Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by 5 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Friday, keeping her advantage in a national survey while races tighten in several swing states.
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The group focuses in part on states where the Latino population might not be huge, “but even if they’re a small part they can make the difference” in tight races, Ocampo said, adding the group also will kick off voter canvassing in Pennsylvania and Arizona.
The candidates and their campaigns try to squeeze in as much as they can.
Add to that the fact that Trump’s appeal has frequently been underestimated in the polls, going all the way back to the beginning of the campaign in 2015, and you’ll see why some Dems might be a little nervous as Election Day approaches.
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“So, second of all, it looks like maybe he might have served in our military, and we’ve got to respect that”. It all comes down to a system known as the electoral college where 538 electors chose the victor of the Presidential election.
Obama responded Saturday to a Toomey campaign TV ad that shows Obama speaking outside the White House in 2013 and thanking Toomey for his courage in backing a gun control bill, despite its failure.
Obama asked people to pay attention and reminded his supporters of free speech rights in the US.
Michigan’s status as a presidential battleground is no longer in question on the eve of the election. But assuming all goes as planned, by next weekend we’ll have a new president and this completely insane election will finally be over. About 60 percent of the state is expected to cast ballots before the election Tuesday. Keep an eye on the Utah vote for independent candidate Evan McMullin, who’s apparently drawing significant support there and giving Trump heartburn in a state that should be a lock for him.
Trump, meanwhile, was to swing through the swing states of New Hampshire, Ohio and Pennsylvania touting his plan to “drain the swamp” of corrupt politicians to his supporters.
Most likely the victor will be declared by 4 am GMT (9:30 am IST), when the polling will close in all states aside from Alaska, which has been the case in 2008 and 2012 elections. On Friday, Vice-President Joe Biden campaigned in Wisconsin, Sen. Who among the presidential candidates is your bet?
In the October 30-November 3 opinion poll, 44% of likely voters supported Clinton while 39% supported Trump.
The Republican party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is America’s right-wing party. Some former Republicans include Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, George W Bush etc.
The Democrats are the centre- leaning mildly towards left party.
Mr. Obama said he knows that people in North Carolina are exhausted of all those advertisement on TV.
What is the election day process for US Presidential election 2016? According to the National Archives, 99 percent of electors through USA history have voted for the candidate who won their state. And the Republican candidate from four years ago, Mitt Romney, still insists he won’t vote for the businessman. The number 538 is summation of nation’s 435 representatives, 3 electors (given to the state of Columbia) and 100 senators.
In Florida, RCP’s poll average puts the Democratic candidate ahead, but poll analysis website FiveThirtyEight says Mr Trump has a 52.4% chance of winning the state’s 29 electoral votes.
Democrats have built what could be an insurmountable edge in Nevada at the end of early voting in the Western battleground state. Some major swing states are Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania.
Bernie Sanders has fully embraced his role in helping get Clinton elected.
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A important narrative to win in the last few days is what they call “the big Mo” – who has the momentum in the final days. The latest setback that is really hurting her on this front is that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has re-opened this case after her aide’s laptop yielded some more “incriminating” emails.Her health issues also came to light after she collapsed at the 9/11 memorial. That’s roughly the same as Obama’s 48,000-vote lead after early voting in 2012 – which grew when more Democrats than Republicans turned out on Election Day. This despite the fact that the Clinton campaign has been doing its best to hammer home all of Trump’s rank talk about women, the accusations of sexual assault against him, and his rants against Muslims, Mexicans and others.
