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The State of the Race, According to Nate Silver
It's not just the poll-obsessed that have noticed Hillary Clinton's decline in national polls after her post-convention bump, reflecting a tightening race. But but it's unclear what that means at the state level, especially for swing states. Nate Silver, founder and editor-in-chief of ESPN's FiveThirtyEight, discusses the current state of the presidential race, according to the numbers.