For a Midwestern Democrat like myself, easily the shocker of the 2008 presidential campaign was Barack Obama winning Indiana’s 11 electoral votes.
Howey Politics in Indiana is leaking that an internal poll taken in Indiana show Clinton and Trump in a dead heat in Indiana.
If you follow the howeypolitics.com link in the tweet, it leads to this text:
Even more astonishing, informed and reliable sources tell Howey Politics Indiana that an internal Gregg poll has Clinton and Trump tied in Indiana at 44%. After endorsing U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in the Indiana primary only to watch Trump nail him 53-36%, the specter of Pence losing his home state in what would likely be a 50-state blowout is a career-jarring prospect. Trump seemed to acknowledge a “tremendous problem” in Utah. He was asked by CNBC how he planned to reverse the trend, Trump responded, saying he simply planned to do “the same thing I’m doing right now. At the end, it’s either going to work, or I’m going to, you know, I’m going to have a very, very nice, long vacation.”
I’m not sure how much stock to place in this report but Indiana polling of the Trump-Clinton race taken in April did show Trump with a 7-8 point lead. Given the decline in Trump’s poll numbers lately (such that stalwart Republican states like Arizona and Georgia are battlegrounds) a tied Indiana does make sense.
Still, this IS Indi-fucking-ana. As in 2008, I will have to see it to believe it.