Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has a 70 per cent chance of winning the White House race against her Republican rival Donald Trump, a top American pollster has said on the eve of what is being described as the most crucial election in decades.
"Hillary Clinton has a 70 per cent chance of winning the election," said FiveThirtyEight website's Nate Silver, who accurately predicted the outcome of 2008 and 2012 presidential elections.
This is up from a 65 per cent chance on Sunday night, so Clinton, 69, has had a good run in the polls in the final days of the campaign, he said.(more)
Donald Trump might be trailing in surveys but the Republican nominee is more popular than his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in Google searches in the US.
Data released by Google shows Trump dominating search in 38 states till Monday, including in the battleground states of Florida and Michigan.
Google data also shows that immigration is the top Trump-related search topic, followed by abortion and race issues, Fox News reported.(more)
A record 46.2 million of the estimated 200 million voter shave exercised their franchise in the 2016 US presidential elections before the official voting day, surpassing the 2012 record when 32.3 million people had voted in advance.
Experts said the massive turn out in 2016 general elections in early voting reflects the change in the voting patterns of Americans.
"Some voters are clearly changing as they opted to vote early instead of the election day," said Michael McDonald, an early-voting expert who runs the elections project.(more)
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