There are three days to go, so what is the state of the
race now?
After a precipitous drop in the national polls in the days
leading up to and after the James Comey FBI bombshell last week,
Hillary Clinton's national poll lead appears to have stabilised in
the low single digits (disregarding that quirky LA Times survey
that has always leaned Trump).
A look at key state polling, however, shows signs of weakness in
the vaunted Clinton firewall.
New Hampshire, one of the states that had proven to be durably
blue over the past few months, now appears to be a toss-up.
Both Mrs Clinton and President Barack Obama are planning
last-minute trips there to shore up support. And Michigan, which
was a 10-point win for Mr Obama in 2012, is also looking
uncomfortably close for the Democrats.
If Donald Trump manages to break the Democratic lock on one of
those states, Mrs Clinton will have to prevail in one or more of
the toss-ups on the map. Fortunately for her, there is some good
news to be found in early voting results.
In Florida, votes are pouring in from Miami-Dade county, and the
Clinton campaign is boasting that many are from Hispanics thought
unlikely to turn out (and therefore don't show up on likely voter
surveys).
The last day of early voting in Nevada also led to strong
results in solidly blue areas around Las Vegas, as one polling
place in a Mexican grocery store had to extend polling hours to
accommodate the massive crowds.