IDK why, but the people who write up these ABC/Wapo polls always try and spin them as positive as possible for Trump as they can.
Trump is literally down *9 to 10 points* with basically *0 undecided* and yet we are getting this analysis - that I doubt we would be getting if Biden was down 9-10 here.
Biden’s current edge among likely voters appears sizable but is not definitive, given the five-point margin of error that applies to each candidate’s support
Whatever his current deficit, Trump has a path to holding the state in November if he can replicate what happened four years ago. A month before the 2016 election, several Pennsylvania polls showed Trump trailing by double digits. Clinton’s lead deteriorated in the final two weeks of that campaign, a time in which her campaign was buffeted by renewed questions about her private email system. Exit polls show that Trump won late-deciding voters by double-digits and carried the state by about 45,000 votes, or seven-tenths of a percent.
Yeh, hard agree that they're bending over backwards to sell the "competitive race" story line. Four years ago the media was literally obsessed with emails like it was the biggest story of all time, and then of course the Comey letter happened. Whatever October Surprise Billy Barr is planning will rightfully be derided as utter nonsense from all corners, if the coverage of what he's planning so far is any indicator. We will also be getting a steady drip of more and more trump tax fraud news from now until the election.
