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andym

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14. Of course it's "news"-- to the extent any polling data is news

Reply to NCTraveler (Reply #13)

Fri May 19, 2017, 06:57 PM

May 2017

Clinton doing worse in the April 24 poll, meant that Trump was at least holding his own in terms of electability at that point; unless you believe Clinton is not as strong candidate as the entire group of candidates in the new poll: I think she remains a strong candidate-- she did win by 2% of the popular vote-- why would that evaporate? I do think it would have been useful to include Clinton in the new poll to make a more direct comparison.

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PPP: Biden, Sanders, Warren, Franken, Booker and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson all would beat Trump [View all] andym May 2017 OP

Both Joe and Bernie would recover about 15% of Trump voters! andym May 2017 #1

FYI, Dwayne Johnson is reportedly a Republican andym May 2017 #2

In other words, we are simply ready for someone else. nt. NCTraveler May 2017 #3

Yes, but Biden, Sanders, and Warren are in landslide territory at the moment andym May 2017 #5

So Clinton beat him by millions and I'm now suppose to believe she would lose. NCTraveler May 2017 #6

The relevance is that this poll means Trump is in real decline andym May 2017 #9

"was not particularly good news." NCTraveler May 2017 #13

Of course it's "news"-- to the extent any polling data is news andym May 2017 #14

Popular vote is irrelevant oberliner May 2017 #4

Popular vote IS relevant when the margin exceeds 5% (really about 4%) andym May 2017 #7

Not if those votes are concentrated in NY, LA, DC, Chicago, etc oberliner May 2017 #8

Each percentage point is 1.5 million votes andym May 2017 #10

I'd be curious to see swing state totals oberliner May 2017 #11

Agree that the swing state breakdown would be very telling andym May 2017 #12