21 June 2016

He’s Lined Up Excuses,
but Donald Trump Knows He’s Losing


For much of 2015, Donald Trump’s standing primary stump speech included quite a few references to public-opinion polls. The New York Republican saw all the surveys showing him dominating GOP polls for months, and he was eager to tout his advantage on a daily basis. 

That bravado, like his polling edge, is long gone. 

Though national surveys showed Trump neck and neck with Hillary Clinton a month ago – some polls even showed him inching ahead – the Republican’s recent antics have pushed his support to depths unseen in quite a while...