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US election polls show Clinton and Trump in dead heat in battleground New Hampshire

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are neck and neck in the battleground states of New Hampshire, two separate polls showed Thursday. The Republican has sliced into his rival's vote share.




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US election polls show Trump pulling Texas and Arizona back into his column

Two red states that once looked liked they could be snatched up by Hillary Clinton are now trending back Donald Trump's way – while the two party hopefuls are tied in another.




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Hillary Clinton edges back with a three-point lead a week after the FBI bombshell

Hillary Clinton has a three-point lead over Donald Trump at 47 points to 44, according to an ABC News/Washington post poll. Earlier this week Clinton had slipped behind Trump for the first time.




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Hillary Clinton pushes ahead of Donald Trump in new ABC News/Washington Post poll

Hillary Clinton's lead over opponent Donald Trump has begun to stabilize as the Republican nominee's numbers hit their lowest point in ten days, according to the latest polls.




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New polling indicates a 'potential breach of Hillary Clinton's electoral firewall'

Nate Silver, a renowned statistician, warned on Friday that three new polls indicate a closer than expected race between Clinton and Donald Trump as the polls narrow in New Hampshire.




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Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in new national polls

Three new national polls show Hillary Clinton with an advantage over Donald Trump – while two of the biggest battleground states show promise for Trump.




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Hillary Clinton's lead is thin with just a day to go as polls give her a margin of four points 

The day before the election and the presidential race is on a knife edge. Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in most polls by three or four points, according to data published Monday.




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Florida polls are tight but Democrats think they have edge in early voting

Things couldn't be tighter in 'Florida, Florida, Florida,' as the late Tim Russert coined it in 2000, with the Sunshine State looking to be the make-or-break it state for Republican Donald Trump.




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Clinton campaign CANCELS New York election night fireworks display 

Hillary Clinton's campaign has called off its planned election night firework display over Manhattan, it emerged Monday, the day before America goes to the polls.




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Stocks soar on US election polls predicting a Hillary Clinton victory

Goldman Sachs, the bank which paid both Clintons six-figure sums for speeches, was among the biggest gainers on the stock markets as prices soared over belief Donald Trump will lose.




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US election 2016: Donald Trump boasts it's 'gonna be Brexit plus plus plus'

Calling on voters to ‘reject a media and political elite that has bled our country dry’, he added: ‘It’s going to be amazing. We’re going to drain the swamp,’ speaking in vital swing state North Carolina.




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US election 2016: Confederate flag-waving parade drive by polling stations in Florida

In an apparent attempt to intimidate voters, at least a dozen trucks and other vehicles were caught on video parading around early polling stations in Florida waving Confederate flags on Monday.




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US election 2016: Hillary Clinton ends campaign in Pennsylvania with Bruce Springsteen

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump reunited with their families on the campaign trail Monday evening at a pair of swing-state rallies that marked the end of their respective presidential campaigns.




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US election 2016: News, results and times for Australia and who will win

The U.S. election is finally here. When and where can Australians follow the results? What are the key battleground states, and how does the U.S. system work?




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US election 2016: First results come in Dixville Notch with Clinton claiming victory 4-2

The 2016 US election has officially begun, with Hillary Clinton coming out on top in the first results to come back - the nine-person community of Dixville Notch.




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Hillary Clinton pledges to 'make history together' while Donald Trump blasts 'political establishment' 

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump released their final campaign ads on Monday night ahead of America going to the polls on Tuesday. The videos are remarkably different from one another.




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US election 2016: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump cast their votes at the polls

Bitter, divisive and utterly fascinating, the presidential election will be decided today as millions go to the polls. Both candidates will be in New York to vote and await the results.




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US election 2016: Live results, how voting works and times to find out who will win

The U.S. election is finally here. When and where can Australians follow the results? What are the key battleground states, and how does the U.S. system work?




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US Election 2016: Donald Trump says voting machines are changing results

Donald Trump warned of errors hitting the voting system and called it 'rigged' in an intervention which lays the ground for a challenge to the result - and the possibility he may not concede defeat.




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Us election 2016: First exit polls show voters backing Hillary Clinton

In an exit poll by Fox News, Clinton just edges out Trump as a better commander in chief, at 49 per cent to his 46 per cent. But the Republican wins on the economy, at 48 per cent to 46.




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Donna Tatlici slammed by Tom Garrecht for handing out pro-Trump pamphlets in Florida

Tom Garrecht allegedly slammed Donna Tatlici to the ground after she sprayed him. They began fighting when Garrecht saw her handing out pamphlets at the Juniper Community Center.




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Lindsay Lohan conducts US Election poll asking fans to 'Heart for Hillary or retweet for Trump'

Within an hour, the tweet had generated more than 4.2 thousand 'likes' and just 325 retweets.




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America's new President Donald Trump returns to Trump Tower after his election victory

Donald Trump returned to Trump Tower the president-elect after winning the White House race. It finally came to an end as Hillary Clinton phoned him at 2.30am to concede she had lost.




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Marco Rubio is re-elected to the Senate as Democrats fight for majority

Republican Marco Rubio secured a key Senate seat in Florida, delivering a crushing blow to Democrats failed to wrest control of the chamber.




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US election 2016: Edward Snowden video shows how to rig voting device

US cybersecurity company Cylance showed how by physically accessing the machine the number of votes could be altered and the names of candidates changed.




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US election results: Sensational Trump win in Florida as he sweeps to victory

Donald Trump has won the state of Florida after a precinct by precinct battle unfolded for the 29 electoral votes. Trump beat Clinton with 49 per cent of the vote, as she received 47 per cent.




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GOP wins Senate majority

Republicans have a 51-48 majority in the Senate, despite the Democrats' best efforts to win the four seats needed to flip the chamber.




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Hillary Clinton supporters weep as Donald Trump fans chant 'lock her up'

Clinton supporters were reduced to tears as their candidate's doom became inevitable on Election Night, while Trump's party became more and more raucous as he swept to victory.




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US election results: Bookmakers make Donald Trump favourite to beat Hillary Clinton

Bookmakers have made Donald Trump the resounding favourite to win the US Presidential Election with key states still to declare their results.




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US election results: Hillary Clinton saves her blushes in Virginia

After slack-jawed Clinton supporters watched Donald Trump turn huge swaths of the map red on a tense election night, Hillary Clinton got a break when she was declared the winner in Virginia.




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Republican Sentor Mark Kirk loses to Democrat Tammy Duckworth who he racially abused

Republican Senator Mark Kirk has lost his Illinois seat to Bangkok-born Democratic opponent Tammy Duckworth (pictured) who he racially abused during a debate.




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Canada's immigration website crashes as Trump wins US election

Canada's immigration website, which details information on how to move to the country, crashed - presumably because of a high volume of traffic - as the U.S. election results came in.




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US election pollsters get predictions wrong by underestimating white turnout in rural areas

Until the eleventh hour predictions were that Hillary had an 85 percent chance of winning the election. Even Tuesday's exit poll had Clinton winning almost everywhere at 5 p.m.




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Karlie Kloss steps out in stylish as she prepares to cast her vote in New York City

The American supermodel, 24, cut a typically stylish figure as she prepared to cast her vote in what has arguably been the most dramatic Presidential race in recent memory.




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As Donald Trump becomes 45th US President, USA vs Mexico takes on greater meaning

The timing of USA's meeting with Mexico for a World Cup qualifier on Friday could not have come at more explosive moment in the history of the two neighbouring countries.




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Fox News' Megyn Kelly encourages America to 'get behind' Donald Trump

Megyn Kelly encouraged Americans to say a prayer for Donald Trump on Wednesday morning while appearing in Live With Kelly, while also revealing that she thought Clinton would win early.




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Billy Bush courted more political controversy with Instagram post after voting

And on Tuesday after voting in the election, Bush, 45, generated raised eyebrows again by seeming to suggest he had cast his ballot for Hillary Clinton.




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US election polls and pundits should be banned

Allan Lichtman (pictured), from the American University in Washington DC, described election polls and pundits as 'useless' and 'worthless'.




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Chris Rock and Ron Perlman join Kanye West in announcing 2020 presidential bid

Many celebrities were heartbroken when Donald Trump upset the odds to become the 45th President of the United States.




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Hillary Clinton 'inconsolable' after losing US election to Donald Trump

After learning about her shocking loss to President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton reportedly was 'crying inconsolably' and 'couldn't stop'.




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Lara Trump reveals 'happy' moment the family knew Donald won the US election

Eric Trump's wife, Lara, has revealed there was a moment when she knew her father-in-law was going to win the election when the Trump family watched the results come in together on Tuesday.




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Polling expert eats a bug to settle bet he made against Trump's shocking election result

Dr Sam Wang, a polling expert who said he would eat a bug if Donald Trump won more than 240 electoral votes during Tuesday's election has made good on that promise on Saturday.




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Malcolm Turnbull attacks 'elite media' and ABC over Donald Trump election win

Malcolm Turnbull (pictured) says the media needs to be less elitist, following the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president-elect. The prime minister said his message on economic growth had resonated.




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YouGov poll finds that 80 per cent of voters believe coverage of the election was biased

In the aftermath of the presidential election, most voters believe the media coverage of the campaign was biased, particularly leaning in favor of Clinton, according to a new poll.




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Hillary Clinton says it 'wasn't easy' to show up at children's gala after election defeat

The losing presidential candidate said she 'wanted to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again' after conceding to Donald Trump a week ago today.




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Hillary Clinton now has 1.5 MILLION more votes than Trump in the popular vote

Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump in the popular vote count has increased. The Democrat is now ahead of the president-elect by more than 1.5 million votes.




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Obama reminds Republicans that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in final foreign address

President Barack Obama said he's confident he won't be the last Democrat to be elected to the highest officer in the U.S. in his last-ever foreign address, on Sunday night.




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Trump's popularity jumps 9 points since before the US election

President-elect Donald Trump's favorability has climbed to 46 per cent in a new Morning Consult survey, with a majority saying his transition is more organized or equal to past efforts.




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Trump says he 'really assumed' he'd lost US election because of 'phony' polls

President-elect Donald Trump told a Wisconsin crowd that he 'really assumed' that he'd lost the election, due to 'phony' exit polls.




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1 in 7 Democrats think President Trump can stay scandal-free 

Americans are not confident in Donald Trump's ability to stay scandal-free, as less than half surveyed by Gallup told pollsters they believed the incoming president could stand clear.