Updated Electoral Forecast: Trump Finally Reverses the Electoral Trend; Clinton Still with Significant Lead

Hillary Clinton had a great run from an Electoral perspective between 7/13, when she had a 44 point lead to 8/23 where she grew her lead to 144.  Donald Trump has finally reversed that trend thanks to polls from AZ, NC, and FL.

7 polls were released since the last update with 5 of them impacting the forecast, all in Trump’s favor:

  • Two FL polls (Trump +2, Clinton +2)  move state from likely D to lean D (prior poll Clinton +9)
  • Two NC polls (tie and Clinton +2) move state from lean D to tossup
  • AZ Poll Trump +7 moves state from tossup to likely R

The above polls moved the forecast from 341-197 to the current 328-210, a 26 point decrease in the lead from 144 to 118.

Other polls in the period:

  • Initial poll for NM Clinton +9 confirms state as solid D
  • MI Poll Clinton +7 confirms state as solid D

With the removal of AZ and addition of NC to the list of tossups, we are still at 4::

  • GA
  • IA
  • NC
  • NV

Many once thoughts to be tossup states currently have Clinton in front including:

  • CO
  • FL
  • NH
  • OH
  • PA
  • VA
  • WI

The above are the states Trump needs to swing back in order to win.

Here’s a trend of the forecast:

electoral trend 8-28-16

 

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