Second Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Beating Donald Trump in Deep Red Georgia
Obama Lost Georgia By Eight Points in 2012
Georgia hasn’t voted for a Democrat for President since 1992, but that may change this year as two polls – one just released Monday morning – show Hillary Clinton beating Donald Trump.Â
Today’s poll, by JMC Analytics, gives Clinton a seven-point lead over Trump, 44-37. It follows an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll Saturday showing Clinton beating Trump by four points, 44-40.
The JMC poll concludes Georgia “is likely to be competitive in November both in the Presidential and the U.S. Senate race,” meaning Democrats could win big in the Peach State.
Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight reports if the election were held today Clinton would have a 66.7% chance of winning the Georgia. Based on just polls, she has a 51.4% chance of winning, and FiveThirtyEight’s “Polls-plus” forecast gives the Democratic former secretary of state a 31.7% chance of taking Georgia.
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