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Why the Republican Party isn’t worried about how many field offices it has

What incensed the people running the Republican Party’s field effort following an article I wrote last week is less that I disparaged the phrase “offices don’t vote, people do” and more that I suggested the party had a “weak” ground game. I can state that they took issue with that description because they told me so — and were then gracious enough to explain why they think I got it wrong.

OK, before I say anything, a quick disclaimer: This piece is not a prediction. In fact, I’m a religious (maybe fanatical) adherent of FiveThirtyEight’s 2016 election forecast model, which I find to be both methodologically rigorous and intellectually honest. I don’t dispute its assessment that Hillary Clinton has a 63 or 64 percent chance of winning the election.

Hillary Clinton faces dilemma following ‘deplorables’ remark

Hillary Clinton faces a major dilemma in the wake of her controversial “basket of deplorables” comment: keep hammering Donald Trump on race or pivot to other issues.

New Hampshire Union Leader endorses Johnson for president

The New Hampshire Union Leader endorsed Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson for president, breaking a 100-year tradition of backing Republicans.

An editorial written by Joseph W. McQuaid, the paper’s publisher, slammed both major party’s nominees.

A series of polls released today show the gap is narrowing between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, both nationally and in surveys of the key battleground states of Florida and Ohio.

A Quinnipiac poll of likely voters shows Clinton with 48 percent support nationally compared to Trump’s 43 percent. The poll marks a tightening from late August when Quinnipiac showed the margin as 51-41 in favor of Clinton.

Hillary Clinton‘s comment last week saying that half of Donald Trump’s supporters were “deplorables… racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic — you name it,” has become a significant risk not only to her, but to her rival as well, at least according to CBS:

Political risk for all in Trump-Clinton “deplorables” debate

Trump and his allies across the country insisted Tuesday that the Democratic presidential nominee’s comments reflect an out-of-touch elitist who looks down on working-class voters, akin to 2012 GOP nominee Mitt ... Read More >>

Republicans have gained ground on Democrats in registering voters in three battleground states and kept their razor-thin advantage in Iowa - encouraging news for Donald Trump eight weeks before Election Day.

Republicans added hundreds of thousands of voters to the rolls since 2012 in states including Florida and Arizona, and narrowed the gap in North Carolina, according to data compiled by The Associated Press.