Take a deep breath, folks. It's not as bad as it looks.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

http://www.salon.com/2016/09/15/its-already-happening-yes-trump-is-closing-in-on-the-polls-but-heres-why-thats-meaningless/

In the current race, Clinton still has the edge, thanks to the underlying factors. A generic Democratic candidate still has a natural majority in some of the largest, most electoral-vote-rich states. She still has strong on-the-ground organization and voter-turnout operations in battleground states. The Trump campaign is nowhere close to catching up with the number of operatives on the ground and state campaign offices to drive them.

Yes, the polls have tightened in some of the swing states and may still tighten more. Yes, this is affecting the down-ballot races to the point where it may impact the Democrats’ chances of retaking the Senate. Yes, that will hurt Clinton’s legislative agenda if she wins. Yes, if you assume everything lines up perfectly for Trump, he still has a slightly less narrow path to victory than he did last week.

But the presidential race was always going to be competitive, much as liberals might have laughed like stoned hyenas when it became clear the GOP was going to nominate Donald Trump. The electorate is so polarized and the parties so ideologically rigid that any Republican candidate always starts with a floor slightly north of 40 percent of the vote. Any Democrat was always likely to be just a few points higher than that. The onus was always going to be on the GOP candidate to run a perfect campaign to catch up, something Trump has proven incapable of doing.

GOTV. Don't panic.

[ffr]

1. And remain enthusiastic about Hillary/Kaine. Express this like to your friends.

It rubs off.

[DeminPennswoods]

6. especially to pollsters

When asked how enthusiastic/engaged/aware/following/certain to vote, always answer in the most affirmative way possible. That way you won't get discounted by LV screens.

[Thinkingabout]

2. There is work to do, until Hillary is elected this is not over, GOTV, go and vote, solicit others to

vote.

[Dawson Leery]

3. PA/VA/CO/FL is what is going to save this.

Iowa/Nevada/Ohio are not looking to good right now. Still, how can Donnie win without any ground operations?
They account for a about 4 points.

[mopinko]

4. stoned hyenas.

sad but true. still hard not to laugh.
but...

[progressoid]

5. "the presidential race was always going to be competitive"

That's not necessarily true.

[geek tragedy]

7. Remember that talk about Arizona and Georgia being in play from a few weeks ago.

Seems quaint.

Clinton is disappearing from this race. This race has become all about Trump--what Trump says, what other people are saying about Trump, why Trump is awful, what did Trump say now.

She's not losing, but she's not winning either.

[Ilsa]

15. She needs to get more media attention that isn't

criticism, and we need some bombshells on trump. He needs to go off the rails again with his lunatic ideas.

[paulkienitz]

8. it's not bad enough to panic, but it'll only take a little bit more swing to become that bad

If we take Nate Silver's current map (where Florida is now pro-Trump by a tenth of a percent), Trump can now win by flipping just one rust-belt state, such as Pennsylvania.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. He's not flipping PA

Not gonna happen.

We put a Democratic governor in during an off-year election (2014) breaking a decades-long tradition of incumbents getting a 2nd term and the incumbent who was ejected was a Republican. 'Nuff said.

[Coolest Ranger]

9. Ground game

she got this. Black vote, she got this. Black women will make sure their friends and family get to the polls. She's got this.

[calimary]

11. I heard one fellow on either CNN or MSNBC (I was switching back & forth)

in connection with the Tom Joyner radio show - and he said, flat out, "Black women HATE Republicans." He minced NO words.

Hell, you don't have to be a Black woman to hate the CONS. I'm a white woman and I hate the CONSl. I don't even call them "Republicans." They're a vile scourge on our country, they believe in things that only support small slivers or shrinking demographics of the electorate - the rich, the religious fanatics, aging white men, and angry rude belligerent Deplorables. And you don't even have to be a woman to hate the CONS. My aging white husband reviles them, too!

[Dawson Leery]

20. Caucasian male here. I certainly HATE Himmler's bastard child.

This is the same Republican party that wanted to go with Hitler against Stalin.

[rtracey]

13. worst thing

The worst thing any Trump supporter can see on election day is what we saw 4 and 8 years ago, long election lines with Blacks, latinos, seniors, GLBT standing waiting to vote......

[Coolest Ranger]

14. Trust me on this

when that happens I am going to be cheering wondering how bad El Trumpo will get his behind whooped

[Rocknrule]

21. That's why he's calling on his brownshirts

...er, "2nd Amendment patriots" to "watch" the polls

[SleeplessinSoCal]

10. Maybe he will be slapped with a warrant or subpoena.

It's more than a 50/50 chance he has done many illegal business deals. And investigative journalism is on that.

[Chakaconcarne]

12. Trump is not going to win

[ananda]

16. Riddle me this.

Why aren't the Dems making a bigger and stronger
play for the Senate?

?????

[LiberalLoner]

17. Okay, good, but is anyone paying attention to 538 lately?

Every time I go check, it's a few points closer to a dead heat. Is anyone else shocked by the numbers? I am shocked and worried.

[WI_DEM]

19. This is a blip with a batch of polls taken during a bad period for the campaign

she will begin gaining again.

[DemonGoddess]

22. K&R!

Agreed. She's GOT this!