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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum**New YouGov poll Hillary: 43, Trump: 41.
(Post-RNC convention was Trump 42, Hillary 41)
So a 3-point turnaround in this particular poll.
No link, because I just saw it on MSNBC.
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**New YouGov poll Hillary: 43, Trump: 41. (Original Post)
piechartking
Jul 2016
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. National polls are pointless until after labor day.
Major election predictors have her winning, which takes this fact in account.

still_one
(98,883 posts)3. I definitely agree with you on National Polls, but not just before labor day. It will be state polls
that will represent the actually picture of the election
In my view National polls do not adequately reflect the electoral college, where more populated states have greater impact than less populated states
DemocratSinceBirth
(101,705 posts)2. It is a 11 state Battleground Poll
