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As Maine’s 2nd District Goes, So Goes the Nation?
Every presidential year after Labor Day, Maine’s 2nd District pops up on the national political radar as territory Republicans will put in play.
It happened again last week, when a Boston Globe/Colby College poll showed GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump carrying the district by 10 points.
Hillary Clinton Struggles to Gain Traction in Florida, Despite Spending
Hillary Clinton has vastly outspent Donald J. Trump on TV ads in Florida. Her 57 campaign offices dwarf Mr. Trump’s afterthought of a ground game. And Mr. Trump is deeply unpopular among Hispanics, who account for nearly one in five Florida voters.
Despite these advantages, Mrs. Clinton is struggling in the Sunshine State, unable to assemble the coalition that gave Barack Obama two victories here, and offering Mr. Trump a broad opening in a road to the White House that not long ago seemed closed to him.
Read More >>Gary Johnson cuts into Clinton’s lead
Gary Johnson was never supposed to be a problem for Hillary Clinton.
The low-profile Libertarian’s presence on the ballot would serve as an easy out for #NeverTrump Republicans, Democrats aligned with the nominee have long figured, and that could only hurt Donald Trump.
Read More >>Clinton prospects dim
The campaign of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has had a rough week, and the polls are reflecting it. The Hill offers this analysis:
Polls darken for Democrats
Trump has pulled into the lead in Florida and Ohio, two crucial states where he has trailed Clinton for most of the race, and several states that once looked out of reach for Trump — Colorado and Virginia, among them — suddenly appear competitive.
One survey showed Trump swinging to a lead in Nevada, a state ... Read More >>
Polls darken for Democrats
Hillary Clinton’s once formidable lead over Donald Trump in national and battleground polls is evaporating.
Trump has pulled into the lead in Florida and Ohio, two crucial states where he has trailed Clinton for most of the race, and several states that once looked out of reach for Trump — Colorado and Virginia, among them — suddenly appear competitive.
Read More >>Clinton and Trump neck-and-neck in new national poll
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are in a virtual tie in a national poll released Thursday.
The CBS News/New York Times poll of likely voters found that the Democratic nominee is just 2 points ahead of Trump in a two-way matchup (46%-44%.) That difference is within the margin of error.
Read More >>Could Millennials Cost Clinton the Presidency?
One of the most surprising elements of this presidential campaign is the lack of engagement from President Obama’s diverse base of millennials and nonwhite voters—despite the presence of the deeply-divisive Donald Trump in the race. Polling suggests the race is highly competitive, driven by Trump’s supporters saying they’re more likely to show up at the polls than Hillary Clinton’s. And the main reason Clinton finds herself in trouble is that she doesn’t appeal to many of the same voters who flocked to back Obama in 2008 and 2012.
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