Is FBI Director James Comey’s Last-Minute Election Chicanery Working?

The recent Elon University poll shows a tighter race – one that is too close to call, says Jason Husser, director of the Elon Poll.

The controversy over Clinton’s email practices while she served as secretary of state has dogged her for more than a year.

Just days before the general election, President Barack Obama spoke at a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton in Miami to urge voters to sway the crucial battleground of Florida.

Clinton and her top allies have questioned Comey’s judgment and, in some cases, his neutrality.

Trump cited a CBS News report quoting an unnamed US official saying that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had found emails related to Clinton’s tenure as secretary of State on a laptop belonging to Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of Clinton aide Huma Abedin.

In a four-way poll that included alternative party candidates, Clinton led Trump by 8 percentage points among likely voters.

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pulled within a point of Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton, polling at 45 per cent among likely US voters to Clinton’s 46 per cent, the latest Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll says.

Donald Trump warned yesterday that the United States would be plunged into a “constitutional crisis” should Hillary Clinton win next week’s presidential election. On Sunday, Trump had a 53 to 45 percent advantage.

Clinton’s running mate, Tim Kaine, amplified his campaign’s criticisms of Comey, saying that he violated long-standing Department of Justice protocols about steering clear of actions that could influence elections and revealing information about ongoing investigations. Trump supporters were more likely than Clinton supporters to expect that the nation would be more politically split should their candidate win (33 percent to 25 percent) but almost half said they expected no change either.

Clinton was viewed extremely favorably or favorably by 51 percent of those polled, compared to only 31 percent for Trump. “Bad judgement!” Trump said in the first tweet of the day.

Among Clinton supporters, those with a college degree have a harder time respecting someone who prefers Trump than those who have not graduated from college.

Federal authorities in NY and North Carolina are investigating online communications between Mr Weiner and a 15-year-old girl.