Weekend Polling Update: Pennsylvania Shifts to Lean Clinton
By 270toWin Staff
October 9, 2016
Here's a list of the polls since Friday:
The two Pennsylvania polls are most notable. Hillary Clinton has now opened up a nine point average lead over Donald Trump in this critical battleground. That state has moved to lean Clinton in the electoral map based on polls. That map currently has Clinton with 260 electoral votes, Trump 161.
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