Donald Trump is blaming his slump in national and state-level polls on Democratic pollsters who he accused on Monday of spreading “phony polls” aimed at suppressing Republican voter turnout.
“Major story that the Dems are making up phony polls in order to suppress the the [sic] Trump,” tweeted the Republican presidential nominee. “We are going to WIN!”
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Major story that the Dems are making up phony polls in order to suppress the the Trump . We are going to WIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 24, 2016
Trump trails Hillary Clinton by 6.1 percentage points in the latest RealClearPolitics national average and is behind the Democratic presidential hopeful in every battleground state except Iowa and Ohio, where he carries slim leads.
The GOP nominee has taken to citing four polls, like the Los Angeles Times/USC tracking survey, at his campaign rallies that show him and Clinton statistically tied, though most national surveys at this point show the former secretary of state with a comfortable lead.
In addition to accusing Democrats of producing flawed polls, Trump has sought to convince his supporters that the party has “rigged” the election and will likely have cheated on Nov. 8 if Clinton emerges victorious.
