--- title: Mike Pence on New Polls: Republicans 'Are Coming Home' description: Mike Pence touted a new poll where he and Donald Trump are leading Hillary Clinton, saying it shows Republican voters "coming home." canonical: https://time.com/4553385/mike-pence-donald-trump-poll-republicans/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-01T16:23:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:23.288Z article:section: Politics og:title: Mike Pence on New Polls: Republicans Are 'Coming Home' og:description: He argued that the GOP is consolidating behind Trump. og:url: https://time.com/4553385/mike-pence-donald-trump-poll-republicans/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba8f9d1f12f6854c/6988ac81cf40a81178c45639/mike-pence-donald-trump-polls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Donald Trump And Mike Pence Campaign Together In Pennsylvania og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mike Pence on New Polls: Republicans Are 'Coming Home' twitter:description: He argued that the GOP is consolidating behind Trump. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba8f9d1f12f6854c/6988ac81cf40a81178c45639/mike-pence-donald-trump-polls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mike Pence on New Polls: Republicans Are 'Coming Home' > Sponsored content. 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Brief is TIME's Washington newsletter, written by senior correspondent Philip Elliott. It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. It reaches 85,000 subscribers with a 37.0% open rate as of August 2026. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 1, 2016 4:23 PM UTC  Mike Pence welcomes Donald Trump to the stage during a campaign event in Valley Forge, Penn. on Nov. 1, 2016. Mike Pence welcomes Donald Trump to the stage during a campaign event in Valley Forge, Penn. on Nov. 1, 2016. Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 1, 2016 4:23 PM UTC —Mike Pence touted a new poll where he and Donald Trump are leading Hillary Clinton, saying it shows Republican voters “coming home.” Data shows he may have a point. Speaking at a campaign stop in Valley Forge, Penn., Tuesday, the Republican vice presidential nominee said that “the latest polls have Donald Trump leading nationwide in the race for president of the United States. Democrats and independents are joining this movement. Republicans across the country are coming home.” Pence was likely referring to a new [ABC News/Washington _Post_ tracking poll](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-leads-clinton-point-poll-enthusiasm-declines/story?id=43199459), which showed [Trump beating Clinton by 1 point](http://time.com/4552904/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-abc-washington-post-poll/?xid=homepage). The only other time Trump has led Clinton in this poll was in May, shortly after he sewed up the Republican nomination. The new poll does show some evidence for Pence’s thesis. The survey found that independents now back Trump 54 percent over 25 percent for Clinton. Trump has made small gains in Democrats, from 5 percent up to 9 percent, and he’s also seen a consolidation of support from Republicans and GOP-leaning independents, 86 percent of whom now back him, up 6 percentage points from the last poll. Pence also said of the polls, “The momentum is on our side.” Here, he may be referring to the enthusiasm gap found in the data. Trump leads Clinton by 8 points among voters who are very enthusiastic about their choice, while strong enthusiasm for Clinton has dropped 7 points since the start of tracking. But ABC reports that enthusiasm is low for both candidates compared to past elections. Trump’s 1-point lead is within the survey’s 3 point margin of error. 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