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<blockquote data-quote="SueEllenRules!" data-source="post: 19085" data-attributes="member: 87"><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size: 18px">9 days and counting . . .</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">And in today's news:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Clinton enjoys solid lead in early voting: Reuters/Ipsos poll</span></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 15px">With 11 days to go before the U.S. presidential election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by 15 percentage points among early voters surveyed in the past two weeks, according to the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project.</span></em></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Though data is not available for all early voting states, Clinton enjoys an edge in swing states such as Ohio and Arizona and in Republican Party strongholds such as Georgia and Texas.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">An estimated 19 million Americans have voted so far in the election, according to the University of Florida’s United States Election Project, accounting for as much as 20 percent of the electorate.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Overall, Clinton remained on track to win a majority of votes in the Electoral College, the Reuters/Ipsos survey showed.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">As of Thursday, Clinton’s odds of receiving the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency remained at greater than 95 percent, according to State of the Nation polling results released Saturday. The project estimated she would win by 320 votes to 218, with 278 votes solidly for the Democrat.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Clinton’s lead among early voters is similar to the lead enjoyed by President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney at this point of the 2012 race, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken at the time. Obama won the election by 332 electoral votes to Romney’s 206.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Trump’s path to a victory is narrow, and any realistic chance rests on his winning Ohio, North Carolina and Florida. As of Thursday, Ohio remained a toss-up. Florida and North Carolina were still tilting toward Clinton, according to the States of the Nation results.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px">Early voting data for Florida and North Carolina was not yet available this week. In Ohio, Clinton led Trump by double digits among early voters. The project’s broader polling suggests the state is deadlocked between the two candidates.</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN12T0J6?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+reuters%252FtopNews+(News+%252F+US+%252F+Top+News)" target="_blank">http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN12T0J6?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+(News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News)</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SueEllenRules!, post: 19085, member: 87"] [B][COLOR=rgb(179, 0, 0)][SIZE=5]9 days and counting . . .[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] [SIZE=4] And in today's news: [/SIZE] [B][SIZE=6]Clinton enjoys solid lead in early voting: Reuters/Ipsos poll[/SIZE] [I][SIZE=4]With 11 days to go before the U.S. presidential election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by 15 percentage points among early voters surveyed in the past two weeks, according to the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project.[/SIZE][/I][/B] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]Though data is not available for all early voting states, Clinton enjoys an edge in swing states such as Ohio and Arizona and in Republican Party strongholds such as Georgia and Texas.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]An estimated 19 million Americans have voted so far in the election, according to the University of Florida’s United States Election Project, accounting for as much as 20 percent of the electorate.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Overall, Clinton remained on track to win a majority of votes in the Electoral College, the Reuters/Ipsos survey showed.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]As of Thursday, Clinton’s odds of receiving the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency remained at greater than 95 percent, according to State of the Nation polling results released Saturday. The project estimated she would win by 320 votes to 218, with 278 votes solidly for the Democrat.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Clinton’s lead among early voters is similar to the lead enjoyed by President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney at this point of the 2012 race, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken at the time. Obama won the election by 332 electoral votes to Romney’s 206.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Trump’s path to a victory is narrow, and any realistic chance rests on his winning Ohio, North Carolina and Florida. As of Thursday, Ohio remained a toss-up. Florida and North Carolina were still tilting toward Clinton, according to the States of the Nation results.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=4]Early voting data for Florida and North Carolina was not yet available this week. In Ohio, Clinton led Trump by double digits among early voters. The project’s broader polling suggests the state is deadlocked between the two candidates.[/SIZE] [/LIST] [SIZE=4][URL='http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN12T0J6?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+reuters%252FtopNews+(News+%252F+US+%252F+Top+News)']http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN12T0J6?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+(News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News)[/URL][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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