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Clinton Super-PAC Going Dark in Colorado and Pennsylvania
The pro-Clinton super-PAC Priorities USA is suspending TV advertising in Virginia, Colorado and Pennsylvania until at least the end of September, according to a person familiar with the group’s plans.
After scheduling airtime in Colorado and Pennsylvania, the super-PAC has decided to go off the air in Colorado and Pennsylvania until at least the 20th of September, the person said.
Read More >>Pollsters: Trump approaching zero hour
No candidate in Donald Trump’s position at this stage of the campaign has gone on to win the popular vote in November in the modern polling era.
That’s the sobering news confronting the Trump campaign as it seeks to rebound from his recent slump.
Read More >>Election Update: 10 Big Questions About The Election, Revisited
There weren’t a lot of polls published over the weekend, but the ones we saw didn’t have a lot of good news for Donald Trump. Instead, Hillary Clinton maintains a national lead of about 8 percentage points, and Trump’s chances of winning the election are down to 11 percent in our polls-only model — his low point of the year — and 21 percent according to polls-plus.
Read More >>Clinton Surges Past 270 Electoral Votes in NBC News Battleground Map
After releasing our seven battleground-state polls last week — and seeing several other state surveys — we’ve update our NBC battleground map. The states in Hillary Clinton’s column now add up to 288 electoral votes, which exceeds the 270 needed to win the presidency. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is at 174 electoral votes, and an additional 76 are in the Tossup category. Our last map, back in July, showed Clinton with a 255-190 advantage — so Clinton’s tally has gone up since the conventions, while Trump’s has declined.
Read More >>Clinton hasn’t wrapped it up yet
Hillary Clinton seems well-positioned to win in November, but an insightful article in The Hill this morning suggests there are still several things that could go wrong for her.
Five things that could still go wrong for Hillary Clinton
The three presidential debates offer Trump his biggest chance to reset the race.
Clinton cannot win the expectations game in advance of the first clash, which will be held at Hofstra University on September 26. The former secretary of State is a formidable debater who ... Read More >>
Five things that could still go wrong for Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton shouldn’t start preparing her inaugural address just yet.
There are plenty of things that could trip up her campaign between now and Election Day, even if polls increasingly suggest she is on track to beat Donald Trump in a landslide.
Read More >>Democrats see chance to reshape map as Trump stumbles
In a less volatile election cycle, the notion that Democrats would be on offense in red states like Utah, Arizona and Georgia would suggest the presidential race was effectively over.