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BILL BURTONI think that if he [Donald Trump] does really want to make gains, if he does want to find a path to those voters who are in the middle, then he needs to do different things than just do these rallies.
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You look at the states [Barack] Obama won and wonder, well, where would Hillary Clinton have a problem and where does Donald Trump have problems?
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I think that Florida, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, all those states actually look pretty good for Hillary Clinton.
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I actually think that her [Hillary Clinton] numbers are artificially low.
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I think they’re more looking at these two candidates. It’s a band of voters with which neither candidate has very high approval ratings.
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[Voters] are trying to make up their mind on who has a better plan for the economy, whose presidency would more positively impact my life?
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Donald Trump in a church getting interrupted by the pastor because he started attacking Hillary Clinton.
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I think that if he [Donald Trump] does really want to make gains, if he does want to find a path to those voters who are in the middle, then he needs to do different things than just do these rallies.
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And the truth is, Donald Trump is not showing strength in any of the big states that he would need in order to actually get to 270. And Hillary Clinton is showing herself to be remarkably stable in all the states that she needs.
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They’re trying to get him in classrooms, and in churches, and in diners and places where he can make a more personal connection.
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Monica Langley has a great piece in The Wall Street Journal about how they’re trying to create different kinds of moments for Donald Trump, as opposed to just him shouting at rallies.
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While Donald Trump is showing some strength in places like Iowa, it’s just not enough to get him close to getting the electoral votes that he needs to win.
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I think that, at the end of the day, those voters [Barack Obama voters] are going to join ranks, and it is going to help propel Hillary Clinton to victory.
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