Donald Trump tweeted Sunday night that the latest poll from ABC News/Washington Post found that “Hillary Clinton is down 11 points with WOMEN VOTERS and the election is close at 47-43”:
Finally, in the new ABC News/Washington Post Poll, Hillary Clinton is down 11 points with WOMEN VOTERS and the election is close at 47-43!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2016
Reporters pounced on this as the poll shows Hillary up by 8 with women in a four-way race, 7 in a head-to-head contest.
Some examples.
ABC News’ Ryan Struyk:
Actually she's up by 8 points. https://t.co/VZVGzBGng5
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) October 16, 2016
Los Angeles Times reporter Amy Fiscus:
I’m sure you will be stunned to know she’s up by 8 in the four-way and 7 in the two-way. https://t.co/EfSrWiUn1B https://t.co/5j2q7zXGV7
— Amy Fiscus (@amyfiscus) October 16, 2016
Chicago Tribune’s Rex Huppke:
https://twitter.com/RexHuppke/status/787764795801907200
NBC News and MSNBC reporter Benjy Sarlin:
https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/787763529508151297
You get the point. Now here’s what Donald Trump probably meant by that tweet, via @YouGovUS‘s Will Jordan. The margin of Hillary Clinton lead with women has fallen by 11 points since the last poll:
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This could be interpreted two ways — she's now behind by 11 (no) or her lead declined by 11 since the last WaPo poll (yes: was +19, now +8) https://t.co/PgyhryLSZU
— Will Jordan (@williamjordann) October 16, 2016
Here’s the excerpt from the poll write-up ABC News’s website:
HRC is up 8 with women. Down from +19 earlier which is how he gets -11. Meanwhile he's down 19 with men https://t.co/Rael2HUuuO pic.twitter.com/zhK1ABY6Sl
— Scoops (@ejmaroun) October 16, 2016
So he’s telling the truth? We’re sure apologies with be forthcoming, right?
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