It's obvious that the press has been using it's tried and true tactic of encouraging a horse race.

[toddwv]

I think that, come election day, faith will be restored for anyone despairing that a person like Trump could have a better than averarge chance of winning the keys to the White House.

As actual voting progresses, we'll see that 4-6% was too conservative; though not as conservative as polls like IBT/TIPP and Rasmussen that project a Trump victory. I'm keeping track of polls so that during the next election period, I can refer back to my records for these polls that call themselves "the most accurate poll" that are outliers until a few days before election when they suddenly come back in line with the average for other polls.

[meadowlark5]

1. It makes me angry to hear the talking heads focus on polls more favorable towards Trump

Or say how close it is. This morning on MSNBC there was some reporter on the ground in Pennsylvania asking people in some neighborhood full of Trump signs who they'll vote for. The answers were several for Trump, a couple Jill Stein, not voting at all and one. One single person said Hillary only because she was the lesser of two evils

However, I do think it's better to report a close race instead of the media reporting a projected win for Hillary. I don't want Hillary voters to think it's a sure thing and maybe not go vote. I'd rather voters be nervous and not take anything for granted and get out and vote!

[world wide wally]

2. That means it will be a pattern all day.

[meadowlark5]

3. Until Trump does says or does something provocative, they'll be covering him like a normal candidate

How quickly they forget. 2 weeks ago it was all negative coverage all of the time. That's old news, forgotten pretty much. Even the woman coming forward now is yawn worthy.

The media makes or breaks Trump really. This week they're not breaking him it appears. At least until he gives them something to run with.

[Orrex]

4. I've been complaining about the Pennsylvania reporting for weeks!

NPR is the particular target of my frustration, because they've repeatedly run stories to create the impression that Pennsylvania is tightly competitive or else slightly favoring Trump.

The format is always the same: drive to a small backwater town, find two guys sitting on a porch beneath a Confederate flag, and ask them how they plan to vote. NPR then pats itself on the back and declares that Trump is showing strong support in the state.

They seem deliberately to avoid Pittsburgh, State College, Scranton or Philadelphia, or at any rate they don't run seek out opinions in those areas at a rate proportional to the relative populations of each versus the tiny Trump towns that they always manage to find.

Disclaimer: my own small PA town & county will almost certainly side with Trump, having voted Red consistently since 2004.

[meadowlark5]

5. MSNBC must be taking a play out of the NPR playbook

Because that is exactly how it sounded. Ask 7-8 people in a neighborhood full of Trump signs and then that is proof that Pennsylvania is a really close race. Such a scientific sampling