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Presidential Debate: What to Watch For
Much can happen in politics over three weeks, and this election has been full of surprises. But by lashing out at the news media; criticizing Speaker Paul D. Ryan, his party’s highest-ranking official; and claiming without evidence that the electoral system is “rigged,” Mr. Trump appears less intent on finding a path to victory than on grasping for scapegoats to explain away an eventual loss.
Read More >>How low can Trump go in the polls?
Polls conducted since the first presidential debate last month put Donald Trump on a pace to earn a smaller percentage of the vote than any major-party nominee in at least 20 years.
In matchups that include third-party candidates, Trump is winning, on average, 39.6 percent of the vote compared to 46.2 percent for Hillary Clinton in the dozen national polls using live-telephone interviewers conducted since September 26.
Read More >>Clinton expected to play it safe at final debate
Hillary Clinton has a simple strategy for Wednesday’s presidential debate: Do no harm.
Like a football team up by double digits with time running out, Clinton doesn’t want to do anything that would let her opponent, Republican Donald Trump, back into the game.
Read More >>Trump Misses Benchmarks, Is Running Out of Time
Can Donald Trump catch up to Hillary Clinton in the polls before Election Day?
I’ve asked that question a few times over the past couple months, and for much of August and September the answer has been a qualified yes. But recent events — a bad performance at the first presidential debate, the release of an interview showing Trump making lewd comments about women, and a middling second debate performance, to name a few — have widened Clinton’s lead.
Read More >>GOP sources: Trump still competing in Virginia
After seeing reports last week that his campaign was pulling out of Virginia, Donald Trump picked up the phone and called his Virginia state director Mike Rubino to deliver a very clear message: he will not withdraw, and will give Rubino whatever resources needed to win the Old Dominion.
CBS poll: Clinton’s lead over Trump widens with three weeks to go
Following the second presidential debate and controversies surrounding both campaigns, Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump has expanded to nine points now nationally. Forty-seven percent of likely voters support or lean towards Clinton, while 38 percent support Trump. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson gets 8 percent of likely voters, while Green Party candidate Jill Stein receives 3 percent of the vote. Two weeks ago, Clinton’s lead was four points.
Read More >>Has Trump hit his ceiling?
With three weeks and one day until election day (though with early voting, that term seems less and less relevant), poll analysis posted at The Washington Post suggests that Donald Trump may not be able to add to his already lackluster numbers:
Trump has reached his ceiling, with little or no room to grow
On the surface, the Republican nominee is surprisingly close to Hillary Clinton in the Washington Post/ABC News survey. He trails by just 4 points, 50 percent to 46 ... Read More >>