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book_worm

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Sat Oct 29, 2016, 01:13 PM Oct 2016

Clinton enjoys solid lead in early voting: Reuters/Ipsos poll

With 11 days to go before the U.S. presidential election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by 15 percentage points among early voters surveyed in the past two weeks, according to the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project.

Though data is not available for all early voting states, Clinton enjoys an edge in swing states such as Ohio and Arizona and in Republican Party strongholds such as Georgia and Texas.

An estimated 19 million Americans have voted so far in the election, according to the University of Florida’s United States Election Project, accounting for as much as 20 percent of the electorate.

Overall, Clinton remained on track to win a majority of votes in the Electoral College, the Reuters/Ipsos survey showed.

Having so many ballots locked down before the Nov. 8 election is good news for the Clinton campaign. On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that it is examining newly discovered emails belonging to Clinton’s close aide, Huma Abedin. Those emails were found on a computer belonging to Anthony Weiner, Abedin’s estranged husband, during an unrelated investigation into illicit messages he is alleged to have sent to a teenage girl. The Reuters/Ipsos survey was conducted before the news emerged Friday afternoon.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-idUSKCN12T0J6?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

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Clinton enjoys solid lead in early voting: Reuters/Ipsos poll (Original Post) book_worm Oct 2016 OP
And that's why the prediction markets barely budged. Fahrenthold451 Oct 2016 #1
Good news! Proud liberal 80 Oct 2016 #2
Thank you semby2 Oct 2016 #3
Still concerned about the Senate and the House looks like it is not happening now. Dawson Leery Oct 2016 #4
She is even leading in early vote in TX, according to this. LisaL Oct 2016 #5
Great news. oasis Oct 2016 #6
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