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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 177 - Hillary Coughs Up A Lung, Her Polling Lead

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News, News Commentary

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Hillary's falling apart in the polls, she's got the black lung, and Barack Obama loves Colin Kaepernick! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On Tuesday, CNN ORC released a new poll that could be a game changer for Donald Trump if the poll isn't an outlier.

0:06.2

It shows Trump up 45% to 43% over Hillary.

0:10.2

Now, obviously, if that holds up, he'd be winning, but there's something even more significant in this poll than prior polls showing him up slightly over Hillary.

0:17.1

It shows him breaking what appears to be this 41% ceiling I talk about a lot.

0:20.6

Trump hadn't broken 41% ceiling I talk about a lot.

0:26.9

Trump hadn't broken 41% since one Monmouth poll in July, in that one he was losing 45 to 43.

0:36.7

Before that, since May, Trump's biggest problem in this election cycle has been his total inability to translate Hillary's wild unpopularity into his own popularity.

0:38.9

He's been stuck in the polls. Every time the polls narrow, it's only because Hillary has been unable to boost her favorability rating. She'll drop from

0:43.1

like 47 to 41. If Trump is truly stuck below 42, he can't win the election. He and Hillary will be

0:49.3

splitting about 90% of the vote, assume the other 10% goes to Gary Johnson and Joel Stein,

0:54.9

meaning that if he's stuck at 42, she beats him 48 to 42. But if he's moving above 42%, the race is an entirely

1:00.5

new ball game. There's more stunning information in this poll, too. Trump's favorability ratings

1:04.9

are higher than Clinton's, 45 to 42. Fully 16% of Americans label immigration, their top

1:10.3

concern in the election.

1:11.6

About 20% say the economy.

1:13.1

Trump is leading on the economy slightly behind on immigration.

1:15.8

Trump is beating Hillary on the economy 56 to 41.

1:18.8

He's seen as more trustworthy by 50% of the public.

1:21.5

Only 35% think Hillary's trustworthy.

1:24.0

He's seen as more strong and decisive than she is by margin of 50 to 42. The male gender

1:28.6

gap is worse for Hillary, 52 to 32 for Trump. Then the female gender gap is good for her, 52 to 38

1:35.3

for her. Trump's defeating Hillary among independents by 20%. These are terrible, terrible numbers for

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