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Don­ald Trump’s pub­lic bromance with Vladi­mir Putin might not rank among his top prob­lems na­tion­ally this week, but in a few key swing states it’s cre­at­ing an­oth­er small crisis for his cam­paign.

Donald Trump’s campaign is “pulling out of Virginia,” a move that stunned staff in the battleground state, three sources with knowledge of the decision told NBC News.

The decision came from Trump’s headquarters in New York and was announced on a conference call late Wednesday that left some Republican Party operatives in the state blindsided. Two staffers directly involved in the GOP’s efforts in Virginia confirmed the decision.

Donald Trump planted a kiss on a rally sign that he took from a woman at one of his Florida events on Wednesday, and expressed bewilderment that some women aren’t backing him.

“I see all these ‘Women for Trump’ signs. I love this,” Trump said. “I see hundreds of women for Trump, then I see a poll. ‘He is not doing well with women.’ I don’t know.”

Believe it or not, North Carolina residents have been voting for a month already.

In-person early voting starts October 20, but absentee voting is well underway and an early pattern has emerged that doesn’t bode well for Donald Trump, or down-ballot Republicans.

Trump’s base shows cracks

Republican candidates for president have typically received substantial support from the evangelical community. As a result of recently unearthed controversial comments, Donald Trump is in danger of losing support from at least the female half of that demographic, at least according to a Politico article this morning:

How Long Can Evangelical Woman Stay Behind Donald Trump?

Over the weekend, as Donald Trump’s sexually aggressive comments on a leaked tape blew up the news cycle and threatened to sink his candidacy, a bulwark of ... Read More >>

Labor giant SEIU pumps resources into anti-Trump effort

Donald Trump’s path to the presidency requires his brand of protectionism to drive union members to abandon Democrats, but new data provided to POLITICO shows that a huge part of organized labor – the service industry – isn’t following suit.

In November, Donald Trump could become the first Republican presidential nominee to lose Orange County, California, since 1936. He could also be the first to lose Virginia Beach, Virginia, since 1964. But he could simultaneously become the first Republican to win an electoral vote from Maine since 1988 and only the second Republican to carry Iowa since 1984.