US stocks rose for a second straight session on Tuesday, helped by early voter turnout estimates favouring Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton in the USA presidential election.
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The victor will inherit an anxious nation, angry and distrustful of leaders in Washington.
“Whatever credibility I have earned after eight years as president, I am asking you to trust me on this”.
Conway said the Trump campaign isn’t upset that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton hasn’t yet made a public concession speech. Democrats need to pick up four seats if Clinton wins to take back control of the chamber. Republicans expect to maintain their House majority.
Polls opened two hours ago in New York and just a few moments ago, Clinton voted in the town of New Castle in upstate New York, a few hours outside of New York City.
“I will look at it at the time”, Trump said to Wallace. “It will be the most important vote you have ever cast because we don’t win anymore”.
Trump said he wanted to tap America’s unrealized potential. “And people are hurt so badly”.
The FBI’s controversial behavior will nearly certainly be subject to great scrutiny after Election Day.
While the national race will come down to Clinton or Trump, the victor in some states could depend on how much support turns out for third-party candidates.
The Democrat spent the last eight days of campaigning under a renewed Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry into whether she had exposed U.S. secrets by using a private email server at the state department.
Obama said in Hillary, Americans have “somebody extraordinary to vote for”.
October 28, 2016: Comey says he’s found new Clinton emails that might warrant investigation; race tightens. First, Clinton, against all possible odds, has run an excellent campaign, whose relentless attacks would have felled lesser candidates in days.
On the stump, Trump repeatedly raised the possibility of a “rigged” election, saying he was fighting an uphill battle against the media and the Washington political establishment.
Comey originally cleared Clinton, the Democratic candidate for president, of wrongdoing, although he highly criticized Clinton’s handling of sensitive State Department emails.
Hillary Clinton – former first lady, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State – releases a two-minute video announcing that she’s running for president. Days before, Republicans were applauding Comey for the FBI’s search for the truth.
The centerpiece of Clinton’s final campaign swing on Monday was a massive rally on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall, where she was joined by her husband.
President Barack Obama is congratulating Donald Trump on his victory in becoming the president-elect.
USA stocks booked gains for a second consecutive day Tuesday, as investors remained optimistic about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning the presidential election. However the race still remains close in the U.S. presidential elections 2016. Republicans, who heralded Comey for launching the new inquiry, quickly changed course and accused him of buckling under pressure. “I’ve been saying it for a long time”, he had declared, as his supporters chanted “Lock her up!” at a rally in MI. She was closing out her campaigning with a midnight rally in Raleigh, North Carolina.
“Your two most recent letters to the Committee leave several unanswered questions about this new material and the FBI’s review of it”, Johnson wrote, adding he was requesting additional information “in the name of transparency”. Trump, 70, made a last minute scheduled stop in MI to address thousands of his supporters hoping that he might be able to swing this state from the Democrats.
“We have got to rise above all of this”, she told a cheering crowd in Pittsburgh.
Donald Trump holds up a latex mask of himself and comments on its “nice head of hair” Trumped? Monday’s announcement comes amid rising concerns about voter intimidation, particularly aimed at minorities. Presidential elections usually involve sporadic voting problems, such as machines not working properly.
“During that process we reviewed all of the communications that were to or from Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state”.
Clinton is banking in part on high turnout – particularly among Obama’s young, diverse coalition of voters – to carry her over the finish line today.
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In Nevada, where more than three-fourths of expected ballots have been cast, Democrats also lead, 42 percent to 36 percent.
