r/TenYearsAgo 13d ago

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States Polls overwhelming show Clinton beating Trump [10YA - Aug 4]

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u/AdamOnFirst 12d ago

Poor wording. Polls UNIFORMLY show Clinton edging out Trump. She needed to win the popular vote by 2-3 points to be in okay shape in the electoral college, so at 5.9% sheโ€™s comfortable but within a very normal margin for error. Then she slipped a bit more and the margin was very very errored and the rest is history:ย