As per IBD/TIPP, considered to be the most accurate poll, Clinton has support of 45 per cent of the likely voters as against Trump’s 44 per cent.
His increase, which puts him nearly on an even keel with his rival Clinton at 47 points to her 48 points in a head-to-head poll by ABC/Washington Post Tracking, comes after FBI director James Comey announced the bureau would be reopening its investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server.
Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook questioned why the Federal Bureau of Investigation director had not released any information about the agency’s Russian Federation inquiries. The week before, the poll showed that Trump was more than 10 points behind Clinton.
“They don’t say a thing when it comes to Donald Trump and investigations against him, yet when it comes to Hillary Clinton, for some reason, they are more than happy to talk”.
Priorities USA will spend at least $1 million in each of those states on TV ads by Election Day. “So I understand why if you are voting for the first time or even the second time, you know, all that noise coming at you, you think, oh, well, there’s something maybe, I should be anxious about…”
The Clinton campaign has criticised FBI Director James Comey for “blatant double standards” over its new inquiry into Mrs Clinton’s email use. In Florida, African-Americans’ share of the electorate that has gone to the polls in person so far has decreased to 15 per cent.
The situation clearly changed with the discovery of emails between Clinton and her top aide, Huma Abedin, on a laptop computer Abedin shared with her estranged husband, former Congressman Anthony Weiner.
“I think most people have moved on”, she said.
Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign stop Tuesday in Dade City, Fla. The national average shows the closest margin between the two since September 19 when Trump pulled within a point of Clinton.
“There is nothing of my business activities to investigate”, the former campaign chairman said in an email to The Times.
The CNN poll showed Clinton polling well among women in all four battleground states, while Trump does better with male voters.
Trump has not released his tax returns in this campaign, despite pressure to do so. Clinton had held a 6 point advantage over Trump in the five-day tracking poll last Thursday.
He expressed confidence in Clinton and said she made an honest mistake with the emails which has been “blown up as some insane thing”.
With this new email discovery, a grand jury should be impaneled with subpoena power to put the matter of Clinton’s emails to rest for good. A campaign aide said if Trump wins, he would ask Congress to begin working on legislation to repeal the law before the January 20 inauguration.