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TexasTowelie

(112,309 posts)
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 07:46 AM Sep 2016

Clinton 46% - Trump 45% !!! (Washington Post/Survey Monkey poll)

We can do this! Make Texas blue again.

At the same time, however, Trump is struggling in places Republicans have won consistently and that he must hold to have any hope of winning. These states include Arizona and Georgia, as well as Texas — the biggest surprise in the 50-state results. The Texas results, which are based on a sample of more than 5,000 people, show a dead heat, with Clinton ahead by one percentage point.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-new-50-state-poll-shows-exactly-why-clinton-holds-the-advantage-over-trump/2016/09/05/13458832-7152-11e6-9705-23e51a2f424d_story.html
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Clinton 46% - Trump 45% !!! (Washington Post/Survey Monkey poll) (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2016 OP
Silly online nonsense poll whatthehey Sep 2016 #1
I don't know much about polling methodology, SusanCalvin Sep 2016 #4
Heard Scott Braddock (Quorum Report) SusanCalvin Sep 2016 #5
Yeah Gothmog Sep 2016 #2
A troubling aspect Arby Sep 2016 #3

whatthehey

(3,660 posts)
1. Silly online nonsense poll
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 08:37 AM
Sep 2016

Same fantasy crap as SC last time. A blue TX is a decade away at least. The old don't spend much time filling out online polls, but they have a much higher turnout in Novembewrs than the tech-savvy kids.

SusanCalvin

(6,592 posts)
5. Heard Scott Braddock (Quorum Report)
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 06:40 AM
Sep 2016

Say this AM that if you dig in it basically says "we did it this way because it was cheap."

Arby

(60 posts)
3. A troubling aspect
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:32 PM
Sep 2016

to this POTUS election is that many (if not most) of the moderate-conservative types choosing to vote for HRC will still be voting for the republican candidates down ticket in congressional, state and local elections. Until more progressives are elected in these down ticket campaigns, moving this country forward will be slow-to no ...

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