{"id":45286,"date":"2016-08-07T07:28:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T11:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=45286"},"modified":"2016-08-07T07:28:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T11:28:28","slug":"reuters-baffled-as-clintons-lead-over-trump-suddenly-evaporates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=45286","title":{"rendered":"Reuters Baffled As Clinton’s Lead Over Trump Suddenly Evaporates"},"content":{"rendered":"

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

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We’re gonna need another polling methodology ‘tweak’…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Having seen her poll numbers suddenly explode higher (and Trump’s collapse) following Reuters’ decision to tweak its polling methodology,<\/a> it appears we just witnessed ‘Peak Hillary’ as Reuters reports<\/a> Clinton’s lead over Trump has tumbled back to just 3 points<\/strong> (the poll had a credibility interval of plus or minus 3 percentage points)<\/em> meaning, as Reuters is forced to admit, that the results suggest the race is roughly even<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s lead over Republican rival Donald Trump narrowed to less than 3 percentage points, <\/strong>according to a Reuters\/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday, down from nearly eight points on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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About 42 percent of likely voters favored Clinton, to Trump’s 39 percent, <\/strong>according to the July 31-Aug. 4 online poll of 1,154 likely voters. The poll had a credibility interval of plus or minus 3 percentage points, meaning that the results suggest the race is roughly even. <\/strong>Among registered voters over the same period, Clinton held a lead of five percentage points, down from eight percentage points on Monday, according to the poll.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reuters tweaked data shows Hillary’s lead has peaked…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reuters subtly points out the folly of their survey respondents<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

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Clinton had pulled well ahead of Trump on the heels of the Democratic National Convention last week, <\/strong>where she became the first woman to accept the U.S. presidential nomination from a major political party.<\/p>\n

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Since then, Trump has engaged in a days-long feud with the family of an American soldier killed in Iraq and squabbled with the Republican leadership over his comments and leadership turmoil within his campaign.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But as RealClearPolitics’ aggregated data shows,<\/a> the swings are dramatic to say the least…<\/p>\n

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The noise in these polling numbers is incredible and prompted MishTalk’s Mike Shedlock<\/strong><\/em><\/a> to take a caustic look at the prognostications of the web’s forecasters… Peter Atwater, President of Financial Insyghts and Author of Moods and Markets<\/em> asked an interesting question today: \u201cHave we reached peak Hillary yet<\/em>?\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In Atwater\u2019s tweet, he posted a flashback to this January 2014 Time Magazine<\/em> cover.<\/p>\n

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The answer to the question \u201cCan anyone stop Hillary?\u201d is pretty obvious: Yes, Trump can easily win if he can ever learn to control his mouth (a recession hits or some dirt that matters comes out on Hillary that matters).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ridiculous Forecasts<\/strong><\/u><\/h3>\n

I watch with amusement as Nate Silver posts his ridiculous forecasts on the Presidential Election Odds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Rest assured, Hillary does not have a 79% chance of winning.<\/p>\n

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Pure Idiocy<\/strong><\/p>\n