US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump today scrambled to make their final pitch to voters in the closely-contested US presidential race dogged by controversies like the Democratic nominee’s email scandal and sexual assault allegations against her Republican rival.
Seeking to become the first female president of America, Clinton relieved by the latest development will end her campaign with a rally in the battleground state of North Carolina at midnight local time.
“New Mexico has been solidly blue in the past two elections, and it appears Clinton is maintaining her lead here this election cycle, unlike in some battleground states, such as OH or Nevada, where she is either trailing or in a dead heat”, the Journal quoted Brian Sanderoff, president of Research & Polling, as saying.
The divisive Republican outsider conceded he was largely on his own – even as he promised to march into Minnesota, a state that hasn’t backed a GOP presidential nominee in more than four decades.
Under the American voting system, a candidate needs to win a majority of the 538 delegates who will constitute the electoral college that officially anoints the next president in December.
The increased activity is a sure sign that MI has become a coveted battleground as polls in the state have narrowed with Clinton’s lead over Trump shrinking from 11 points in early October to 4 points on Friday. “I just have me, but I have my family”.
House Speaker Paul Ryan campaigned Saturday alongside Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence – a rare show of unity, but not with Trump.
His entire campaign strategy has hinged on an aggressive schedule packed with massive rallies. Minnesota has not voted for a Republican since 1984.
“We’re going to win”.
In July, Comey sharply criticized Clinton for being “careless” in handling classified materials but said there was no basis for bringing any criminal charge against her. Clinton was joined by Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager who was shot dead in 2012 by a Sanford, Florida neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman.
Obama on Friday travelled to North Carolina for the second time in three days to rally support for Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton, Efe news reported.
And in the race for a seat on the N.M. Supreme Court, the poll found a tie between Republican Judith Nakamura and Democrat Michael Vigil.
On Saturday night, Clinton planned to host a concert with pop star Katy Perry in Philadelphia.
Momentum was with Clinton since the middle of August, but her ratings in the opinion polls nose-dived last week after revelations that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had re-opened its probe into her private emails.
The tumult and tedium of Campaign 2016 finally culminates Tuesday as the nation chooses among Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and a variety of third-party types.
MI had been considered a sure bet for Clinton, but a Detroit Free Press poll last week indicated Clinton’s double-digit lead had narrowed to 4 points with 13 percent of voters still undecided.
“This is a whole different ballgame”, Trump said at a rally in an airport hangar in Minneapolis, predicting victory in a state that hasn’t cast its electoral votes for a Republican since 1972. “If we win Pennsylvania and Florida, he just has no path“. This week, however, those numbers flipped and Republicans now narrowly believe he could win.
A man holding a sign saying Republicans Against Trump was tackled by security agents.
The question has been dangling out there: Will Trump accept the results of the presidential election if he loses?
Here in the Philippines, our own officials led by President Duterte are more concerned with how the new U.S. administration, whether Clinton or Trump, will respond to his anti-US rhetoric and his moves for a foreign policy that is less dependent on the US.