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Trump is closer than you think
Political Ref ^ | 9/2/16 | Political Ref

Posted on 09/02/2016 1:11:15 PM PDT by TheRef

The conventional wisdom is that Pennsylvania is Trump's surest way to 270. Trump is trailing in the Pennsylvania RCP average by 7.3 points, so quite a few pundits are confidently writing Trump off as a sure loser. The problem with this confidence, however, is that Pennsylvania is not Trump's surest bet. In fact, the Midwest plus Florida and possibly New Hampshire, provides a clearer and currently quite realistic path to 269, the actual number that he needs.

Trump is only trailing by an average of 2.5 points in these states, with the largest lead being four points, but the rest are three points or less. So we're not talking unrealistic scenarios. Here it is . . .

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


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: battleground; blogpimp; polling; postingfordollars; presidency; trump
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1 posted on 09/02/2016 1:11:16 PM PDT by TheRef
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To: TheRef

This could be rephrased as “Hillary is further behind than you think.”


2 posted on 09/02/2016 1:13:15 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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You’re writing off VA?

Two polls shows they are TIED there!


3 posted on 09/02/2016 1:15:08 PM PDT by KavMan
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To: TheRef

4 posted on 09/02/2016 1:17:44 PM PDT by Fido969 (Maybe I';ve been posting for the last 10 years, and rather than spew cr@p you could look up my posts)
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To: TheRef

Closer??!!!! Shoot ..I want him leading like in blowing the lying pickle *itch away!!!!!


5 posted on 09/02/2016 1:18:54 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: TheRef

If he wins NH, (OH, FL) then it’s a TIE, 269-269.

What happens then?


6 posted on 09/02/2016 1:19:57 PM PDT by JPJones
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To: TheRef

The MSM can be trusted in nothing. They’re collectively like Tokyo Rose. Lie about everything, including polls.


7 posted on 09/02/2016 1:20:31 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: JPJones

House of Representatives.


8 posted on 09/02/2016 1:23:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: TheRef

He’s ahead in Iowa.


9 posted on 09/02/2016 1:24:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: TheRef

Watch what happens if Swiss or Singaporean banking authorities start asking questions about money deposits and transfers at Clinton Foundation accounts located in Switzerland and Singapore. Suddenly, the polls suddenly start getting realistic, the MSM starts to bail on her and even President Obama may throw the Clintons “under the bus.” They’re going to cut their losses before we have a international mess that makes the 1Malaysia Development Berhad embezzlement scandal look like minor event in comparison.


10 posted on 09/02/2016 1:26:13 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: TheRef

Its not close by any stretch of the imagination. Trump is winning and winning comfortably.

The biased media polls (which currently show a tie or narrow Trump lead) underestimate his lead by at least 8-9% due to the huge growth in Republican’s since Trump entered the primaries and the huge amount of both independents and previous non-voters backing him.

I suspect that the reason the Mexican’s have begun negotiations with Trump is that they have concrete intelligence beyond the reaches of the corrupt Lamestream media which indicates that Trump is a shoe in.


11 posted on 09/02/2016 1:33:17 PM PDT by WashingtonFire
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think he’s actually ahead everywhere. We’re just not hearing about it.

I heard lately that a more accurate tool is the attendance at rallies and such. Trump is packing them in, while Clinton has to pay people to sit in the audience.

I think he’s way ahead.


12 posted on 09/02/2016 1:34:15 PM PDT by CaptainKip
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
House of Representatives.

Which house? The current one whose members were elected in 2014 or the one whose members will be elected in 2016? It's probably a moot question because in all likelihood, both will have Republican majorities.

13 posted on 09/02/2016 1:34:38 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of incompetence and corruption.)
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To: CommerceComet

The earlier one.


14 posted on 09/02/2016 1:39:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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15 posted on 09/02/2016 1:40:37 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: TheRef

This may sound odd but ... here goes...
i think Mr Trump needs to attack harder! yes, even harder than he’s doing (which has got so many of us elated here on FR, ha!)

Do you remember how the D’s defeated Senator Goldwater? Especially with their graphic atomic bomb blast advert?
I think Mr. Trump should start visually showing some of the graphic results of Mrs. Clinton’s governmental “service”...
such as the bodies littering the streets of the bombed-out cities in Syria, Libya, etc. Yes, including the little children (just like the D’s did in their anti-Goldwater atomic bomb commercial)

And, I think D’s ads could graphically show the amounts of money Hilliary’s bilked (SHOW the big piles of $$)...and explain where they came from (who she is SOLD OUT TO)...including especially our enemies in Arab dictatorships, etc. And show pictures of her 24/7 female assistant with the Moslem Brotherhood terrorist murder gang family ... too....

here most vulnerable shortcomings (war-mongering/tens of thousands murdered in illegal wars and hostilities, and her corruption/sold-out status to enemy interests) these two things obviously also inter-connect, go together, but they can be made visual...and a picture is worth a thousand words!

go visual, Mr Trump!


16 posted on 09/02/2016 2:00:13 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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To: TheRef; All
Just don't get over confident.

Who knew that Marxist/Muslim /white/Jewish/America hating usurper would win the White House not once but twice?!

This is Hillary's last chance to win the presidency which she feels is her right. She and the 'rats will use every dirty trick in the book- including massive voter fraud to put her in the White House to continue Obama's destruction of America!

We must fight her until the very end with everything we've got to keep her out!

This is the most important election of our lifetime!!

(read tag line) .

17 posted on 09/02/2016 2:05:06 PM PDT by patriot08 (Post 5th generation Texan-(girl type) ANGRY? REFUSE TO VOTE? HELLO HILLARY!!!)
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To: KavMan

Yes, I see that. Definitely changes the analysis. He could lose WI, NH, and IA/NV and still win if he takes VA. Will update ASAP


18 posted on 09/02/2016 2:14:57 PM PDT by TheRef
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s ahead today. I wrote it last night. Will update ASAP.


19 posted on 09/02/2016 2:14:57 PM PDT by TheRef
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To: JPJones

House of Representatives chooses the president in a tie.


20 posted on 09/02/2016 2:14:57 PM PDT by TheRef
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