PM PDT by Undecided 2012
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To: familyop

Rasmussen does a rolling average show me his poll next week


18 posted on 08/28/2020 12:44:04 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: CatOwner
Summary: "It is our belief that Trump is trailing in the polls, although he could be winning."

Thus spake Oracle Fauci.

19 posted on 08/28/2020 12:44:42 PM PDT by HIDEK6 ( God bless Donald Trump.)
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To: knighthawk

Which means he can’t possibly be trailing Biden.


20 posted on 08/28/2020 12:47:32 PM PDT by oil_dude
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