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Donald Trump is finally seeing signs of life in key swing states
Washington Post ^ | Sept. 8, 2016 | Philip Bump

Posted on 09/08/2016 6:14:42 PM PDT by Innovative

Donald Trump cannot win this election unless he wins a state that Mitt Romney lost in 2012.

If you haven't heard me say this before: Welcome! Thanks for reading.

I keep coming back to that point because it is the simplest way of thinking about this election. For all of the polling that's sprinkled down over the past year-and-a-half, for all of the demographic breakdowns and discussions of who and what is doing well where and why, that's the only thing that really needs to be tracked. Is Trump winning a state Romney lost? And if the answer is no, then: game over.

For the first time in a while, though, we can answer that question with a yes instead of a no. And then we can hang an asterisk on it.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2016polls; 2016swingstates; swingstates; trump
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Yes, indeed Trump can and hopefully will win those states.
1 posted on 09/08/2016 6:14:42 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Completely predictable.


2 posted on 09/08/2016 6:20:43 PM PDT by Williams (Make America Great Again)
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To: Innovative

The life was always there.


3 posted on 09/08/2016 6:20:50 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Innovative

When are they going to add New Jersey, Rhode Island and Conneticut to the swing state list?


4 posted on 09/08/2016 6:23:17 PM PDT by arl295
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And NM. He leads there


5 posted on 09/08/2016 6:24:43 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Innovative

I don’t agree with the premise. Turn it around. If Hillary doesn’t win the states Odumbass won, it’s over. Trump becomes president.


6 posted on 09/08/2016 6:25:56 PM PDT by Pamlico (Oppose 0bama at every opportunity)
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To: Innovative

He is performing better than Mitt. Trust me.


7 posted on 09/08/2016 6:30:30 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Innovative

I am thinking about getting into the funeral business.

You know, to capitalize from all the democrat suicides that happen after Trump wins.


8 posted on 09/08/2016 6:30:50 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (Hillary- Time To Change the Bag...)
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To: Innovative

Trump rallies: 15,000 people...
HilLIARy rallies: 300 people.


9 posted on 09/08/2016 6:31:20 PM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: Innovative
The purpose of this article is to dismiss Trump's recent gains as insignificant. As was pointed out in the comments, the writer includes out-of-date polls in his "analysis" in order to inflate Hillary's numbers.

This is why leftist publications hate comment sections.

10 posted on 09/08/2016 6:32:18 PM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: Innovative

Trump already has North Carolina, Florida, Iowa, Part of Maine, Nevada, and Ohio wrapped up.

Just ONE of ANY other state will put him over the top, including the following, ALL of which Hillary is polling poorly in:

Penn
Virginia
Colorado
Wisconsin
Michigan
New Hampshire
Oregon


11 posted on 09/08/2016 6:41:59 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
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To: Innovative
I'm getting to the point where I know that I'm being repetitive, and I know that I sort of have to be, but that I feel the need to predicate my repetitiveness with a self-indulgent recognition of that repetitiveness, so that if you, the reader, also noticed that I have been repetitive, you will hopefully, at least, know that I know that I am repeating myself and you will, therefore, give me a pass on the need to once again repeat myself.

Holy run-on sentence, Batman! A run-on packed with nine uses of the word I, no less. The author goes on to say that both Democrats and Republicans (!) are moving toward Clinton in Florida.

I tried to read the rest of this article, but felt my eyes glazing over.

12 posted on 09/08/2016 6:42:05 PM PDT by Avalon Memories
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To: Molon Labbie

Aw, they’re not gonna commit suicide.

They’re just gonna become bigger and more annoying assholes than they are now.


13 posted on 09/08/2016 6:49:59 PM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
Trump already has North Carolina, Florida, Iowa, Part of Maine, Nevada, and Ohio wrapped up.

I hope to God you are correct!

14 posted on 09/08/2016 6:54:43 PM PDT by eekitsagreek
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To: Catmom

Probably, but I was trying to have a “glass half full” moment.


15 posted on 09/08/2016 6:55:57 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (Hillary- Time To Change the Bag...)
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To: LS

And NM. He leads there


Wow! That’s big.

Where did you see that?


16 posted on 09/08/2016 7:00:50 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Catmom

Aw, they’re not gonna commit suicide.

They’re just gonna become bigger and more annoying assholes than they are now.


You’re right. They will be worse.


17 posted on 09/08/2016 7:05:23 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

If it came down to this list, I would like to see NM on it to give enough votes to Johnson to tip the Enchanted Ones to Trump. Don’t expect that to happen though.


18 posted on 09/08/2016 7:11:58 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Trump-Pence, 2016)
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To: Theodore R.

there has only been one poll of New Mexico and Hillary was doing poorly there at 40% at the time. The poll was taken from 8-19 to 8-21 during the peak of Hillarys convention bounce...

SO... you might have a point in wishing for New Mexico, because I had overlooked that as a possible pickup also.

Good call.


19 posted on 09/08/2016 7:19:58 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
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To: laplata
they’re not gonna commit suicide. They’re just gonna become bigger and more annoying assholes than they are now.

Yeah, but they're all criminals. Now "their chickens will come home to roost."

20 posted on 09/08/2016 7:25:44 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Canadians can't be our President.)
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