PG67: The Polls Tighten, Trump’s Policies, and Some Good Economic News

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week, Mike and Jay start by looking at the tightening polls in the presidential race. While they both think Hillary Clinton will still win, it’s becoming easier and easier to construct realistic scenarios of not just a Trump presidency, but of a Trump presidency with Republicans in control of both the House and the … Continue reading "PG67: The Polls Tighten, Trump’s Policies, and Some Good Economic News"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.0	Welcome to the politics guys. I'm Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
0:59.3	My co-host this week, as always, is Cleveland Area Attorney and sometime Republican strategist, Jay Carson.
1:03.5	We start off this week with good news for Donald Trump supporters.
1:08.4	The polls, which started the Titan over the last few weeks, have tightened up even more.
1:12.5	And not just nationally, where Clinton's lead is now only around two points.
1:20.2	In the two most electoral vote-rich swing states, things are starting to look very interesting.
1:29.5	For instance, in Ohio, which has 18 electoral votes, Trump is now up an average of 1.5 points in the polling averages, and he's down only two-tenths of a point in Florida, which has 29 electoral votes. The 538.com election forecast,
1:37.0	which is my personal go-to forecast, now gives Donald Trump a 40.1% chance of becoming the next
1:43.8	president.
1:45.0	And not only that, but things are also starting to sour for Democrats hoping to take
1:49.1	the Senate. The New York Times Senate election forecast, which less than a month ago gave the
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