Quote:"The poll shows Clinton leading Trump in Texas by 1 point — 46 to 45 percent. In a four-way race, Clinton and Trump are tied at 40 percent each, Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson has 11 percent, Green Party candidate Jill Stein has 3 percent and 6 percent are undecided. The poll had no margin of sampling error because it didn’t use random sampling."


It was an unscientific poll, about as accurate as a twitter poll.

<a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/washington-post-poll-clinton-and-trump-locked-in-d/nsR6r/'>http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/washington-post-poll-clinton-and-trump-locked-in-d/nsR6r/</a>


If it makes you feel better though, sure. Texas is purple. According to the poll you cite, so is Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Close race.

But that is the point, JW.


Texas should not even be a swing state. The fact that it's even in play should be very alarming.


Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, even Michigan were and still are in play as expected.


To have Texas be this close for republicans is as worrisome as trump leading by 1 or tied in California.


If trump was close in California I'd be pm'ing Eric on good deals for bomb shelters...


So yeah, the fact that Texas is so close on this one poll should be off putting.


But it's still only one poll, and could be an outlier...

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