08-28-2016, 02:02 PM
My weekend projection (early morning, 8/27/2016)
New Mexico has been polled for the first time in a long time, and the state is effectively out of range for Donald Trump. I consider at least 272 electoral votes out of range a meaningful contest at this stage in a Presidential race.
8% is not close.
My criterion for "strong" is 8%, twice the margin of error.
My criterion for "weak" is 4%, basically the margin of error.
8% is effectively out of range for peeling off a state from the Other Side with normal campaigning even at its most intense. Donald Trump now needs miracles to have a chance now. After a huge number of statewide polls of states in the previous week, there were comparatively few last week. One poll that I saw turned out to be a fake; it had Hillary Clinton within 2 in Kentucky. As I rejected one commissioned for a labor union in the previous week I rejected one for the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
New Mexico has been polled for the first time in a long time, and the state is effectively out of range for Donald Trump. I consider at least 272 electoral votes out of range a meaningful contest at this stage in a Presidential race.
8% is not close.
My criterion for "strong" is 8%, twice the margin of error.
My criterion for "weak" is 4%, basically the margin of error.
8% is effectively out of range for peeling off a state from the Other Side with normal campaigning even at its most intense. Donald Trump now needs miracles to have a chance now. After a huge number of statewide polls of states in the previous week, there were comparatively few last week. One poll that I saw turned out to be a fake; it had Hillary Clinton within 2 in Kentucky. As I rejected one commissioned for a labor union in the previous week I rejected one for the Florida Chamber of Commerce.