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This R&D provides resources on the closing stretch of the 2016 presidential election. Last week it appeared that Donald Trump was heading to certain defeat, but the announcement that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was looking into new e-mails related to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has given him a late jolt in the polls. Trump has re-established his lead in the Los Angeles Times tracking poll and has closed a twelve point margin in the ABC/Washington Post tracking poll. However, for Trump to win he would still need to sweep nearly all the remaining tossup states and then capture a state in Clinton’s column according RealClearPolitics and that may be tough to do with just a week left.
With a week to go until Election Day, will Donald Trump get the surge he needs on the #Roadto270? https://t.co/FSSsNR0PpZ
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) October 31, 2016
Heard on the trail: the latest quips and quotes from 2016’s noisy presidential election https://t.co/gGHdHT5rQb pic.twitter.com/WBwGRwdx5P
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) October 31, 2016
Twenty Americans describe why they are voting in a Presidential election for the first time: https://t.co/VfvB2HyWHr pic.twitter.com/2SJ92f0Igm
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 29, 2016
Can’t vote/won’t vote: How turnout will decide the 2016 presidential election https://t.co/9L41Sd3Eul
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 29, 2016
Our updated presidential election forecast: Trump now with a 10% chance of winning. https://t.co/ku1Slf7Qzz pic.twitter.com/Lijnd3nBed
— The Upshot (@UpshotNYT) October 31, 2016
Signs grow of another third-party fizzle as the presidential election nears https://t.co/ovHMYAHZBq 🔓
— Capital Journal (@WSJPolitics) October 31, 2016
4 things I think I know 8 days out (4/4):
4. Turnout mattershttps://t.co/06P4bQ4ADD
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) October 31, 2016
In 2004, James Comey remained silent on a Bush administration battle that could have influenced voters: https://t.co/XCfEevYzUY OPINION
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) October 31, 2016
Less than 2 weeks before millions of Americans vote in the presidential election but turnout could be as low as 50% https://t.co/YNJT0ZZL6j
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 29, 2016
What the FBI email investigation means for the US presidential election https://t.co/DrbLR7ZzGN pic.twitter.com/dX827N7vi5
— The Independent (@Independent) October 29, 2016
This Is Not the First Time the FBI Has Interfered with a Presidential Election https://t.co/J7Rb1jFyLz
— The Nation (@thenation) October 31, 2016