Today In 2016
Welcome to Today In 2016, your daily digest of all things election. Today: Clinton releases her tax return, Obamacare isn't so scary anymore, and Trump says he was just being sarcastic about the ISIS thing.
Today's Headlines
Clinton Puts Pressure On Trump By Releasing Her 2015 Tax Return [Mother Jones]
Clinton Pulling Ahead In Battleground States [NBC]
New Study Undermines 'Economic Anxiety' Theory For Trump's Success [Washington Post]
Trump Claims His 'Obama Founded ISIS' Statements Were Sarcasm [CNN]
Hillary's New Campaign Strategy Is A… Podcast? [TechCrunch]
The Long And Short Takes
Obamacare Is Losing Its Fear Factor
Repealing Obamacare has been a go-to talking point for Republican candidates since the moment it passed. But in a year where Trump leads the ticket and independent voters are harder to come by, some Republican candidates are starting to abandon that promise.
[Politico]
What It's Like To Cover Trump
NBC reporter Katy Tur has spent a year on the campaign trail covering Donald Trump, and she has some stories, from her combative face-to-face interviews with the candidate to the time the Secret Service escorted her to her car after Trump called her out during a rally.
Hot Air
Hillary: Meme Queen
Rocking the youth vote is hard for a presidential candidate, and this video from Super Deluxe is a delightful (and hyperbolic) lampooning of cringeworthy youth outreach efforts:
Poll Positions
Latest Polling Average
Clinton: 44%; Trump: 37.6%; Johnson: 8.3% [Real Clear Politics]
Latest Odds
Clinton: 76.9%; Trump: 23.1% [FiveThirtyEight]
Clinton: 87%; Trump: 13% [New York Times]
Clinton: 86%; Trump: 14% [Princeton Election Consortium]
Can't wait to see you next week for more political news! (That wasn't sarcasm, probably.)