At the same time, placing too much hope in polls can be dangerous. It can lead to complacency among those who oppose Trump. They become convinced he can't win, so they don't make it a real high priority to vote.
This happened in 2016. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by nearly three million. But she lost the Electoral College vote because Donald Trump won a razor-thin margin in three states by less than one percent.
Surveys after the election showed that as much as 2 percent of the likely voting population, those who usually vote, did not vote because they assumed Clinton would win.
In other words, they killed her campaign with complacency. Had 2 percent more of her supporters shown up to vote, those who had intended to vote all along for her, she would be President today and no doubt infinitely better at the job than Trump.
Don't let this happen again. Don't run errands or watch something on TV or meet up with friends instead of voting.
Make voting the highest priority of all. Skip work if you have to. Skip class if you have to. Change appointments if you have to. And vote no matter what.
Forty-five states offer early voting, either in-person or by mail-in or absentee voting. So there's no reason to wait for Election Day itself. Click here to learn more about early voting as well as absentee and voting by mail in every state.
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IMPORTANT!
Voter registration closes Monday in Michigan and Pennsylvania. If you live in one of these two states and are not yet registered, please register online immediately. Click here to do that. Please do this right now. Don't wait another minute.
Residents in some other states can also register online using the same link above because you still have a little more time. Registration has already closed in some states, however.
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