Your Five-Minute Fix author is out Friday -- but political news doesn't take a break, so scroll down for all of The Fix's analysis on the day's biggest Election 2016 stories. Before we go,  a quick correction for you: In Wednesday's newsletter, I misstated which candidate was leading with women by 30+ points in an Atlantic and PRRI poll released …
 
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Your Five-Minute Fix author is out Friday -- but political news doesn't take a break, so scroll down for all of The Fix's analysis on the day's biggest Election 2016 stories.

Before we go,  a quick correction for you: In Wednesday's newsletter, I misstated which candidate was leading with women by 30+ points in an Atlantic and PRRI poll released this week. In that poll, women prefer Hillary Clinton by a mind-boggling 33 points. I apologize for the error.

(Philip Bump / The Washington Post)

(Philip Bump / The Washington Post)

Okay, get caught up by scrolling down and checking out a few stories. Then, happy weekend-ing!

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