Clinton to close the campaign by assembling political equivalent of ‘The Avengers’

Numerous states that will be most seriously contested have played this role before.

She and Trump are focused heavily on states where the race is close, given the White House is decided by the Electoral College system of tallying wins on a state-by-state basis.

“This is somebody who would do damage to our democracyl, who is uniquely unqualified, and shows no interest in becoming more qualified”.

“Trump was speaking at a rally in Jacksonville, Florida”. Clinton has at least two.

North Carolina is known as the Tar Heel State, but it has earned another monicker during this year’s insane election cycle – “The Checkmate State”.

Trump and aides attribute their gains, in part, to negative views of Clinton, including last week’s news that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is reviewing new documents in connection with the former secretary of State’s private email system.

There’s just five days until the United States presidential election, and President Barack Obama came out swinging on behalf of Hillary Clinton today.

Mr Trump’s path to victory remains narrow.

“He’s not picking up as much territory as other states”, said GOP strategist and former Romney campaign spokesman Ryan Williams.

He was well behind in the national polls, and the state polls indicated he needed to win all of the states in which he was already competitive, and also flip a substantial Clinton lead in another couple of states to get the 270 electoral votes he needs to gain the White House.

He did note, however, that Brazile had also been in touch with Sanders’ advisers during the campaign.

Those ad buys are based on the assumption that Trump doesn’t need extra help to keep Arizona, Georgia, Utah, Texas or any other traditionally red state in the Republican column.

“I want to speak not just to Democrats”. Trump tweeted about his wife’s appearance with vice presidential candidate Mike Pence’s wife, Karen.

Clinton will hold her final pre-election rally in Philadelphia on Monday, seeking to motivate voters in a key battleground state that does not offer early voting. ABC News notes that Trump leads among those who are “most enthusiastic” (by 5 points).

Trump and Clinton are now tied in North Carolina, each with support from 46.4 per cent of likely voters, according to the average of polls tracked by the Web site RealClearPolitics. Even more voters said they were aware of charges that Mr. Trump had made unwanted sexual advances toward a number of women.

“Obama said the election counts and he’s urging Clinton supporters to not wait until Election Day to vote”. “In 2000, George Bush won New Hampshire by about a percentage point”.

The most high-profile new players in the homestretch are two groups funded primarily by Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate from Las Vegas, to benefit Trump and Republicans.

Obama pointed out that Rubio had come out multiple times to say Trump was unfit to be president, but then backed his candidacy anyway.