This past weekend Donald Trump announced he puts 15 blue states into play in the general election this year.
The 15 states include:
— Ohio
— Florida
— Virginia
— Minnesota
— Michigan
— Pennsylvania
— Wisconsin
— New York
— Maine
— California
** Plus Donald Trump is beating Hillary Clinton in the latest Oregon poll and is essentially tied with Hillary in New Hampshire -two more traditional blue states.
Wow! Trump camp announces 15 in play states for general – plus @realDonaldTrump is beating #CrookedHillary in Oregon pic.twitter.com/gYiFkghHZy
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) May 29, 2016
And now NEW JERSEY IS IN PLAY!
CNN reported:
Hillary Clinton is edging out Donald Trump in New Jersey, but a sizable group of voters is looking for alternatives to each major party candidate, according to a new poll from Monmouth University.
The poll, released Tuesday, found Clinton beating Trump 38% -34% if the election were held today. A sizable group (15% ) also said it would vote for alternatives, including Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson (5% ), Green Party candidate Jill Stein (4% ) or some other, unnamed alternative (6% ).
“Blue Jersey doesn’t appear quite so blue at this stage of the campaign, but we should keep in mind that neither major party candidate has fully locked in the support of their partisan bases.
When and if that happens, the benefit should accrue more to Clinton than to Trump simply because Democrats outnumber Republicans in the state,” Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute, said in a statement.
The poll appears to lend some credence to the argument made by Johnson — who won the Libertarian nomination over the weekend — that the deep unpopularity of both Clinton and Trump makes it a opportune time for a third-party candidate. Johnson mocked Trump on CNN’s “New Day” on Tuesday, blowing him a kiss as he knocked the presumptive GOP nominee’s statements on immigration.