Reuters/Ipsos: Clinton leads Trump by five points, swing states tighten

These swing states are hotly contested because their voters can swing either to Republicans or Democrats and can be decisive in presidential elections. But Clinton still has the advantage.

Clinton, the Democratic nominee, held rallies and events in Florida and Pennsylvania, appealing to women, minorities and millennials.

At the PNC Music Pavilion, the President warned that there is little time left and the race between Clinton and Donald Trump in North Carolina was going to go down to the wire.

Both candidates are tied at 44 percent in the Rasmussen poll.

In 2008, Obama carried the swing state of OH over Sen.

Cuban voters have historically favoured Republicans, but younger generations have shifted toward Democratic Party candidates. “Donald Trump has to win all of these battleground races, and one of the reasons we’re so happy with the turnout numbers we’re seeing.is we are slowly building up a lead that’s going to be harder and harder for Donald Trump to overcome and that’s why we are fighting on all these fronts”.

In a security scare, Trump was bundled off stage by Secret Service agents at a rally in Nevada after someone in the crowd shouted “gun” which led to a commotion.

According to the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project released earlier on Friday, Trump has gained ground in several states that were leaning toward Clinton as Election Day draws closer.

The Los Angeles Times made this other pertinent observation.

Mook said that while the race in MI has “tightened”, he insisted that Clinton is still on track for a victory there.

He has also reduced his Democrat rival’s lead in the delegate-rich state of Pennsylvania to just 2 percentage points, after trailing by an average of 6 per cent throughout October.

Trump repeated parts of the claim on Saturday in Tampa, Florida where accused Obama of “screaming and screaming and screaming-just like the way he runs the country, nobody listens to him”. Each of those states is key in the state-by-state quest for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House.

Despite the Clinton campaign’s success with minority voters, on Saturday polls continued to tighten in a number of predominantly white states such as Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation announcement, the Reuters/Ipsos poll has seen a surge in Republican expectations. Trump, a NY real estate magnate who has never run for political office, was scheduled to visit New Hampshire, where many polls are showing a close race, before heading to OH and Pennsylvania. No – and it certainly isn’t a very encouraging tone for Clinton’s campaign.

Republicans have always been concerned that Trump’s hard line on immigration would alienate Hispanic voters, and early indications suggest their fears are warranted. So if not for the manufactured controversies that immediately followed this poll, OH might have been a lot closer than it is now.

A week ago Clinton was up by three points and by six points in mid-October. She has a 65 percent chance of winning in the FiveThirtyEight forecast. In fact, one poll from the New York Times/Siena found Trump ahead by 4 points in Florida, 46 percent to 42 percent.

States like Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia have the power to swing the election, but so far neither Trump nor Clinton has a significant lead in these crucial states.

General election polls taken now may actually may be under representing Hillary Clinton’s support because of the impact of early voting.

CNN’s Daniella Diaz contributed this report. She also added a planned stop in MI for Monday, the day before the November 8 election.