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Clinton, Trump neck-and-neck in new Texas poll
CNN ^ | October 18, 2016 | Sophie Tatum,

Posted on 10/18/2016 3:57:31 PM PDT by NYer

Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton is narrowing in on Donald Trump's lead in Texas, according to a new poll released on Tuesday.

Trump leads Clinton 41% to 38%, according to the latest University of Houston survey. Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson stands in third place with 4% support, followed by Green Party nominee Jill Stein at 1%, with 11% undecided. GOP presidential candidates have won Texas by no less than 11 percentage points since 2000, according to a memo accompanying the poll results. Democrats last won Texas in a presidential race in 1976.

The poll also showed that, despite Trump's narrow lead, 53% of Texas voters thought Clinton would be elected as the next US president compared to 23% of voters who said they thought it would be Trump.

The Hobby School of Public Affairs surveyed 1,000 likely Texas voters between October 7-15 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. In another poll published Tuesday, St. Norbert College found Clinton ahead of Trump in Wisconsin, 47% to 39%, followed by Stein at 3% and Johnson at 1%.

The St. Norbert College poll surveyed 664 likely voters in Wisconsin between October 13-16 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.

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


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: clinton; cnn; hillary; mediabias; polls; propaganda; texas; trump; wisconsin
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To: NYer

Nope, not buying it. It’s disinfo.

Trump has the same data and we don’t see him running to Texas to shore up votes and the base.

Aside from WI last night, Trump is going to states where he can and will win. WI was just a middle finger to Ryan.


61 posted on 10/18/2016 4:33:46 PM PDT by Fhios ( Globalism is the new Communism - Islamism is the new Fascism.)
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To: NYer

Just yesterday Trump was ahead by double digits.


62 posted on 10/18/2016 4:34:24 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: NYer

This Texan calls BS!


63 posted on 10/18/2016 4:34:25 PM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5, 2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: NYer

Every conservative I know is either not going to vote or is writing someone besides Trump in. All the sex and language stuff got to them.


64 posted on 10/18/2016 4:35:17 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
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To: Jeff Chandler

That was the one outlier... from 36 years ago, with a diifferent demographic

Every other time, that login failed. Did you post that same chart 4 years ago, when Romney was behind? McCain? Dole? GhWB?

I still think Trump has a good shot, but that poll from 36 yrs ago doesn’t mean much


65 posted on 10/18/2016 4:37:16 PM PDT by NYC-RepublicanCT (Trump vs Media/Dems/Obamas/NeverTrumpers. Still winning!!!l)
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To: dp0622

Just yesterday poll had him up big time in Texas. They must have just polled people in certain parts of Austin.


66 posted on 10/18/2016 4:37:41 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: IVAXMAN

Much more realistic


67 posted on 10/18/2016 4:39:26 PM PDT by NYC-RepublicanCT (Trump vs Media/Dems/Obamas/NeverTrumpers. Still winning!!!l)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

It would be the illegals if there’s a problem.


68 posted on 10/18/2016 4:40:21 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Wilderness Conservative

It would be the illegals if there’s a problem.


69 posted on 10/18/2016 4:40:33 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: NYer

Polling malpractice at its finest.

We need a class action lawsuit—enough of this garbage!


70 posted on 10/18/2016 4:43:13 PM PDT by cgbg (This space for rent--$250K)
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To: NYer

Any state where Clinton is ahead is never reported as “neck and neck”.


71 posted on 10/18/2016 4:45:09 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: KevinB

Maybe they’re spreading out the poll numbers to make it seem as though she’s got even the most unlikely states wrapped up.


72 posted on 10/18/2016 4:45:37 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: NYer

University Of Houston poll = Garbage


73 posted on 10/18/2016 4:47:15 PM PDT by heights
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To: NYer

Maybe Dallas , Travis and some of the small counties surrounding the Mexico border as that’s the norm for Texas.


74 posted on 10/18/2016 4:48:46 PM PDT by Valk Rider
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To: NYer
Neck and neck in Texas? Let's see how nicely I can say it...

Male Longhorn Excrement...

75 posted on 10/18/2016 4:49:18 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: MMaschin
There are two possibilities that I'm entertaining - 1) you are correct, the polls are being manipulated to cover up major fraud that will take place. And, 2) the campaign has sent out a distress call, and has let people know they are in desperate trouble with turnout. And need to polls to stimulate enthusiasm on their side, and/or curb it on Trumps.

I'm leaning towards 2, and not just because that's the side I would prefer. I'm thinking if it was 1, it would be a bit better organized. They would have avoided the mistakes we see here.

The second scenario seems more likely too me. It seems more desperate, which is matching with what we are seeing. They are manipulating the polls, but not able to do it in a way makes it look like it's not manipulated. Look at the Fox poll that had Hillary up among all women by something like 15%, BUT had Trump up around 3% with White Women - NOT POSSIBLE.

You could be right, but it seems to me they would go after traditional swing states if that were the case. Texas has a lot of illegal immigrants and so does Arizona. With our favorite "felon" exposing voter fraud the Dems may have over played their hand. Texas will not go for Hillary without voter fraud. But someone is pushing that narrative.

I agree with you about the FOX poll with women voters. That made no sense to me at all. I love how this man fights!

76 posted on 10/18/2016 4:52:21 PM PDT by truthluva ("Character is doing the right thing even when no one is looking"..J.C. Watts)
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To: Rusty0604

I just laugh now. I panicked in the beginning but then i realized the polls are all BS to discourage Trump voters.

Too late!! My ballot is already in!!

I would volunteer to take the elderly in nursing homes who want to vote but how do i know who they’ll vote for!!


77 posted on 10/18/2016 4:53:05 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: NYer

If she was anywhere in striking distance, there would be ads on Beaumont television, one of the democrat strongholds in the state, and there are none.


78 posted on 10/18/2016 4:55:18 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: NYer

Smells like fresh BS.


79 posted on 10/18/2016 4:55:39 PM PDT by JamesP81
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To: dp0622

Freakin Juan Williams has a big freakin smile on his face...I swear I hate them!!!


80 posted on 10/18/2016 4:56:02 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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