Times-Picayune/Lucid 2016 Tracking Poll: 11/6: Clinton +5

[HagridOfTheDeep]

This poll had Clinton at +12 a week ago.

I know it's in vogue to ignore the polls and press on with the idea that nothing has changed, but it's pretty clear that the last debate was not the resounding win for the Clinton camp that everyone proclaimed. Voters don't really care when Trump talks about a rigged election; his supporters agree with him and those who are turned off by him but still in the middle have heard far, far worse. He appeared marginally confident last Wednesday, and no big stories have dropped on the trail. The race is tightening. He won't win, but it's pretty silly to deny that a shift is happening.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I'm just not sure why people are keen to deny the weight of evidence and previous trends. It's a kind of ignorance that makes one no different than the Trumpists. Does the tightening really matter in the grand scheme of things? No. But we still have evidence of it.