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kleinbl00  ·  2975 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Donald Trump's campaign for U.S. President died today.

What it says is that the undecided voters are falling in the Clinton camp, and that Clinton has a strong lead in the polls. If all the votes fell 50/50 Democrat/Republican at this point, Clinton would still have about a 5% majority. If all the votes fell third party at this point, Clinton would still have about a 5% majority.

About fifteen percent of the electorate is undecided at this point. Clinton has about a 5 point lead. Trump has to pull in undecided voters by a two to one margin in order to make the election close.

That would require an impressive turnabout of public sentiment at this point.

Also consider: this clip has existed since 2005. It's been in somebody's Avid for ten years. And there's a debate day after tomorrow. Who the hell runs this shit on a Friday afternoon...

...unless you're trying to make the whole Alicia Machado gambit look like a warmup act?

The debate is going to be interesting.