Sunday, October 16, 2016

22 Days Till Election Day: New polls from Arizona, Nevada, Montana

STATE POLLING

New polls today from Arizona (Clinton +1), Nevada (Clinton +6), and Montana (Trump +10).

Clinton continues to chip away at Trump's lead in Arizona while slowly expanding her lead in Nevada. Montana stays solidly red, but even then not by numbers that Romney had in 2012.

Currently, Clinton has a projected overall lead of 340 to 198. Here are the current averages from the battleground states:

Likely Republican

Utah: Trump up by 6.4%
Nebraska (CD2): Trump up by 6%
Texas: Trump up by 5.9%
Maine (CD2): Trump up by 5.3%
Georgia: Trump up by 5.2%

Leaning Republican

Iowa: Trump up by 3.3%
Arizona: Trump up by 1.3%

Leaning Democrat

Florida: Clinton up by 2.6%
North Carolina: Clinton up by 2.9%
Nevada: Clinton up by 3%
New Hampshire: Clinton up by 3.3%
Ohio: Clinton up by 3.5%

Likely Democrat

Colorado: Clinton up by 4.2%
Minnesota: Clinton up by 6%
New Mexico: Clinton up by 6%
Wisconsin: Clinton up by 6.3%
Virginia: Clinton up by 6.3%

Here are the State Polling Averages for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

NATIONAL POLLING

New poll today from ABC News/Washington Post that has Clinton up by 4%, leading Trump 47% to 42%, with Johnson at 5%, and Stein at 2%.

The current composite polling average in a four-candidate field has Clinton leading Trump by 6.9%.

TOP POLITICAL HEADLINES

Associated Press -- Trump's latest unfounded charge has Clinton on drugs

Donald Trump's latest unsubstantiated salvo against rival Hillary Clinton charges she might have been on drugs during their last debate and challenges her to join him in undergoing a pre-debate drug test ahead of their third and final clash.

CNN -- WikiLeaks releases transcripts of Clinton Goldman Sachs speeches

WikiLeaks released Saturday what appear to be transcripts of Hillary Clinton's three paid speeches to financial heavyweight Goldman Sachs.

Fox News -- Trump campaign fights back against allegation of candidate's sexual misconduct 

The Donald Trump campaign is fighting back against allegations that Trump has sexually mistreated women -- dismissing accusations as “phony,” attacking the news media that publishes them and providing a purported eyewitness to at least one alleged incident.

Politico -- Fears mount on Trump's 'rigged election' rhetoric

No one knows how to handle what might be about to hit on Nov. 9. Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to lose on Nov. 8, refuse to concede the election, and teeter the country into an unprecedented crisis of faith in government.

The Hill -- Speaker Ryan tries new Trump strategy: Ignore him

 Both Ryan allies and even some Trump surrogates are urging the Speaker to avoid the incendiary GOP nominee and steer clear of the kind of unhelpful, intraparty warfare Republicans saw break out between the two men last week.

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