Can we bask in today's polls?

[katietornado]

New poll in Utah has:

HRC: 26%
Trump: 26%
McMullin: 22%

New Ohio poll has trump -9%

[MrsAxilla]

Who'S McMullin?

[elleblue]

Oct 12, 2016 9:37:20 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Who'S McMullin?

The dude with the Monster's Inc style campaign logo. link

[katietornado]

Third party. Mormon. Supposed to be the actual conservative for conservatives who can't vote for trump.

[litebright]

Oct 12, 2016 9:37:20 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Who'S McMullin?

A conservative candidate for president. He's a Mormon, too. 

[ESF]

Oct 12, 2016 9:37:20 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Who'S McMullin?

He's a Republican who is on the ballot as an independent in a handful of states. I think he's from Utah and the point to his run is to give Mormons an option to vote for.

[Jalapeñomel]

Negative 9. HAHAHAH!

[ESF]

If Hillary wins Utah, that would be a truly beautiful thing.

[katietornado]

www.google.com/amp/amp.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/10/12/evan_mcmullin_tied_with_trump_and_clinton_in_utah.html?client=safari

Utah, Ohio Polls Are Bad News for Trump in a Bigly Way

Two pieces of bad news for Donald Trump in the polling department:
1. He's tied in Utah with Hillary Clinton and trailed closely by independent candidate Evan McMullin, a Republican (and Mormon BYU grad) who's focused his Trump-protesting independent candidacy on the state. Utah has gone Republican in every presidential election since 1968, but a Salt Lake City polling firm now finds Clinton and Trump tied at 26 percent with McMullin within the margin of error at 22 percent. The Deseret News notes that a majority of voters statewide, and a majority of Mormons in the state, believe Trump should drop out of the race.

2. He's losing to Clinton by 9 points(!) in Ohio in a four-way poll. Trump led Clinton in the state in almost every poll taken in September.
In other words, Trump's two-pronged strategy of:

- Being recorded saying appalling things about women

And

- Feuding in petty fashion with every other high-profile member of his own party

Does not appear to be paying off.

[jojoandleo]

Oct 12, 2016 9:37:20 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Who'S McMullin?

www.deseretnews.com/article/865664606/Poll-Trump-falls-into-tie-with-Clinton-among-Utah-voters.html?pg=all

This article has some info on him.  He apparently entered late and will only be on a few ballots: www.evanmcmullin.com/how_to_vote_for_evan

[newnamesameperson]

Oct 12, 2016 9:42:33 GMT -5 ESF said:

If Hillary wins Utah, that would be a truly beautiful thing.

I have a friend who is going to vote 3rd party in Utah and I consider that a HUGE win. 

She and her friends NEVER would have voted a democrat but since Trump is such a deplorable....

[OscarQ]

I so excited, and so scared. There's so much time left to pull a Lucy / Charlie Brown football moment. Be Nov 8th already!

[isabel]

Oct 12, 2016 9:40:34 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Oct 12, 2016 9:37:20 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Who'S McMullin?

The dude with the Monster's Inc style campaign logo. link

omg lol!

[hocus2]

I checked 538 and utah is still firmly red. Arizona is now a light blue though.

While I'm feeling like Hillary will win the election I expect there will be a resetting back to a closer race as we hit November.

[AAM2012]

I can't wait to see what happens in AZ!!

Those who don't like McCain are likely voting for Hillary.

Those who love McCain likely will not be voting for Trump thanks to his meltdown!

[iammalcolmx]

I won't be happy until I see this election over. I already told my boss I will not be here the day after election day because I will be hungover.

[chedifuen]

Utah will be interesting because they're basically going to split the conservative vote three ways. I wonder if Trump will need to campaign and spend money there?

[OscarQ]

Holy chit! Nowcast has Trump down to 9.2.

ETA:  Nationally, not Utah.  Just to be clear.

[sonrisa]

Oct 12, 2016 9:54:14 GMT -5 hocus2 said:

I checked 538 and utah is still firmly red. Arizona is now a light blue though.

While I'm feeling like Hillary will win the election I expect there will be a resetting back to a closer race as we hit November.

538 has a three candidate model where it looks at Clinton, Trump, and Johnson. If another third party were leading, it wouldn't take that into consideration.

[jojoandleo]

Oct 12, 2016 9:54:14 GMT -5 hocus2 said:

I checked 538 and utah is still firmly red. Arizona is now a light blue though.

While I'm feeling like Hillary will win the election I expect there will be a resetting back to a closer race as we hit November.

Yes. Let's not get excited. EVERYONE NEEDS TO VOTE!

Just remember, if you are voting Trump, though, election date is November 28. Hillary voting is November 8.

[niemand88f]

90% of my coworkers are LDS Republicans and most are saying they have no idea who to vote for, I've been dropping McMullin's name a lot and one said she'll vote for him. I think a few are going to write in Romney too. I don't think they'll quite make it to Hillary but I'll take this minor victory!

[msmerymac]

Third party candidates never do as well in election day as polling shows, so I still expect Trump to win Utah.

[FloFTW]

Early voting started in Ohio today. At the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, there was a line out the door before opening, a marching band playing across the street for people in line, and it's still filled and crazy at lunch hour now. <3

[debatethis]

More on Evan McMullin (via his running mate, Mindy Finn) www.glamour.com/story/meet-the-35-year-old-woman-who-wants-to-be-vice-president

[katietornado]

[NitaX]

Oct 12, 2016 10:04:19 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

I can't wait to see what happens in AZ!!

Those who don't like McCain are likely voting for Hillary.

Those who love McCain likely will not be voting for Trump thanks to his meltdown!

Let me tell you - if McCain fans hear this clip from Steve Schmidt today, Trump is in big trouble. Because, I had chills after listening to Schmidt discuss what hell McCain went through as a POW. 

But, I still can't get happy yet. I'm still worried about this election. I can breathe a little easier, but the turnout needs to be way up. Hopefully, the hate of Trump by black folks will get us out to the polls. I haven't had very many people in my circles say they wouldn't be voting. 

[FloFTW]

Oct 12, 2016 15:13:12 GMT -5 NitaX said:

Oct 12, 2016 10:04:19 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

I can't wait to see what happens in AZ!!

Those who don't like McCain are likely voting for Hillary.

Those who love McCain likely will not be voting for Trump thanks to his meltdown!

Let me tell you - if McCain fans hear this clip from Steve Schmidt today, Trump is in big trouble. Because, I had chills after listening to Schmidt discuss what hell McCain went through as a POW. 

But, I still can't get happy yet. I'm still worried about this election. I can breathe a little easier, but the turnout needs to be way up. Hopefully, the hate of Trump by black folks will get us out to the polls. I haven't had very many people in my circles say they wouldn't be voting. 

This is why I'm so grateful for early voting. This has been the big push of the HRC campaign in places like Ohio. They've been organizing like crazy to get people to the polls from now until Nov. 8. The assault video hit on Friday, and early voting started today. So people that are motivated can vote RIGHT NOW.

[FloFTW]

And I know the early voting can go both ways...but historically it leans heavily D. And even more so this year.

[NitaX]

Oct 12, 2016 15:16:40 GMT -5 FloFTW said:

And I know the early voting can go both ways...but historically it leans heavily D. And even more so this year.

I plan to early vote this year. I can't wait until Nov. 8th. I want to put my vote in against Donald Trump's hateful ass right now.

[lilac05]

Oct 12, 2016 9:46:40 GMT -5 newnamesameperson said:

Oct 12, 2016 9:42:33 GMT -5 ESF said:

If Hillary wins Utah, that would be a truly beautiful thing.

I have a friend who is going to vote 3rd party in Utah and I consider that a HUGE win. 

She and her friends NEVER would have voted a democrat but since Trump is such a deplorable....

This is now my approach with my parents.  They're in the Never Hillary camp, and I've come to accept that nothing I say or do will change that.  So now I'm encouraging them to vote 3rd party.  McMullin seems like someone they could comfortably vote for.  They're in a solidly blue state anyway, but I still can't stomach my parents voting for crazy Trump simply because he's Not Her.