{"id":13965,"date":"2016-10-24T10:58:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T10:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=13965"},"modified":"2016-10-24T10:58:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T10:58:16","slug":"polls-show-clinton-in-commanding-position-in-battle-for-270","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/elections\/polls-show-clinton-in-commanding-position-in-battle-for-270.html","title":{"rendered":"Polls show Clinton in commanding position in battle for 270"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Polls show Clinton in commanding position in battle for 270<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Polls show Clinton in commanding position in <\/strong>battle<strong> for 270:-<\/strong> Little more than two weeks before Election Day, Hillary Clinton is poised for success where it counts: the Electoral College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Democratic nominee enjoys big leads over Republican foe Donald Trump in states that add up to 213 electoral votes, according to an analysis by the Associates Press; she also leads in Democratic-leaning states that total 59 electoral votes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Victories in those states alone would give Clinton 272 electoral votes, two more than necessary to win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Clinton continues to hold a clear lead over Trump nationally, and her current advantage in battleground states would be enough to give her an electoral college victory in November,&#8221; the Associated Press reports in its state-by-state analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The AP also notes that Clinton is competitive and has a shot at other large states \u2014 notably Florida and Ohio \u2014 as well as a few traditionally Republican states like Arizona and North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Trump, meanwhile, has solid leads in states with 106 electoral votes; he also leads in Republican-leaning states with 73 electoral votes. Those would give him a total of only 179 electoral votes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">SOURCE:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/onpolitics\/2016\/10\/23\/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-electoral-college-associated-press\/92640876\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/elections\/polls-show-clinton-in-commanding-position-in-battle-for-270.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polls show Clinton in commanding position in battle for 270 Polls show Clinton in commanding position in battle for 270:- Little more than two weeks before Election Day, Hillary Clinton is poised for success where it counts: the Electoral College. 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