The Race Between Trump & Clinton Is Far Too Close In Key States

Speaking on Wednesday at the Illinois Old State House in Springfield, where in 1858 Lincoln declared that “a house divided against itself can not stand”, the presumptive Democratic nominee also delivered a fresh rebuke to Donald Trump, whom she accused of “stoking mistrust and pitting American against American”. “In times like these, we need a president who can help pull us together, not split us apart”, she said.

Clinton, flanked by American flags and standing beneath a portrait of George Washington, said Trump is dividing the United States and is a far cry from Lincoln, who argued against slavery in the same chamber in 1858, famously telling the assembled lawmakers that “a house divided against itself can not stand”.

Hillary Clinton arrived on the North Shore for a high-dollar fund-raiser after earlier attacking Donald Trump for deepening divisions among Americans.

Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, another state that could just as easily go for the Democratic or the Republican in the November election, Trump is leading Clinton by 43 per cent to 41 per cent, although last month the billionaire was trailing the former first lady by one percentage point. In polling also taken entirely after the FBI’s announcement, Harper finds Clinton up 7 points in Colorado (45 to 38 percent).

Clinton’s lead has shrunk since the previous poll in June, which had the former Secretary of State ahead 42-35 percent among likely voters.

Independents prefer Trump (34 percent) over Clinton (23 percent), yet many volunteer they are undecided (11 percent), will vote for another candidate (16 percent), or not vote (16 percent).

The poll also showed Clinton with a big advantage among women and minority voters as well as a slight lead among white voters.

In Pennsylvania, Mr. Trump leads among Republicans 82% to 5%, while Mrs. Clinton among Democrats enjoys 82% to 9%.

71-percent of voters responded that “the old ways don’t work and it’s time for radical change”.

Bennet leads Glenn by 48 percent to 35 percent, while Libertarian Lily Tang Williams and Green Party candidate Arn Menconi have support in the low single digits.

Trump’s lead in the head-to-head matchup is within the poll’s 3.1 percentage-point margin of error.

The poll’s measure of registered voters did not show the same level of tightening. As Mark Hammer noted on Twitter last month, “the genius of the Trump Clinton Twitter war of 2016 is that it consumes Trump’s every waking minute and Clinton doesn’t know it’s happening”. That’s a one-point swing from June’s results. 18 percent do not have an opinion of him.