{"id":265052,"date":"2016-11-04T07:10:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T07:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=265052"},"modified":"2016-11-04T07:10:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T07:10:09","slug":"us-election-2016-battlegrounds-targeted-as-polls-tighten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=265052","title":{"rendered":"US election 2016: Battlegrounds targeted as polls tighten"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have made renewed attacks on each other’s fitness for office as polls suggest the race for the White House is tightening.<\/p>\n

Mrs Clinton – who has seen her national opinion poll lead shrink in recent days – targeted her Republican rival’s temperament and attitude to women.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump said she would be followed into the White House by criminal investigations.<\/p>\n

He has gained ground on Mrs Clinton in some swing states, polls suggest.<\/p>\n

Thursday’s campaigning included a rare appearance by Mr Trump’s wife Melania.<\/p>\n

In her first speech since July’s Republican convention, the former model spoke about being an immigrant and a mother and said her husband would “make America fair”.<\/p>\n

She also vowed, in a speech in the Philadelphia suburbs, to lead a campaign against cyber-bullying if she becomes first lady, and to combat a culture that has “gotten too mean and too rough”.<\/p>\n

She made no reference to her husband’s record of name-calling on social media.<\/p>\n

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Mr Trump has gained ground on Mrs Clinton in a number of swing states, including Florida and North Carolina, according to polls. Some national tracker polls are now suggesting the two candidates are neck-and-neck.<\/p>\n

The Reuters\/Ipsos States of the Nation project estimates Mrs Clinton’s odds of winning the necessary 270 Electoral College votes on Tuesday at about 90%, down from 95% last week.<\/p>\n

The momentum appears to be with Mr Trump, who has joked about having to stay on message, as the final weekend of campaigning approaches.<\/p>\n

He has capitalised on a new FBI investigation into a Clinton aide’s emails.<\/p>\n

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Melania Trump vowed to fight cyber bullying if she becomes first lady<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Here we go again with the Clintons – you remember the impeachment and the problems,” Mr Trump said at a rally in Jacksonville, Florida, his fourth appearance in the state.<\/p>\n

“That’s not what we need in our country, folks. We need someone who is ready to go to work.”<\/p>\n

Later, at a night-time rally in North Carolina, he delivered a speech on defence in which he said he could not imagine Mrs Clinton as commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n

Mrs Clinton continued to focus on Mr Trump’s character, telling a rally in North Carolina: “He has spent this entire campaign offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters.<\/p>\n

“This has never happened to a nominee of a major party.”<\/p>\n

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Pharrell Williams and Bernie Sanders get behind Hillary Clinton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n
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She added: “If Donald Trump were to win this election we would have a commander-in-chief who is completely out of his depth and whose ideas are incredibly dangerous.”<\/p>\n

President Barack Obama has been working almost as hard as Mrs Clinton, as he attempts to rally support among young voters and African Americans.<\/p>\n

Analysis of early voting returns suggests black voters may not be turning out in the kinds of numbers they did for Obama in 2012.<\/p>\n

Alluding to Mr Trump’s past as a reality TV show host, Mr Obama told students at Florida International University in Miami: “This isn’t a joke. This isn’t Survivor. This isn’t The Bachelorette. This counts.”<\/p>\n

Mrs Clinton also got a boost from her one-time rival for the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders. He appeared alongside her at a rally in North Carolina on Thursday evening, praising her commitment to increasing the minimum wage and tackling inequality.<\/p>\n

Music star Pharrell Williams was also at the event, hailing Mrs Clinton’s record on women’s rights.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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