We’re filing affidavits in Allegheny County, PA! Voters can kickstart #Recount2016 today: https://t.co/NAN4Ryf6Pw pic.twitter.com/XiZo8VbsDJ— Dr. Jill Stein (@DrJillStein) November 28, 2016
Pennsylvania: Hillary Clinton Leads By +7
Democrat Hillary Clinton continues to hold a solid 7 point lead in the battleground state of Pennsylvania according to the latest Siena College poll, conducted for The New York Times’ “Upshot.”
The survey indicates Clinton ahead of Trump 46% – 39%.
Libertarian Gary Johnson is down in the single digits with 6%, and Green Party nominee Jill Stein lags at 3%.
The poll was conducted Oct. 23-25.
Poll: Hillary Clinton Leads In Pennsylvania +9
More good news for Hillary Clinton today as the latest Franklin & Marshall College Poll shows her now leading Republican Donald Trump by 9 points in Pennsylvania.
The survey shows Clinton with 47% support versus Trump’s 38%. Libertarian Gary Johnson receives 5%, while Green Party candidate Jill Stein registers 0% support.
Many see Pennsylvania and Virginia as Clinton’s “firewall” keeping Trump from the necessary 270 electoral college votes.
Even if you give Trump Ohio, Iowa and Florida (which Obama won) from the 2012 results, he still can’t get across the goal line.
Clinton And Trump In Deadheat In Colorado & Pennsylvania
Now, THIS concerns me.
From CNN:
Just one point separates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in two states that are critical to both candidates’ chances of becoming president, according to new CNN/ORC polls in Pennsylvania and Colorado.
In Colorado, likely voters break 42% for Trump, 41% for Clinton, 13% for Libertarian Gary Johnson and 3% for Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
Pennsylvania’s likely voters split 45% for Clinton, 44% for Trump, 6% for Johnson and 3% for Stein. Those divides are well within each poll’s 3.5-point margin of sampling error.
Colorado and Pennsylvania have been considered fairly solid for Clinton.
Super-stats guy Nate Silver has dropped Hillary’s current chances to 52%:
And RealClearPolitics “No Toss Up” map shows Hillary winning the electoral college with only 272 votes. No one wanted to see this get this close.
New Poll: Pennsylvania Race For White House Tightens To Clinton +3
The latest Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll of Pennsylvania likely voters shows Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s lead over GOP billionaire Donald Trump has tightened to 3 points in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania.
This shows a loss of 6 points by Clinton to Trump in one week’s time.
When factoring third-party candidates, Clinton holds a 2 point lead, 40 percent to 38 percent. Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson garners only 8 percent support, and the Green Party’s Jill Stein has 3 percent.
The biggest factor in the tightened race is due to a jump of 85 percent of likely Republican voters in Pennsylvania supporting Trump, up from 71 percent in the last poll.
The survey is the result of polling 486 likely voters, with a margin of error of 5 percentage points.
These kinds of results are exactly why Clinton supporters need to not become complacent in some battleground states. For weeks now, pundits have called Pennsylvania fairly safe for Clinton.
That said, it’s important to not let one poll of less than 500 likely voters cause full-blown panic.
According to the RealClearPolitics average of polls, Clinton leads Trump in Pennsylvania by an average of 5.2 points, 46 percent to 40.8 percent.
The NY Times tracking poll for The UpShot shows Hillary having an 84% chance of winning the Keystone State.
And, Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight website shows Clinton with a 70% chance of winning Pennsylvania.
Hillary Clinton Up By Double-Digits In Crucial Swing States
Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton gets more good news in the polls from two swing states, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
Among likely voters in Pennsylvania, Hillary tops Donald Trump by 11 points 49%/38% according to the latest Franklin and Marshall poll.
Most pundits on both sides of the political spectrum say Trump really needs the Keystone State to win the presidency.
In New Hampshire, the new WBUR poll gives the former Secretary of State a whopping 17 point lead on the Trumpster – 51% to 34%.
New Poll: Clinton Leads Trump In Pennsylvania By 9 Points
A new poll from Suffolk University shows Democrat Hillary Clinton leading GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump by 9 points.
From The Hill:
In a head-to-head matchup, Clinton has 50 percent support and Trump has 41 percent support among likely general-election voters in the battleground state. Another 8 percent are undecided.
In a four-way matchup, including Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Clinton still holds a 9-point lead over Trump, 46 to 37 percent. Johnson takes 5 percent and Stein takes 3 percent. Another 9 percent are undecided.
In the four-way matchup, Clinton led by 19 points among women, 50 to 31 percent, and Trump leads by 3 points among men, 44 to 41 percent.
Clinton is viewed favorably by 44 percent of respondents and unfavorably by 48 percent. Trump is viewed favorably by only 33 percent of respondents and unfavorably by 57 percent.
The Donald has continually claimed that he will win the traditionally Democratic leaning Pennsylvania. The state hasn’t gone for a Republican president since 1988.
Pennsylvania State Rep. Brian Sims Calls
Pennsylvania State Rep. Brian Sims gives an impassioned speech calling for statewide LGBT protections.
From Pennsylvania House Democrats:
Pa. state Rep. Brian Sims stands with Gov. Tom Wolf and other advocates to call on the legislature to pass equal protections for LGBT citizens.
In Pennsylvania, members of the LGBT community can still be denied employment, housing, and other basic rights afforded to others in the general population.
Sims is co-sponsoring the Pennsylvania Fairness Act, H.B. 1510, which would update Pennsylvania’s nondiscrimination law to ensure all residents have equal rights regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, disability and now, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.
Pennsylvania: Out Legislator Brian Sims Wins Reelection
LGBT activist state Rep. Brian Sims easily won reelection last night which will send him back to the state General Assembly as the only openly gay legislator in the state.
The woofilicious Sims thanks his supporters immediately via email:
Because of your hard work volunteering and knocking on doors, along with your steadfast generosity, I can announce our campaign was victorious tonight!
This campaign was hard fought, and I am so humbled by your overwhelming support. I am looking forward to continuing the fight in Harrisburg for our shared progressive values and continuing to earn the privilege of serving all of you.
There is so much work to be done to fund our education system, protect women’s health care and ensure equality for all Pennsylvanians. I am more motivated than ever to continue the fight.
My most sincere and humble thanks,
Brian
Pennsylvania: Racist Employee Goes On N-Word Rant, Loses Job
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According to Butler News, a man identified as John Pisone took time out of his day to go on a racist rant during a peaceful protester of a fracking operation in Pennsylvania.
Pisone, who apparently worked for MMC Land Management – a company subcontracted by Rex Energy – was fired after video of his rant went viral.
Via Raw Story:
In a video posted to YouTube on Monday by photojournalist Tom Jefferson, a man wearing work clothes and a camouflage hat is seen approaching anti-fracking activists who are protesting Rex Energy’s drilling operation in the Mars Area School District.
“Have you actually done something with your life, have you had any kind of a job?” the man asks one of the older activists, who laughs in his face.
“Just like this chimp right here,” the man continues, motioning at the camera.
“What did you say?” one of the activists asks.
“Yeah, chimp,” the man replies. “A f*cking n****r right here with a mop on his head. I don’t give a f*ck. He’s milking my f*cking tax dollars.”
Although the man was initially identified by some as an employee of Rex Energy, a statement later revealed that he had worked for MMC Land Management.
“Today, we were disgusted to learn that one of MMC’s former employees used racial slurs and made racially charged comments during a peaceful protest in Mars, Pennsylvania, outside of work hours at a location with which we have no affiliation,” the statement posted to Facebook late on Tuesday explained. “We are sorry that this incident occurred. Whether at work or not, we do not condone hate speech – EVER.”
“MMC has terminated this employee and will never do business with him again in the future.”
Here’s the video:
A Facebook page for Pisone was found, but quickly deleted shortly thereafter.
Here’s just one sample from his Facebook page:
