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The fight for Ohio in the 2016 election is a showcase for how Republicans and Democrats are navigating a deeply divided electorate.

The presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton descended on Thursday, giving a glimpse of their approaches in one of just a handful of states that will be decisive in the presidential race and which party controls the Senate.

The race for the White House has narrowed. A new Fox News Poll finds Donald Trump gaining ground in the head-to-head matchup, despite improvements from Hillary Clinton on top issues.

In addition, this is the first time the poll offers a four-way presidential ballot (it preceded the two-way ballot).

The race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has tightened. Clinton, whose lead over Trump exceeded 8 percentage points at her peak following the Democratic convention, is ahead by 4 or 5 percentage points today, according to our polls-only forecast.

The tighter margins in the polls, which reflect a loss of support for Clinton along with a modest improvement for Trump, have come gradually over the past few weeks.

Clinton to air TV ads in Arizona

Hours after Donald Trump delivered a hard-line immigration speech in Phoenix, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is going on the air with a television ad buy in Arizona, said a senior campaign official.

The move — intended to project confidence and mount an offensive in a state that’s voted Republican in 15 of the last 16 presidential elections — is an aggressive one that could put Trump further on his heels in Arizona.

Clinton has popularity woes too

Much as been made of the record levels to which Republican nominee Donald Trump has sunk in terms of public approval. But Democrat Hillary Clinton has her own woes in this area as well, as The Washington Post reports this morning:

A record number of Americans now dislike Hillary Clinton

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows 41 percent of Americans have a favorable impression of Clinton, while 56 percent have an unfavorable one.

That’s the worst image Clinton has had in her ... Read More >>

Trump chilled by cold Election Day reality

When Donald Trump walks on stage here Wednesday, he will be guided by anti-immigration zealots to a more moderate sounding platform, one that represents a pragmatic calculation of his Election Day challenge if not a deeper belief in the unforgiving border policy that won him the Republican nomination.

Polls tighten in presidential race

Donald Trump is gaining some ground on Hillary Clinton in the polls, leaving the Democrat with a smaller lead heading into the crucial month of September.

Clinton opened her largest margin on Aug. 9, when she had a 7.6 percentage point advantage over Trump in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls. At the time, she was consistently reaching 50 percent support.