Clinton up 6 in POLITICO/Morning Consult national poll

[pnwmom]

Source: Politico

Hillary Clinton has opened up a six-point lead over Donald Trump, erasing the New York billionaire's slim national edge with five weeks until Election Day, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll of likely voters.

Clinton leads Trump 42-36 in the four-way race for the White House. Gary Johnson garnered 9 percent, Jill Stein got 2 percent and 10 percent remain undecided. It's a dramatic bump for Clinton: Trump led by one point before the debate, and in a POLITICO/Morning Consult survey conducted immediately after the debate, Clinton led by four points.

In a head-to-head race between Trump and Clinton, Clinton leads by seven points, 46 percent to 39 percent.

Clinton's lead comes at the tail end of a particularly tough week for Trump. His debate performance was uneven and widely panned by Republicans and Democrats alike. He then spent a few days chiding Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe, for gaining weight nearly two decades ago.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/trump-clinton-poll-politico-morning-consult-229038#ixzz4M1U7TCKg

[PearliePoo2]

1. I'm interested in the so called battleground state polls.

Can we assume individual state polls lag behind but eventually follow the trend of a national poll?
If that is so, then there is a reason for some optimism.

[pnwmom]

2. A new 4-way poll in VA puts her ahead by 7.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/swing-states-2016-election/2016/10/poll-clinton-trump-virginia-229040

[Coolest Ranger]

3. How is she doing in Ohio?

[Coyotl]

4. K & R. The polls are the least of his problems, the crimes and his behavior are his downfall.

[center]
We need a list of Trump's known crimes.

Plus, there's that 400 pound gorilla in the room:

[Ligyron]

5. Anybody else notice a strange lack of polling following the first debate?

Polls were coming out fast and furious Feb, March, May, etc.,back when it was almost meaningless. Poll after poll all the way up til it really matters.

Hmmm

[unc70]

6. Reasonable number of polls since debate

I think there have been a reasonable number of polls since the debate. Remember they couldn't start polling until Tuesday at the earliest, and might have preferred to wait a day or two. Then poll over 2-3 days. Then a day or two to analyze and report. We have seen several national polls, just starting to get the first state polls. I would expect a bunch of polls released before tomorrow's VP debate.