Hilary Clinton

U seem to be looking for an argument!

.....and you SERIOUSLY think she's any better!

Clinton's chances of winning are improving by the hour according to 538 polling.

Amazing.... Over 350M people in the US and the best they can come up with is Trump and Clinton...

Lindill49 how difficult would you like to make it for people to collect their benefits?

Of course they should have to collect them the hard way after all if you're 'down and out' then you are a blight on society and should be treated like pariahs. Sometimes this scum can be seen begging on the street even and offending hard working, clean living WASPS passersby.

Trump will doubtless sort them out, along with non Christians, Hispanics, blacks and other undesirables. Trump is of course the ideal of white manhood, with his winning ways with women (love that cave man attitude) and his ability to deliver inspirational speeches as rousing as the Nuremberg Rallies to his hysterical and brain dead loyal supporters.

Well Lindill49 I'd like a link to a well researched article with facts and figures on that because it doesn't square with anything I've read about their benefit system. And how would Obama have got it though?

Not exactly true, about Obamaphone. They get $9.50 per month to spend on communications, which could be towards a mobile, or towards broadband.
Have you seen I Daniel Blake? Do you know that all claimants in this coutry need to be able to access the internet to do jobsearching and to interact with the DWP?
Actually in the US, it's part of Lifeline, and was started by Regan.

www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/lifeline-support-affordable-communications

Well it made me laugh ?

We were in the States last month and chatting to people about the election. What people here don't realise is that for the past 8 years the country has been leaning so far left that the benefits system has become ridiculous. Did you know that Mr Obama has supplied all the down and outs on the streets with"Obama-phones" so they can collect their benefits more easily. The general population are up in arms. That's why Mr Trump has his followers despite being an idiot!

Are you saying that Trump should be allowed to win because otherwise there will be rioting? Surely if you are sick of politics, you just don't vote.
Clinton is winning on both the electoral college and the popular vote.

As an American I can tell you that I never ever saw such rudeness, misbehavior and downright ugliness as I have in this campaign. We campaign far too long and waste money . Our system does not allow for more than two candidates to actually run and win, and in my opinion we need to get rid of the electoral college. Trump appeals to those who are sick of politics all together.
But he incited anger and hatred and violence in his followers. If he doesn't win I fear rioting . This is just an example of the world I suppose.

The whole shooting match has been nothing but a slanging contest. I have absolutely no idea about what their actual manifestos are.

I was rather bemused by the speed at which Trump was rushed off stage when the Republican against Trump was rushed and somebody shouted "Gun!"
There was no gun, just a placard, and I thought Trump liked guns and wanted more people to have them.

I'm very afraid I see trouble ahead for our American friends whichever party wins. Trump won't take losing lying down and nor will his many gun toting supporters. I know several people who just have given up trying to decide the lesser of two evils (its how they put it) and aren't going to vote for either and I think that will only help Trump.

Im68Now - and the reason for your disgraceful post was?

If Trump loses, he won't go down lightly.

It's six hours behind at the moment because most of the US is still asleep.

The CNN link is from October a,d the WSJ is behind a paywall, LewLew.
I look at www.fivethirtyeight.com which gives up to date polling news, and includes WSJ polls.

I think that not finding evidence by the FBI will definitely help Clinton.

Ack, the quote tool does not work between paragraphs, sorry about that. The last two paragraphs are a quote!

These are not actual votes counted, they are the party voting turnout. Very different. You can be a registered Republican and vote for anyone, and that even means a write-in. You do not have to vote party, so there are likely many Republicans who are 'holding their nose' as it's been styled, and voting for Hillary. They well are likely voting for their representatives along party lines. Numbers in the below quote are old, it is up to 37+ million now. Hispanic votes will likely make more of a difference this time than African American votes which were cast in a huge turnout for Obama.

^These findings represent absentee ballots and early votes cast by more than 18.6 million Americans across 37 states where data are available. CNN has partnered with Catalist, a data company that works with progressive candidates and groups, to receive detailed early vote return information this year. Catalist's voter list connects returned ballots with demographic and registration information, such as party registration, gender and age, and allows a closer look at who has already cast a vote.

These are not results -- ballots aren't tallied until Election Day. But the findings provide clues on who is voting, and which party is turning out to vote. And while the numbers track voters' party affiliations, not all Democrats are voting for Clinton, and not all Republicans are supporting Donald Trump.^

edition.cnn.com/2016/10/29/politics/early-voter-data/

More up to date info:

www.wsj.com/articles/early-voting-data-shows-whos-turning-out-1478281004

Fingers crossed...the whole world is watching!

Meant to say that I had thought that just as Obama was unable to make some things happen (remember his comment that even the President of the USA can't do some things) I hoped that should Trump win, his powers would be severely restricted by the Senate. Sullivan dispels my hopes!

Presumably when Hillary wins, there will be an enquiry into Comey's links with Trump. Or maybe she will just sack him.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/06/fbi-director-james-comey-clinton-emails-trump

The election antics in the USA have been jaw droppingly awful. I shall be glad when it's over but only if Hilary wins. Politics seems to be a dirty game anyway - and I long for some sense of honour and integrity in it. Dull to some maybe - but very different.
My daughter is out there for a week for her work. I look forward to her take on it when she returns.

nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/andrew-sullivan-trump-america-and-the-abyss.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

A very interesting article. It's a long read, but does give some perspective on the issues surrounding both Trump and Clinton which either didn't make news in the UK or I missed. I googled the author and it seems he's a well known political journalist and blogger.