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New poll: Clinton’s lead over Trump narrows nationwide
Hillary Clinton’s nationwide lead over Donald Trump has tightened to single digits with just three days to go before the first presidential debate between the two candidates.
A new McClatchy-Marist poll released Friday puts the former secretary of state 7 percentage points ahead of the Manhattan billionaire in a head-to-head matchup among likely voters, 48 percent to 41 percent.
Read More >>Newest absentee, registration numbers promising for Clinton
Early numbers from Iowa and North Carolina, where voters are already casting absentee ballots, look promising for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Clinton’s Leading In Exactly The States She Needs To Win
Here at FiveThirtyEight, our favorite election-related chart is what we officially call the “winding path to 270 electoral votes” and unofficially call the snake. Designed by my colleague Aaron Bycoffe, it lines the states up from most favorable for Hillary Clinton (Hawaii, Maryland) to best for Donald Trump (Wyoming, Alabama) based on the projected margin of victory in each one. The snake is bisected by a line indicating 269 electoral votes: cross this line — meaning you get 270 electoral votes — and you win the election.
Read More >>Undecided Voters Are Proving a Tough Sell for Clinton and Trump
Craig Bell isn’t much thrilled with having to choose between Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.
When the 55-year-old software engineer from Columbus, Ohio, tunes in to Monday night’s debate between the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, what he sees will be as important as what he hears.
Read More >>Trump campaign to ramp up Colorado appearances
As the November election gets closer, Republican nominee Donald Trump is ramping up his campaign in Colorado.
Although Trump himself won’t be in the state, his children and running mate will be covering the state.
Read More >>Trump’s bizarre ad strategy
It’s seven weeks before Election Day, five days before the highly anticipated first debate, and Donald Trump’s television advertisements have all but vanished.
Trump’s ads last ran nearly a week ago in four battleground states: Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Since then, the GOP presidential nominee has ceded the airwaves to Hillary Clinton — and is only poised to launch a limited, less-targeted ad campaign in the days before next week’s debate.
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