Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager sent out a private memo on Monday with a blunt message for supporters. Don’t worry about the polls; all roads lead to Hillary.
“"Here's the story that no poll can tell: Hillary Clinton has many paths to 270 electoral votes, while Donald Trump has very few. Hillary is nearly certain to win 16 ‘ blue' states, including Washington D.C., which will garner her 191 electoral votes,” writes (campaign manager Robby) Mook in the nearly 2,000-word memo that was blasted out in the early evening, and which was obtained by POLITICO.
“If we add the five states that FiveThirtyEight.com gives Hillary a 70% or greater chance of winning (Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin), Hillary only needs 10 more electoral votes."
With 49 days left until the election and the polls showing the race tightening, the campaign is seeking to both calm nervous supporters and reinforce the need to increase get-out-the-vote efforts.
The missive also identifies some of Democrats’ structural and infrastructural advantages, such as the higher proportions of young voters and people of color in the battlegrounds than in 2012, before — in a tried-and-true campaign maneuver, taking pains to calm backers by dismissing public polls and the media.
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