A swing state that had gone blue in the last two presidential elections, Virginia had seemed so safely in Clinton’s column that both sides pulled TV ads from the state back in the summer. The inquiry had sapped a surging Clinton momentum at a crucial moment in the race, though she still heads into Election Day with multiple paths to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become the nation’s first female president.
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Compounded by wins in key battleground states like Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina, a Trump victory in a traditional blue state like MI could help the Republican presidential nominee garner the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House. Trump needs to take nearly all of the swing states to get him past the winning post. “During that process, we reviewed all of the communications that were to or from Hillary Clinton while she was Secretary of State”, Comey added.
In Florida, Hispanic participation is up by more than 453,000 votes, almost double the 2012 level.
Other top search queries include “Is Hillary Clinton Jewish?”, “Are Bill and Hillary Clinton still married?” and “How many times has Donald Trump gone bankrupt?”. Donald Trump has been kind of running to each and every state it seems. Some polls have shown the race to be within the margin of error there.
If the result is close, the final picture might not be clear until late morning. And in the other direction, Colorado, Michigan and Wisconsin-Democratic strongholds that account for 35 electoral votes between them-are seen as maybe going to Trump. Because I moved our majority to put out a very specific and coherent agenda.
On Tuesday, the U.S. will go to the polls to elect the 45 president. She’ll also campaign in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Pittsburgh and Raleigh, North Carolina.
Besides Obama and First Lady Michelle, Clinton will draw on the star power of rockers Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi at their final big rally in Philadelphia Monday night.
Earlier in the day, Obama was in Ann Arbor, Michigan – another sign of how seriously Democrats are taking the state.
Among Republican voters, it found that more (41 per cent) felt the Trump candidacy had been bad for the party, than those (39 per cent) who thought it had been good.
Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey notified Congress Sunday that a review of new emails connected to Clinton’s servers did not produce evidence that would warrant charges. Clinton was ahead of Trump by three points in North Carolina in our poll last week for CBS.
Why do they keep talking about swing states?
That could prove crucial, because even if Trump picks up the remaining toss ups – New Hampshire, Florida, North Carolina and the two electoral votes between ME and Nebraska – Trump would still come up short.
In many states people have been able to vote in advance and it is estimated at least one-third of all votes will have been cast before November 8.
The 2012 exchange between Doug Band and Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta was released by the WikiLeaks organization.
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Clinton did not mention the Federal Bureau of Investigation finding during her last two campaign events on Sunday, but Trump was blunt in questioning the thoroughness of the renewed probe and saying the issue would not go away.
