Is the Tide Actually Turning? Trump Now Ahead in the Battleground State of Ohio

As Election Day draws closer, and Hillary���s troubles now take center stage while Trump���s difficulties appear more comfortably in the rearview mirror, the lock Clinton once supposedly had on the White House just a relative handful of weeks ago is no more���and, as a matter of fact, there is now real evidence that a substantial change in momentum is taking place.

In two battleground states, Ohio and Florida, Trump has gained significant ground recently, to the point where, among likely voters, he is now ahead in Ohio, 46% to 41%, and even with Clinton in Florida, according to the latest CNN/ORC poll. As a matter of fact, the numbers say Trump is leading Clinton in Florida among likely voters, 47% to 44%, but because the poll has a 3.5 percentage point margin of error, the survey results in Florida are said to have Trump and Clinton in a statistical dead heat right now.

CNN���s write-up of its own poll mentions the striking turnaround in poll standings between the two major party candidates in just the last month. Election surveys in the days following the Democratic National Convention saw Clinton enjoying not-insignificant leads on both a state-by-state basis, as well as nationally. However, there is no question that the race has greatly tightened since then; according to CNN, in addition to the CNN/ORC poll numbers already discussed, results of a Bloomberg

Politics poll of Ohio voters released this past Wednesday revealed a five-point lead for Trump, and survey results from Quinnipiac University published last week saw Trump ahead by four points in Ohio, and the race even in Florida.

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large