Is Trump Pulling Ahead? Here’s What the Polls Are Really Saying

The ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll, which had Democrat Hillary Clinton leading Republican Donald Trump by 12 points a little over a week ago, has swung so wildly that Trump is now boasting that he owns a 1-point lead. Meanwhile, the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, taken over the same period, went from Clinton up by six points to Clinton up by seven. “I don’t think the race is that disordered,” said Sean Trende, the senior elections analyst at Real Clear Politics.