WAPO: Donald Trump’s chances of winning are approaching zero

[brooklynite]

The election is in 15 days. And the electoral map just keeps looking grimmer and grimmer for Donald Trump.

We are making three changes to The Fix map this week, all favoring Hillary Clinton.

First, we are moving Nevada, where Trump had shown surprising strength for much of this year, from "toss up" to "lean Democratic" amid signs that the state is slipping away from him. Clinton has led in six of the last seven polls in the state — the other showed the race a tie — and now has an average lead of more than four points, according to Real Clear Politics. Trump's collapse in the state is badly impacting Republicans's chances of winning Sen. Harry Reid's (D) open seat. Rep. Joe Heck (R), who led for much of the year, now finds himself behind former state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto (D).

We're also moving Utah — yes, Utah! — from "lean Republican" to "toss up" as independent candidate Evan McMullin, a Utah native and Mormon, continues to show considerable polling resiliency in the Beehive State. Count us as skeptical that Clinton can win in such a Republican state. But McMullin is taking lots of Republican voters away from Trump, and it's not out of the question the third party candidate wins the state's six electoral votes.

And, finally — and much to our amazement — we are adding Texas to our list of competitive states, rating it as "lean Republican." The last three polls taken in the state have shown Trump ahead by three points (twice) and four points; the Real Clear Politics polling average in the state puts Trump up 4.6 points. It speaks to how badly Trump is performing even in longtime Republican strongholds that the debate going forward won't be whether Texas should stay on the list of competitive races but whether it should move to "toss up."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/24/donald-trumps-chances-of-winning-are-approaching-zero/?tid=pm_politics_pop_b

[Thinkingabout]

1. Looking good for Hillary but we must GOTV. Planning on voting early tomorrow.

[Coyotl]

2. GOTV to Make Congress Great Again

[PATRICK]

3. WAPO pedalling its tricycle furiously

back away from the edge of the cliff. Any state(any voter) going for Trump will be covered in shame only obviated if the results were due to voting machine fraud. At this point you can take the usual suspects' concessions to HRC and add a few points. No landslide loser in American history has been as insulting, scary or negative as that GOP guy whose name I am working to disremember.

Cripes. The one time they didn't LEAD a news broadcast with that buffoon I actually heard three words from his mouth before I hit the car radio off button. One of these days I will get into an accident. Great news organizations. Trump tries top make election integrity an issue and the Jupiter sized elephant in the room of GOP election rigging(voter suppression, machines, etc.etc.etc.) and he easily takes all the oxygen these news media mouth breathers uselessly squander.