As we reported yesterday, trending in the public opinion polls is all good news for Donald Trump, and uh, not so much for the Wicked Witch of Benghazi. As expected, today’s USC/Dornsife poll reflects the growing trend in the direction of a Trump victory, with the probability, based upon today’s numbers, at 95%.

“Among the middle class – those with household incomes of between $35k and 75k, Trump leads by 15.9%. Among those making $75k or more, Trump leads by 11.4%. When sorted by ethnicity, Trump’s lead among whites continues to increase, now at 25.9%.”

These numbers are yugely significant for a number of reasons, chief among them being that households earning $35K or more is just about everyone, The Donald enjoying a double digit lead there! In addition, Trump leads in the white demographic by a staggering 26%. Whites make up 3/4 of the electorate.

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From Bill Still
DayBreak Poll – Trump Rockets to a 5.4% Lead Over Crooked Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump has rocketed ahead to what the USC Daybreak poll’s creators define as an unstoppable lead of 5.4% this morning.
Trump now leads Clinton 47.8% to 42.4% in this national tracking poll.
And remember the methodology of this poll – it is a 7-day rolling average with over 3,004 participants. Trump – in a single day – jumped up 9/10s of a percent, while Clinton fell 9/10ths of a percent – a huge one-day swing of 1.8% – and that’s on top of yesterday’s 1.7% swing.
In fact, in the last 9 days, Trump has risen 4 full points, while Clinton has lost 2.7% – a 6.7% swing.
Both candidates – Trump on the topside, and Clinton on the bottom side of this chart – are now well outside of the “95% confidence interval”. According to the University of Southern California researchers running the ongoing Understanding America Study:
“Figures lying outside the gray band mean that we are at least 95% confident that the candidate with the highest percentage will win the popular vote.”
But in addition, the closer such a surge to election day, the more sure of that result we can be. There is now little doubt that Donald Trump will win the popular vote nationwide.

Digging down into the numbers shows where the biggest surge lies.
Trump now leads in all 3 age categories.
With millennials, Trump now leads by 2.6%.
Among the middle aged, Trump now leads by a whopping 5.2%.
But in the 65 and over group, Trump’s lead has now widened to 9.6%.
When sorted by education, Trump enjoys a huge 18.1% lead among those with a high school education or less. A landslide is defined as a 10-point lead.
Among those with some college, Trump leads by 12.3%.
Even among those with advanced degrees, Trump is closing the once-huge gap. Clinton still leads here in this demographically small group by 13.1%.
When sorted by income, Clinton still leads among those making $35k or less by 17.8%.
However, among the middle class – those with household incomes of between $35k and 75k, Trump leads by 15.9%.
Among those making $75k or more, Trump leads by 11.4%.
When sorted by ethnicity, Trump’s lead among whites continues to increase, now at 25.9%.
This poll’s one blind spot continues to be among blacks. Although Trump made a .9% gain yesterday, Clinton still dominates with an 82.1% lead.
In the “other ethnicity” group, Trump now leads by 9.2%.
Among Latinos, Clinton still leads by 18.2%, however, Trump did increase by .6% points yesterday, while Clinton fell by .9 percent; a one-and-a-half percent swing.
Among the ever-critical female vote, Trump closed the gap yesterday by 1.5%. Clinton’s lead has been cut to 8.5%.
Among men, Trump increased his lead yesterday by a full 2 percentage points. He now leads Crooked Hillary by 19.8% among men – more than double Clinton’s lead with women.
I’m still reporting from Washington. Good Day.

Bill Still is a former newspaper editor and publisher. He has written for USA Today, The Saturday Evening Post, the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, OMNI magazine, and has also produced the syndicated radio program, Health News. He has written 22 books and two documentary videos and is the host of his wildly popular daily YouTube Channel the “Still Report”, the quintessential report on the economy and Washington.