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Trump Isn’t Teflon - Nate Silver
Five things to keep in mind as the latest accusations against him shake up the race.
A series of women have accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting them. Trump has denied the claims. But given the number of accusers and the release of a tape last week that showed Trump bragging about actions similar to the ones the women described, the stories are likely to be a problem for his campaign.
We’re 26 days away from the election, so I wanted to advance a series of simple propositions about how the allegations might affect Trump’s prospects. If this stuff sounds familiar, it probably should, since it’s similar to the analysis I did after the release of the tape last week.
Read on for the five propositions
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-isnt-teflon/
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