STATE POLLING
Ipsos just dropped a batch of new polls from Texas (Trump +13), Ohio (Clinton +6), California (Clinton +36), New York (Clinton +22), Pennsylvania (Clinton +7) , Illinois (Clinton +27) and Florida (Clinton +7).
With the exception of Texas, this is devastating news for the Trump campaign, which had built its election strategy around breaking the Democrats hold on the "Rust Belt" states with a blue collar populist message. Combined with Florida, this was what they believed would win them the White House.
Unfortunately for their plans, that strategy is simply not working. Clinton is leading in Ohio and Pennsylvania (along with Michigan) and building her lead in Florida. Add in insurmountable leads in California, Illinois and New York, and with just 70 days to go, things are not looking good for Trump. His last remaining hope to reset the campaign and turn things around are the upcoming presidential debates.
Currently, Clinton has a 260 to 145 "safe" electoral lead over Trump with a projected overall lead of 334 to 176 with 28 too close to call.
Here are the current averages from the battleground states:
Leaning Republican
South Carolina: Trump up by 4.7%
Missouri: Trump up by 3.2%
Arizona: Trump up by 2.8%
Maine (CD2): Trump up by 1%
Virtually Tied
Georgia: Trump up by 0.6%
Iowa: Trump up by 0.2%
Nevada: Clinton up by 0.7%
Leaning Democrat
North Carolina: Clinton up by 1.6%
Ohio: Clinton up by 3.3%
Florida: Clinton up by 3.6%
New Mexico: Clinton up by 5.3%
Connecticut: Clinton up by 5.8%
Here are the State Polling Averages for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
NATIONAL POLLING
No new national polls today.
The current composite polling average in a four-candidate field has Clinton leading Trump by 5%.
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