By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--October 24, 2016
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gained on his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton among American voters this week, cutting her lead nearly in half, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling released on Friday.
The polling data showed Trump's argument that the Nov. 8 election is "rigged" against him has resonated with members of his party. "Remember folks, it's a rigged system," Trump told a Pennsylvania rally on Friday. "That's why you've got to get out and vote, you've got to watch. Because this system is totally rigged." Clinton led Trump 44 percent to 40 percent, according to the Oct. 14-20 Reuters/Ipsos poll, a 4-point lead. That compared with 44 percent for Clinton and 37 percent for Trump in the Oct. 7-13 poll released last week. An average of national opinion polls by RealClearPolitics shows Clinton 6.2 percentage points ahead at 48.1 percent support to Trump's 41.9 percent.One thing you should know about the RCP average is that it usually includes polls over the past 10 to 14 days. So a poll taken two weeks ago will count just as much in the RCP average as one taken today, and that obviously means the older polls will skew the picture because they don't take into account what's developed in the campaign in more recent days. That can actually be a useful factor in some cases, because a blip of the moment might not accurately reflect the real state of the race.
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