The race probably is tightening— but perhaps not as much as the hype on the cable networks would imply. In our polls-only forecast, Trump has narrowed Clinton’s lead in the popular vote to roughly 6 percentage points from 7 points a week ago, and his chances of winning have ticked up to 17 percent from 13 percent.
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Because of the high level of uncertainty in the race, we can’t say the door is closed on a narrow Trump victory.
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Because of the high level of uncertainty in the race, we can’t say the door is closed on a narrow Trump victory.
