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riversedge

(70,239 posts) Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:26 PM Oct 2016

Jaws Drop After Shocking Poll Shows Texas Is Now A Tossup State For Hillary Clinton

Source: politicususa

Jaws Drop After Shocking Poll Shows Texas Is Now A Tossup State For Hillary Clinton

By Jason Easley on Tue, Oct 18th, 2016 at 1:31 pm

A SurveyMonkey/Washington Post poll of 15 battleground states has some stunning news for Republicans. Hillary Clinton is within 2 points of Donald Trump as Texas has become a tossup.
Jaws Drop After Shocking Poll Shows Texas Is Now A Tossup State For Hillary Clinton

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Republicans are not only losing Georgia, but they are also in danger of losing deep red Texas. If Republicans lose Texas, it will represent a total Trump led collapse for the GOP. This is the second poll in four days to reveal that Hillary Clinton is within striking distance of turning Texas blue.

The overall pattern of the map is clear...........................

Read more: http://www.politicususa.com/2016/10/18/jaws-drop-shocking-poll-shows-texas-tossup-state-hillary-clinton.html

Just hold steady Hillary--as you have been. 3 weeks is a LONG time but so many have your back!!

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Jaws Drop After Shocking Poll Shows Texas Is Now A Tossup State For Hillary Clinton (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2016 OP

Morning Joe will ignore everything else Proud liberal 80 Oct 2016 #1

Nice work, Trump. christx30 Oct 2016 #2

They never would have believed these #'s 6 momths ago... misterhighwasted Oct 2016 #3

Its not wierd as they are solely focused on the state level offices and cstanleytech Oct 2016 #14

You cant gerrymander the Senate. padfun Oct 2016 #17

Gerrymandering can cause problems there to cstanleytech Oct 2016 #22

Are these numbers in Fla outliers? cry baby Oct 2016 #4

There and Nevada, which suggests this poll is weighted toward the GOP Warpy Oct 2016 #6

I'm in Texas and would be thrilled with a win here, cry baby Oct 2016 #9

And Nevada? LisaL Oct 2016 #7

My thoughts exactly. nt cry baby Oct 2016 #10

Holy shit! Texans here last spring said Texas was starting to change Warpy Oct 2016 #5

The Wendy Davis campaign revitalized many of the GOTV networks long since abandoned Major Nikon Oct 2016 #16

Jaws drop AngryAmish Oct 2016 #8

Texas has a lot of Hispanics. LisaL Oct 2016 #11

Meanwhile, Ohio has very few. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #13

Very true. LisaL Oct 2016 #24

Over 1 Million newly registered voters in TX since 2012 TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #27

and a lot of people in the big cities who moved there from blue states dalton99 Oct 2016 #29

Texas owes us (The rest of the U.S.A.) a lot packman Oct 2016 #15

This Poll videohead5 Oct 2016 #18

University of Houston Poll: Trump & Clinton tied in Texas Coyotl Oct 2016 #19

She was up 11 in CO last week. mountain grammy Oct 2016 #20

When I moved to Texas, it was blue... CapnSteve Oct 2016 #21

What the hell is wrong with Iowa? McCamy Taylor Oct 2016 #23

Branstad, Ernst, King dalton99 Oct 2016 #28

Disaffected blue collar white people who otherwise vote Dem defecting to Trump, I think. Odin2005 Oct 2016 #31

As a Texan, I am very happy Gothmog Oct 2016 #25

TX usually has very low voter turnout. LisaL Oct 2016 #26

OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE LET US WIN TEXAS! Odin2005 Oct 2016 #30

Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)

1. Morning Joe will ignore everything else

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:34 PM

Oct 2016

And focus on trump leading in Florida, Ohio, Nevada, and Iowa

christx30

(6,241 posts)

2. Nice work, Trump.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:35 PM

Oct 2016

You took a state that has been solidly red for the past 40 years, and through your hate and racism and just generally youness, and turned it purple. Way to go. Keep up the great work. Thanks for campaigning so hard for Hillary, being the Goofus to her Gallant.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)

3. They never would have believed these #'s 6 momths ago...

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:44 PM

Oct 2016

They would have laughed in the Dems face.

The thing is, as close as it is now, I see NO attempt to save themselves.
Nothing.

Its weird.

cstanleytech

(26,293 posts)

14. Its not wierd as they are solely focused on the state level offices and

Reply to misterhighwasted (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:07 PM

Oct 2016

the House and their plan is to try and consolidate more state level offices as then they can gerrymander more districts and with enough gerrymandering they figure they can retake the Senate back and maybe even the Whitehouse in 4 years.
The best way we can stop them with this plan is by taking more of the state level offices from them, if we can get back control there then we pass laws tough laws to ban them from ever being able to gerrymander the districts again.

padfun

(1,786 posts)

17. You cant gerrymander the Senate.

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #14)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:49 PM

Oct 2016

It's just two per state. That's it.

cstanleytech

(26,293 posts)

22. Gerrymandering can cause problems there to

Reply to padfun (Reply #17)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 11:49 PM

Oct 2016

if the state officials pass voter ID laws that make it difficult for people to even vote.

cry baby

(6,682 posts)

4. Are these numbers in Fla outliers?

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:44 PM

Oct 2016

I thought Hillary was ahead there.

Warpy

(111,267 posts)

6. There and Nevada, which suggests this poll is weighted toward the GOP

Reply to cry baby (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:47 PM

Oct 2016

Offhand, I'd say a lot of states will be upsets with razor thin margins for either.

cry baby

(6,682 posts)

9. I'm in Texas and would be thrilled with a win here,

Reply to Warpy (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:51 PM

Oct 2016

but I want a win for Hillary in Fla (and of course, every state we can get) to run up the electoral numbers. This needs to be a blowout!

LisaL

(44,973 posts)

7. And Nevada?

Reply to cry baby (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:47 PM

Oct 2016

cry baby

(6,682 posts)

10. My thoughts exactly. nt

Reply to LisaL (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:52 PM

Oct 2016

Warpy

(111,267 posts)

5. Holy shit! Texans here last spring said Texas was starting to change

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:45 PM

Oct 2016

but I didn't think they'd pull it off this quickly. Of course they do hate New Yorkers down south and out west.

If I had a hat, I'd feel obligated to eat it.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

16. The Wendy Davis campaign revitalized many of the GOTV networks long since abandoned

Reply to Warpy (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:10 PM

Oct 2016

I think if HRC had spent money here earlier on, Texas would be much more in play.

Demographics in Texas are changing more rapidly than in most states. It's only a matter of time before Texas goes blue whether or not it happens in this election.

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)

8. Jaws drop

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:51 PM

Oct 2016

LisaL

(44,973 posts)

11. Texas has a lot of Hispanics.

Reply to AngryAmish (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:54 PM

Oct 2016

Obviously not a group that is likely to vote for Trump.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)

13. Meanwhile, Ohio has very few.

Reply to LisaL (Reply #11)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 09:57 PM

Oct 2016

Damn, I want to sit with the cool kids!

Thrilled by the prospect of a Texas victory, nonetheless!

LisaL

(44,973 posts)

24. Very true.

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Reply #13)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 12:26 AM

Oct 2016

TexasBushwhacker

(20,192 posts)

27. Over 1 Million newly registered voters in TX since 2012

Reply to LisaL (Reply #11)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 06:43 AM

Oct 2016

I would think that new registrants would be likely voters and many are hispanics. Trump has been great for getting latinos to register.

dalton99

(781 posts)

29. and a lot of people in the big cities who moved there from blue states

Reply to LisaL (Reply #11)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 08:12 AM

Oct 2016

packman

(16,296 posts)

15. Texas owes us (The rest of the U.S.A.) a lot

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:08 PM

Oct 2016

and its about time they got on the right side of history

videohead5

(2,175 posts)

18. This Poll

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:53 PM

Oct 2016

Looks strange to me.for one Hillary is not 4 points up in Georgia and I'm pretty sure she's leading in Florida and Nevada.

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)

19. University of Houston Poll: Trump & Clinton tied in Texas

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 11:01 PM

Oct 2016

Poll: Trump & Clinton tied in Texas
KVUE 5:08 PM. CDT October 18, 2016

AUSTIN - A new poll from the University of Houston may have Texas Republicans more nervous heading into a presidential election than they have in decades.

According to the University of Houston poll, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has support from 41 percent of the state’s likely voters to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s 38 percent support in the state. Given the poll’s margin of error of +/- 3 percent, the presidential race in Texas is a statistical tie.

Past the top two candidates, the poll found that 3 percent of Texans won’t choose either Clinton or Trump and 11 percent of the voters said they still don’t know who they will vote for on Nov. 8. The high number of undecided voters leaves both candidates with plenty of work to do in the state to sure up a win.

The UH poll comes just days after TEGNA released results from its Survey USA poll in Texas that showed Trump with a four-point lead in the Lone Star State over Clinton. The TEGNA poll also was a statistical tie because it was inside the poll’s margin of error of four points.

According to the UH poll, the independent voters will make the ultimate call on Election Day. The poll found 29 percent of independent voters in Texas were still undecided .......

mountain grammy

(26,622 posts)

20. She was up 11 in CO last week.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 11:21 PM

Oct 2016

Trump's running a lot of ads. Scary. Ballots mailed yesterday. I still can't believe it's this close. I'll never understand it. Eight years of competence and improvement and Americans allow themselves to be conned by a scam artist.