BREAKING New NBC/SURVEY MONKEY POLL -Good News

[helpisontheway]

Hillary 50%
Trump 45%

[helpisontheway]

1. They tried to destroy her for a few weeks but

She is still standing!

[MoonRiver]

11. and kicking!

[MFM008]

2. every good point counts

and as Giles Corey yelled to the witch finders...put more on the pile....
i dont know.... its late....

[theglammistress]

5. "More Weight"

H/T for referencing Salem. A great parallel to this election.

This election is exhausting. Glad to see this poll this morning.

[randome]

3. Wait. Monkeys get to vote now? What did I miss?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Where do uncaptured mouse clicks go?[/center][/font][hr]

[awake]

4. Why not there is a monkey running for office

[sarae]

17. good point!

[Wounded Bear]

25. Not a monkey....orangutan....;) nt

[Motley13]

27. orangutans have better hair

[Wounded Bear]

29. Oh, snap!

You got me there.

[awake]

33. I wanted to say "orangutan" but did not know how to spell it

and orangutans are more dignified than Trump where as monkeys better fit Trump's temperament since they seem to be easily distracted like him.

[underpants]

6. Looks like we survived the stumble*

* knocks on wood

[OnDoutside]

7. Thanks for putting "Good News" in the title ! That's the kind of spolier I like :)

[Vinca]

8. Ah . . . a day with normal blood pressure.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. I thought we were supposed to be ignoring the polls.

[Jon King]

10. Weeellll...

Sort of. I tend to ignore the polls that show positives for Trump simply because its scary to think my kids and I might be surrounded by lunatics!!

[NBachers]

13. Hopefully, you're less surrounded by them here on Democratic Underground. Welcome, Jon King!

[Jon King]

14. Thank you!

Yes, its good to find some sane folks!

[alcibiades_mystery]

23. Why you mad tho?

[Wounded Bear]

26. Not ignore completely....

But it pays to maintain some perspective and not worry too much about individual data points. Maintain a higher perspective, so to speak. It's the trends we need to watch and push.

But of course, we can't get to an upward trend without a first rising data point. So, yeah, good news.

[Proud liberal 80]

12. Also good news

The pro Trump LA Times poll went from +7 to +5 Trump in one day.

[leftynyc]

15. I don't know a lot about that poll

(other than its obvious pro-don the con bent). Is it a rolling average? If so, a big day for donnie fell off or a big bump for Hillary is showing up. Do they break that out?

[Proud liberal 80]

18. Here is the link

http://graphics.latimes.com/usc-presidential-poll-dashboard/#about

[leftynyc]

19. Thanks for the link

Some of the numbers on there look VERY suspicious to me. Hillary with only a 7% lead among women (ridiculous), don the con getting 32% of Hispanic vote (not happening). I'm also not sure of that methodology - asking the same people over and over again? Has any other poll ever been conducted this way?

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Subliminal Credibility Gap

Until he promises to import eastern European Trophy Wives for all divorced white men, Trump is going to struggle. He has to convince voters he wants it for them, and not just for himself.

[Wounded Bear]

28. I could use one of those....

But I won't sell my vote for her.

[Agschmid]

20. Kick.

[Helen Borg]

21. We'll see how 538 updates their numbers based on this...

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

[Farmgirl1961]

30. Yuck , so far no improvement on 538

What gives? Why are his numbers so much lower?

[demmiblue]

31. Chance of winning: Clinton 58.9% vs. Trump 41.1% as of an hour ago.

Her chances actually went down a smidge. Weird.

[Farmgirl1961]

35. Ticked back up to 59.3, but I would sure like to see her back up to those mid 60's

Or higher!

[Farmgirl1961]

38. Nate has her down to 56.3%

What the f*ck is going on?

[adigal]

22. That it is even close shows what a reality show our nation has become

We are a nation of idiots - present company excepted.

[democrattotheend]

24. Positive movement in the LA Times tracker too

Trump still leads but he's at +5 now compared to +7 yesterday. I don't think that poll is very good but even crappy polls can be useful in terms of showing movement.

I will feel better in a few days if things are still going back in her favor despite the events of the past weekend.

[C_U_L8R]

32. We're stronger together !

Yes indeed. Go Hillary !!!

[Blue Idaho]

34. Good Start...

It's up to all of us to make sure this trend continues!

[triron]

36. Suddenly

Sam Wang drops HRC to 81% Bayesian!? Anyone have any idea? Could not figure it out. Link is http://election.princeton.edu/

[napkinz]

37. K&R