While election almost certain to be decided by swing states, pollsters explain why growth in national polls is meaningful


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    1 month ago

    If you stretch a rubber band it gets longer. The two ends of the band get farther apart. This might be easier to imagine with a broken rubber band rather than a loop. If you stretch a lead, whether in sports, politics, or anything else, the gap gets larger. The two sides get farther apart.

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      1 month ago

      OK a stretch can also be a distance like: “a stretch of road.” I suppose that somewhat ties it together.
      We actually have the equivalent of stretch of road and to stretch something being similar words, but we would never say stretching a lead.