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Poll: Nine weeks out, a near even race
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton start the race to November 8 on essentially even ground, with Trump edging Clinton by a scant two points among likely voters, and the contest sparking sharp divisions along demographic lines in a new CNN/ORC Poll.
Labor Day Reset: Down the Stretch With Clinton and Trump
As recently as a generation ago, presidential general elections were thought to begin on Labor Day. That was back when August was a political dead zone, of course, with most Americans on news-free (and pre-cable) vacations, the tiny media elites all on retreat in the Hamptons or Martha’s Vineyard, and the campaigns and their auxiliaries marshaling their resources for the homestretch.
Read More >>Clinton, Trump Zero In on Battleground States That Will Decide Election
With the start of the intensified, two-month sprint to Election Day, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump expanded their availability to the news media as they zeroed in on the states and groups of voters they need to claim victory on Nov. 8.
The two candidates crossed paths at Cleveland’s Hopkins International Airport at the start of the day Monday, illustrating the narrow focus of both campaigns on Ohio and about seven other battleground states that will decide the election.
Read More >>Clinton team over-confident?
How can you tell when a campaign is perhaps getting over-confident? When headlines like this start to appear:
Clinton’s advisers tell her to prep for a landslide
Advisers to Hillary Clinton’s campaign have identified so many paths to an Election Day victory they are now focusing not only on the one or two battlegrounds that would ensure a win but on opening up the possibility of an Electoral College landslide.
“Hillary Clinton has many paths to 270 electoral votes, more than any candidate ... Read More >>
Clinton’s advisers tell her to prep for a landslide
Advisers to Hillary Clinton’s campaign have identified so many paths to an Election Day victory they are now focusing not only on the one or two battlegrounds that would ensure a win but on opening up the possibility of an Electoral College landslide.
“Hillary Clinton has many paths to 270 electoral votes, more than any candidate in a generation,” said Jeff Berman, a paid consultant to her campaign.
Read More >>Hillary Clinton Raised $143 Million in August for Democrats and Her Campaign
Hillary Clinton is raising huge amounts of cash for the Democratic National Committee and state parties, according to figures released by her campaign on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for a substantial investment in swing states during the fall.
August was Mrs. Clinton’s most successful fund-raising month so far, as she crisscrossed the country on a money hunt that took her to dozens of events in the summer locales of the wealthy and the well-to-do.
Read More >>Trump’s Rust Belt hopes rise in Wisconsin
Don’t look now, but Donald Trump is on the rebound in Wisconsin.
Two new polls released Wednesday showed the GOP nominee closing the once massive gap against Hillary Clinton in deep blue Wisconsin.
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