US presidential election - page 4

tag US presidential election

Dollar slumps as tightening U.S. election race rattles nerves

EghtesadOnline: The dollar slumped on Wednesday as the U.S. presidential election increasingly looked too close to call, jangling investors' nerves and fuelling demand for perceived havens such as the Japanese yen.
|
Publish Date:02/November/2016 | 05:16
A majority of voters in Arizona oppose building a wall along Mexican border with the U.S.

Trump Plan to ‘Build the Wall’ May Cost Him in Border States

EghtesadOnline: “Build the wall” is one of Donald Trump’s most dependable rally cries across the country, but in the border states, his message has landed with a thud.
|
Publish Date:01/November/2016 | 13:25

Democrats sue Trump for alleged voter intimidation in four states

EghtesadOnline: Democratic Party officials sued Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in four battleground states on Monday, seeking to shut down a poll-watching effort they said was designed to harass minority voters in the Nov. 8 election.
|
Publish Date:01/November/2016 | 24:30

Clinton Says Comey E-Mail Move ‘Unprecedented’ as Trump Pounces

EghtesadOnline: Hillary Clinton attacked FBI Director James Comey’s decision to inform Congress it was reviving an investigation into her use of a private e-mail server as Donald Trump’s advisers urged him to use the development to seize momentum 10 days before the election.
|
Publish Date:31/October/2016 | 05:38

Clinton adds pop of celebrity in homestretch of campaign

EghtesadOnline: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, whose buoyant position in opinion polls has been threatened by a surprising new twist in the saga over her emails, on Saturday harnessed some celebrity star power she hopes will help win the battleground state of Florida on Nov. 8.
|
Publish Date:30/October/2016 | 06:49

Polls aside, the U.S. presidential election is far from a blowout

EghtesadOnline: Two weeks out from Election Day and it looks like the race for the White House is all but over. However, if it looks like pollsters are increasingly on the wrong side of history (Colombia’s referendum, Brexit, the 2015 British election and the Scottish referendum) it could be because they need to triple and quadruple check their assumptions before making blithe pronouncements. This is that type of thought exercise.
|
Publish Date:30/October/2016 | 06:27

Clinton enjoys solid lead in early voting: Reuters/Ipsos poll

EghtesadOnline: With 11 days to go before the U.S. presidential election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by 15 percentage points among early voters surveyed in the past two weeks, according to the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project.
|
Publish Date:30/October/2016 | 06:12

Clinton Counting on Swing-State Advantage Through Early Voting

EghtesadOnline: Democrats are casting early votes with greater intensity in North Carolina and Colorado, while Republicans appear to have the early edge in Ohio and Iowa. There’s a surge of early balloting in Florida, another crucial swing state, though it’s difficult to say yet whether the advantage goes to Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.
|
Publish Date:28/October/2016 | 16:20
“We are gonna win,” the Republican presidential nominee tells Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin.

Trump Has No Doubts About Winning White House

EghtesadOnline: At the ribbon-cutting ceremony of his new luxury Washington hotel, Donald Trump characteristically showed no sign of self-doubt in the face of polls showing Hillary Clinton with a comfortable lead in the presidential race less than two weeks before Election Day.
|
Publish Date:28/October/2016 | 16:02
Win or lose, the Republican candidate and his inner circle have built a direct marketing operation that could power a TV network—or finish off the GOP.

Inside the Trump Bunker, With Days to Go

EghtesadOnline: On Oct. 19, as the third and final presidential debate gets going in Las Vegas, Donald Trump’s Facebook and Twitter feeds are being manned by Brad Parscale, a San Antonio marketing entrepreneur, whose buzz cut and long narrow beard make him look like a mixed martial arts fighter. His Trump tie has been paired with a dark Zegna suit. A lapel pin issued by the Secret Service signals his status. He’s equipped with a dashboard of 400 prewritten Trump tweets. “Command center,” he says, nodding at his laptop.
|
Publish Date:28/October/2016 | 15:57

Clinton warns against complacency, Trump warns of World War Three

EghtesadOnline: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton warned her supporters on Tuesday against complacency as opinion polls show her holding a clear lead over Republican rival Donald Trump with two weeks left until the Nov. 8 election.
|
Publish Date:26/October/2016 | 13:51

Trump asks team to trim back transition efforts, focus on race: sources

EghtesadOnline: Trailing in opinion polls, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has asked his campaign to cut back on work identifying candidates for key jobs in his would-be administration and focus instead on bolstering his chances on Election Day, according to two people familiar with the campaign's inner workings.
|
Publish Date:26/October/2016 | 04:06

U.S. options market not very 'Trumped up' ahead of vote

EghtesadOnline: Prospects that the presidential election will inject a hefty dose of volatility into U.S. stock markets are fading fast as Republican Donald Trump's victory odds lengthen.
|
Publish Date:24/October/2016 | 08:33
The candidates appeared together one night after facing off at a contentious presidential debate.

Trump’s Jokes Strike a Sour Tone at New York’s Al Smith Dinner

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump said Thursday he was in a room full of wonderful people at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York.
|
Publish Date:23/October/2016 | 09:55

Trump to Lay Out a Vision for First 100 Days as President

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump plans to set out a positive vision for his first 100 days as president, in what his campaign called a closing argument for voters that will come a day after he vowed to finish the race with "no regrets."
|
Publish Date:22/October/2016 | 09:05
Ahead of their final debate, the survey “shows movement toward Clinton with all the right groups it takes to win.”

Clinton Has 9-Point Lead as Comeback Obstacles Loom for Trump

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump would need to stage a historic comeback to win the White House in 20 days as key slices of the electorate drift away from his candidacy, according to the latest Bloomberg Politics national poll.
|
Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 11:00

Trump? Clinton? Many young Americans prefer giant meteor, poll finds

EghtesadOnline: Young Americans are so dissatisfied with their choices in this presidential election that nearly one in four told an opinion poll they would rather have a giant meteor destroy the Earth than see Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in the White House.
|
Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 06:26