A tightening of the election is, counter-intuitively, good news for Hillary. She has never polled behind Trump. The election has always been her's to win. Her base is larger than Trump's. The only real risk she faces is complacency and protest votes.
With the fear of god being jolted through her base we'll see likely record democratic turnout. If you don't think this is welcome news for the Democrats then why are they broadcasting how much the race is tightening to their supporters?
Nate Silver is right to question whether there's a systemic polling error going on. I think that that outcome shouldn't be dismissed. However, on the balance, what is the likelihood that there's a systemic error on the Trump side versus the Clinton side? I think it's much more likely that Hillary support/votes are being under-sampled what with their superior analytics and GOTV machine.
We'll see I guess. But signs are still pointing to a big Clinton win.
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