Movement towards Hillary among 2 major voting groups has been steady after the debate.

1. Seniors

Marketwatch:

Hillary Clinton may be luring older voters away from the GOP

Recent polls show Trump behind Romney with older voters

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks to her staff inside her plane on Oct. 2, 2016.

Ruth Mary Baudhuin, 68, is ending her streak of supporting every Republican presidential nominee since Gerald Ford and backing Hillary Clinton. “The main thing is I really don’t like the person,” she said of Donald Trump. PHOTO: FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

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DELRAY BEACH, Fla.— Ruth Mary Baudhuin watched Lawrence Welk as a young girl, listened to fellow Philadelphian Chubby Checker on the radio and eventually grew into her parents’ Republicanism, an Irish-Catholic conservatism that idealized the nuclear family. But the 68-year-old retiree, like many older voters, no longer recognizes her party. The soft-edged promise she recalls of previous nominees—Ronald Reagan’s sunny disposition, John McCain’s undisputed patriotism—have been replaced with what she views as insults and bombast. So she’s backing Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, ending her streak of supporting every Republican presidential nominee since Gerald Ford.

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Hillary is on the verge of winning the senior vote, the first time for Democrats since the 2000 election.

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Mrs. Baudhuin’s change of heart isn’t an anomaly when it comes to America’s oldest—and most reliable—voters. Among voters 65 and older, the most recent round of major media polls show Mr. Trump running between 11 and 18 percentage points behind 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney at this same point four years ago. Mr. Romney went on to win the older vote by 12 percentage points—the largest margin for any presidential candidate in 28 years—and still lost to President Barack Obama. “It’s disconcerting, because seniors have been the core of our base in recent years,” Republican pollster Ed Goeas said, adding that private polling shows similar trends.

More on this sleeper of a major shift in partisan voting:

Wall Street Journal:

Among Seniors, Clinton Grows More Appealing

Latest Journal poll shows Democrat luring older voters toward her party and away from the GOP

Yet the biggest partisan shift this year may be America’s older citizens, who are choosing between a pair of candidates from their own peer group for the first time in 168 years. ... More recently, voters who are 65 and older have been trending Republican. No Democratic presidential candidate has won older voters since Al Gore in 2000, exit polls show. And for the past five election cycles, every Republican nominee has won a larger share of this bloc than his predecessor. Now, Mrs. Clinton appears to be luring them back to her party’s fold. She was winning among older voters, 44% to 42%, among registered voters in the latest Wall Street Journal poll.

2. Millennials

Post-debate a strong move of Millennials away from Donald Trump and Jill Stein towards Hillary Clinton is apparent.

Morning Consult national poll:

Pre-debate, poll released on September 25:

Morning Consult poll pre-debate

In this poll, right before the debate Hillary had 37% of 18-29 yr. old Millennials, Trump had 29%, Johnson 14% and Stein 9%.

Now, post-debate, the worm has turned:

Post-debate, poll released today, October 3:

Morning Consult poll post-debate

Now, post-debate, Hillary has 51% of Millennials age 18 to 29, Trump 19%, Johnson 16%, Jill Stein 6%.

Compared to her pre-debate numbers with 18 to 29 year olds Hillary gained 12% post-debate, Trump lost 10%, Jill Stein lost 3%.

The good news with Millennials going towards Hillary is also echoed in this mornings release of a new Virginia poll which shows Hillary ahead of Trump by 7%.

Poll shows Clinton's lead in Va. edge up after debate

A new poll out Monday morning has Hillary Clinton slightly increasing her lead over Donald Trump in Virginia. It's the first poll from the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University, following last week's presidential debate. Clinton is up to 42 percent, compared to 39 percent from September. The Republican candidate also had an uptick. Trump is now at 35 percent, compared to 33 percent last month. Overall, Clinton has a 7-point advantage in this latest poll (42-35).

Now to the Millennials:

One of the findings in the new poll is Millennial voters are moving away from the Libertarian and other third-party tickets and shifting toward Clinton. Among voters ages 18-34, Clinton has increased her support from 34 percent to 41 percent.

If Hillary can make major inroads with Seniors, the most reliable voting block of them all - the latest WSJ poll shows Hillary winning Seniors over Trump, the first time we would be winning this group since 2000 and with Obama losing seniors to Romney by 12% — we are in good shape. And, the strong movement with Millennials towards Hillary post-debate (this morning’s poll shows Hillary leading Trump with Millennials 51% to 19%) is a very welcome sight as well.

Great news to start the week off with.