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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Where early voting stands going into Election Day — As the candidates make their closing arguments before Election Day, millions of Americans have already cast their ballots for the presidential election. — At least 42 million citizens have voted early, with more than 18 million ballots cast in battleground states.
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The Hill:
Wild race heads for dramatic ending — sounded a confident note Monday as she sought to cut off any path to 270 electoral votes for Donald Trump — on the final full day of the presidential campaign. — Trump, for his part, promised that his supporters would propel him to a surprise victory.
CNN:
Early voting data suggests Clinton lags in North Carolina compared to 2012 — (CNN)The political consensus is virtually unanimous: If Hillary Clinton wins North Carolina, Donald Trump has to win every other competitive state to take the White House. — Clinton has other paths …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Spread of Early Voting Is Forging New Habits and Campaign Tactics — In 1977, a flood control measure on the ballot in Monterey, Calif., became what historians say was the first modern American election decided by people who voted before Election Day. — It was a strange moment …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judges refuse voter-intimidation orders against GOP and Trump in Pennsylvania, North Carolina
Judges refuse voter-intimidation orders against GOP and Trump in Pennsylvania, North Carolina
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Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Will Michigan voters decide whether Trump or Clinton wins it all?
Will Michigan voters decide whether Trump or Clinton wins it all?
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The Daily Caller
Politico:
Clinton wins Dixville Notch — Dixville Notch, the quirky northern New Hampshire town that traditionally votes early on Election Day, has tallied this year's results — and Hillary Clinton is the local winner. — Clinton won four votes, while Donald Trump picked up two.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Obamas combine forces with the Clintons to fend off Trump — PHILADELPHIA — Silencing the vast Philadelphia crowd with his final campaign trail address as president, Barack Obama framed Hillary Clinton as a guardian of his legacy as the clock ticked down on her long, turbulent ride to the White House.
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ABC News:
Hillary Clinton, Jon Bon Jovi Do ‘Mannequin Challenge’ — Hillary Clinton had a little fun on her campaign plane Monday night, joining music superstar Jon Bon Jovi and members of her campaign team in taking on the viral “Mannequin Challenge.” — Video captured on Clinton's campaign plane …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Has Shattered Campaign Norms In Damaging, Potentially Lasting Ways — We have grown numb to policies, rhetoric and conduct that was once far beyond the bounds of acceptability. — Fairly early into his speech in Michigan on Sunday night, Donald Trump stated that five years ago …
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Henry McKenna / Patriots Wire:
Gisele posts on Instagram that she and Tom Brady won't back Donald Trump — Gisele may have spilled the beans on Tom Brady's presidential vote. — The New England Patriots quarterback has done his best not to say who he will vote for in the 2016 Presidential Election.
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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Trump says he was just endorsed by Tom Brady and Bill Belichick
Trump says he was just endorsed by Tom Brady and Bill Belichick
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Independent Journal Review, New York Magazine, The Week and TheBlaze
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Clinton Gains, And The Polls Magically Converge — First things first: Hillary Clinton has a 70 percent chance of winning the election, according to both the FiveThirtyEight polls-only and polls-plus models. That's up from a 65 percent chance on Sunday night …
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William Cummings / USA Today:
Trump takes 32-25 lead in New Hampshire after midnight voting — 15k Shares — As the world waits with bated breath for the results of Tuesday's contentious presidential election, its eyes turned briefly to three sleepy hamlets in rural New Hampshire, as their residents — fewer than 100 total …
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
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Ana Navarro / CNN:
I'm voting for Hillary Clinton — and against Donald Trump
I'm voting for Hillary Clinton — and against Donald Trump
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John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Trump Holds 2-Point Lead Over Clinton As Election Day Arrives: Final IBD/TIPP Poll Results — As voters go to the actual polls to cast their ballots in what has been an unprecedented presidential election, Republican Donald Trump held onto a 2-point lead over his Democratic rival …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's ground game may be more robust than you think — SCRANTON, Pa. — If lawn signs are any guide, Donald Trump will win Pennsylvania in a landslide. In and between Scranton and Bucks County, Pa., on Sunday, I counted more than 20 Donald Trump-Mike Pence signs plus a few bigger-than-average signs and one digital billboard.
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan: GOP not Donald Trump's party — won the nomination “fair and square,” the GOP is not his party, Speaker Paul Ryan — (R-Wis.) said Monday on a local radio show. — “It is no one person's party. Donald Trump won the primary fair and square,” Ryan said during an interview on WTMJ …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A group of political scientists says Trump's attacks on our democracy are unprecedented and dangerous — As a general rule, political scientists tend to shy away from taking public stands for — or against — candidates that might make them appear partisan or somehow lacking in scientific objectivity.
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Business Insider
David Brooks / New York Times:
Let's Not Do This Again — If I had to sum up the election of 2016 in one clause, I would say it has been a sociological revolution, a moral warning and a political summons. — Sociologically, this campaign has been an education in how societies come apart.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge balks at five-year timeline for release of Clinton emails — A federal judge signaled Monday that he's not inclined to agree to a timetable for the release of FBI-recovered Hillary Clinton emails that could have the records dribbling out over the next five years.
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