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The Conversation with Dasha Burns

Why Trump is gaining on Clinton

The Conversation with Dasha Burns

POLITICO

Politics, News, Government

4.01.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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POLITICO’s Kristin Roberts, Charlie Mahtesian, Scott Bland and Hadas Gold geek out over the race to the White House with segments on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's tie in a recent New York Times/CBS poll, Clinton's unfavorability numbers, the Trump VP stakes and why Trump is suing former aide Sam Nunberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and It's Thursday, July 14th, and I'm Kristen Roberts National Editor.

0:19.2

Here are the numbers that matter this week.

0:21.2

Zero.

0:22.2

That's the amount separating Donald Trump

0:24.0

and Hillary Clinton in the latest poll. 67, the percentage of American voters who

0:29.4

think Clinton is untrustworthy. 10 million, the amounts of money Trump is seeking from a

0:35.1

former aid in a case about violating a non-disclosure agreement, and five. In

0:40.4

major Senate battlegrounds, GOP Senate margins are on average five points better than

0:44.7

Trumps.

0:45.7

So grab your calculators and enjoy the 2016 Nurdcast.

0:48.7

All right, everybody.

0:51.9

Hello to Charlie Matessian, senior politics editor,

0:54.6

my favorite guy from Philly.

0:56.1

Hi Kristen.

0:56.9

Hello to Hadass Gold, who is everyone's favorite media reporter.

1:00.1

Hello.

1:01.1

And to Scott Land, who is both the editor of Campaign Pro and always the smartest person in the room.

1:06.5

Hello, pad people.

1:07.5

All right, guys, before we launch into these numbers, we're going to do something new.

1:11.4

We're going to hear directly from one of our listeners. So many of

1:14.9

our listeners have sent us emails with comments and certainly criticisms and we read this

1:19.9

stuff and it matters to us. So if you have a question or a comment send it to

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