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| Clinton and Trump make climactic final pitches on eve of historic election day | Clinton and Trump make climactic final pitches on eve of historic election day |
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| Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump prepared to burn the midnight oil on Monday in a star-studded climax to one of the most consequential election campaigns in US history. | Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump prepared to burn the midnight oil on Monday in a star-studded climax to one of the most consequential election campaigns in US history. |
| Democrats were cautiously optimistic of victory after Trump’s promise to build a wall against immigrants appeared instead to have bolstered Clinton’s electoral firewall. | Democrats were cautiously optimistic of victory after Trump’s promise to build a wall against immigrants appeared instead to have bolstered Clinton’s electoral firewall. |
| Analysis of early voting behaviour suggests the Republican candidate may have stirred a demographic giant by encouraging up to 87% more Hispanic voters than usual in states such as Florida. | Analysis of early voting behaviour suggests the Republican candidate may have stirred a demographic giant by encouraging up to 87% more Hispanic voters than usual in states such as Florida. |
| Democrats will begin election day with an average lead in national opinion polling of around three points, though state-level polling suggested several possible paths to victory also remain for Trump among white working-class voters. | Democrats will begin election day with an average lead in national opinion polling of around three points, though state-level polling suggested several possible paths to victory also remain for Trump among white working-class voters. |
| Leaving nothing to chance, Clinton and President Barack Obama held afternoon rallies in Michigan and appeared on stage together in Philadelphia with Bruce Springsteen, a one-man songbook for America’s blue-collar angst. | |
| Springsteen played Thunder Road, ending with the lyric: ‘We’re pulling out of here to win”, and Long Walk Home, a bleak hymn to a town that has lost its businesses but still “wraps its arms around you”. | |
| Before the largest crowd of the Democratic campaign, in front of Independence Hall, Obama slapped the lectern as he introduced “this fighter, this statesman, this mother, this grandmother, this patriot, our next president of the United States of America, Hillary Clinton”. | |
| In New York, Madonna – sporting a stars and stripes bobble hat – covered John Lennon’s Imagine in an impromptu acoustic show, before Clinton headed to another midnight concert with Lady Gaga and Jon Bon Jovi in North Carolina. | |
| Trump was due to close the night at a midnight rally in Michigan, a state where he hoped to pull off an upset that would send shockwaves around the world by appealing to anger over jobs and trade. | |
| The Trump camp went into the final day of the campaign needing an almost clean sweep of battleground states such as Florida and North Carolina to win outright, plus a series of shock wins in the rustbelt that looked less and less likely. | |
| But sensing possible danger, the Clinton campaign poured last-minute resources into the industrial midwest, a region where she struggled against a similar antiestablishment surge for Bernie Sanders during the primary election season. | |
| Clinton told supporters in Michigan the election was a choice “between division and unity ... between strong and steady leadership and a loose cannon who could put everything at risk”. | Clinton told supporters in Michigan the election was a choice “between division and unity ... between strong and steady leadership and a loose cannon who could put everything at risk”. |
| Speaking to a packed crowd in a community college gymnasium in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Trump outlined his closing message that “this election will decide whether we are ruled by a corrupt political class or by yourselves, the people”. | Speaking to a packed crowd in a community college gymnasium in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Trump outlined his closing message that “this election will decide whether we are ruled by a corrupt political class or by yourselves, the people”. |
| Both presidential candidates planned to watch Tuesday night’s election returns in New York, prompting the city to stage the largest election day police deployment in its history, officials said yesterday. | |
| The New York police department plans to station 5,000 uniformed officers, including some with automatic weapons and explosives-detection equipment, across Manhattan and the city’s 1,205 polling stations. | The New York police department plans to station 5,000 uniformed officers, including some with automatic weapons and explosives-detection equipment, across Manhattan and the city’s 1,205 polling stations. |
| The Department of Justice also announced that its civil rights division will deploy more than 500 voting monitors to 28 states. There is particular concern that changes to voting rules in some states such as North Carolina may have deliberately affected African American turnout. | The Department of Justice also announced that its civil rights division will deploy more than 500 voting monitors to 28 states. There is particular concern that changes to voting rules in some states such as North Carolina may have deliberately affected African American turnout. |
| At Trump’s rally in Scranton, a blue-collar crowd sitting in steep, narrow bleachers looming from the gym floor was deafening at times. In addition to familiar chants like “Lock her up” and “Build the wall”, Trump supporters shouted, “I love you, Donnie” about their candidate and “She’s a demon” about his opponent. | At Trump’s rally in Scranton, a blue-collar crowd sitting in steep, narrow bleachers looming from the gym floor was deafening at times. In addition to familiar chants like “Lock her up” and “Build the wall”, Trump supporters shouted, “I love you, Donnie” about their candidate and “She’s a demon” about his opponent. |
| Trump, who was repeatedly interrupted by raucous chants of “CNN sucks”, called Clinton “the face of failure” and “the face of failed foreign policy” as he continued his attacks on familiar targets including Jay Z and Beyoncé, as well as the media. | Trump, who was repeatedly interrupted by raucous chants of “CNN sucks”, called Clinton “the face of failure” and “the face of failed foreign policy” as he continued his attacks on familiar targets including Jay Z and Beyoncé, as well as the media. |
| The Republican nominee was heartened by the sound of the rowdy cheers in a state that was last won by a Republican in a presidential election by George HW Bush in 1988 and where Clinton has long maintained a narrow but consistent lead. “This is not the sound of a second place finisher,” he declared from the stage. | The Republican nominee was heartened by the sound of the rowdy cheers in a state that was last won by a Republican in a presidential election by George HW Bush in 1988 and where Clinton has long maintained a narrow but consistent lead. “This is not the sound of a second place finisher,” he declared from the stage. |
| Under the crisp blue skies forecast for much of the country on election day, Clinton began her last full day of campaigning with a personal moment: one that highlights the historic opportunity ahead of her to become the first female president in the US and a role model for a generation of young women. | Under the crisp blue skies forecast for much of the country on election day, Clinton began her last full day of campaigning with a personal moment: one that highlights the historic opportunity ahead of her to become the first female president in the US and a role model for a generation of young women. |
| Pausing beneath the plane that has carried her through the closing months of a sometimes interminable-feeling campaign, she stopped to show the scene to her two-year-old granddaughter Charlotte via her cellphone. | Pausing beneath the plane that has carried her through the closing months of a sometimes interminable-feeling campaign, she stopped to show the scene to her two-year-old granddaughter Charlotte via her cellphone. |
| “I wouldn’t have worked as hard as I have over 18 months … if I did not believe in my heart that we can do this,” she later told supporters in Pittsburgh. “We don’t have to accept a dark and divisive vision for America. Tomorrow you can vote for a big-hearted America.” | “I wouldn’t have worked as hard as I have over 18 months … if I did not believe in my heart that we can do this,” she later told supporters in Pittsburgh. “We don’t have to accept a dark and divisive vision for America. Tomorrow you can vote for a big-hearted America.” |
| “There is fear and anger in our country,” Clinton added. “But anger is not a plan. We have got to start talking to each other again.” | “There is fear and anger in our country,” Clinton added. “But anger is not a plan. We have got to start talking to each other again.” |
| Amid continued Democratic rancour over the late role of the FBI and Trump’s threat to refuse to recognise an election result he claims may be rigged, it will be a tough battle for whoever wins. | Amid continued Democratic rancour over the late role of the FBI and Trump’s threat to refuse to recognise an election result he claims may be rigged, it will be a tough battle for whoever wins. |
| Though stock markets rebounded yesterday in the wake of better national polls for Clinton, Democrats fear the cloud cast by the FBI could cost them control of Congress and prolong Washington gridlock even if she wins the White House. | Though stock markets rebounded yesterday in the wake of better national polls for Clinton, Democrats fear the cloud cast by the FBI could cost them control of Congress and prolong Washington gridlock even if she wins the White House. |
| Clinton took her closing argument to four cities across three battleground states on Monday, dubbing the choice before voters as among the most consequential in modern history. | Clinton took her closing argument to four cities across three battleground states on Monday, dubbing the choice before voters as among the most consequential in modern history. |
| “Our core values are being tested in this election,” Clinton said at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “But my faith in our future has never been stronger.” | “Our core values are being tested in this election,” Clinton said at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “But my faith in our future has never been stronger.” |
| Earlier in the day, she implored thousands of mostly young voters, who filled an outdoor park at the University of Pittsburgh as hundreds more lined the streets, to grasp why this election was different. | Earlier in the day, she implored thousands of mostly young voters, who filled an outdoor park at the University of Pittsburgh as hundreds more lined the streets, to grasp why this election was different. |
| “This person is temperamentally unqualified, experientially unqualified to be president,” Clinton said. | “This person is temperamentally unqualified, experientially unqualified to be president,” Clinton said. |
| “We have got to rise above all of this hate-filled rhetoric, all of these insults and scapegoating and finger-pointing and insulting.” | “We have got to rise above all of this hate-filled rhetoric, all of these insults and scapegoating and finger-pointing and insulting.” |
| Between rallies and flights, Clinton took her pitch to the airwaves with a series of interviews in pursuit of undecided voters who might still be persuaded or those needing motivation to head to the polls. A conversation with radio host Ryan Seacrest drew Clinton’s first reaction to the announcement by FBI director James Comey a day prior clearing the former secretary of state once more after reviewing a new batch of emails that may have been pertinent to her use of a private server. | Between rallies and flights, Clinton took her pitch to the airwaves with a series of interviews in pursuit of undecided voters who might still be persuaded or those needing motivation to head to the polls. A conversation with radio host Ryan Seacrest drew Clinton’s first reaction to the announcement by FBI director James Comey a day prior clearing the former secretary of state once more after reviewing a new batch of emails that may have been pertinent to her use of a private server. |
| “I kept saying that I was surprised, I never expected them to do that,” she said of Comey’s controversial decision to cast renewed scrutiny over the now-closed investigation into her emails less than two weeks before the election. | “I kept saying that I was surprised, I never expected them to do that,” she said of Comey’s controversial decision to cast renewed scrutiny over the now-closed investigation into her emails less than two weeks before the election. |
| “I was just a little bit befuddled by the whole process, but it’s behind us now and I think everybody should focus on what is best for our country and how we’re going to meet the challenges we have. | “I was just a little bit befuddled by the whole process, but it’s behind us now and I think everybody should focus on what is best for our country and how we’re going to meet the challenges we have. |
| Obama urged Americans to focus on the big picture as he began his last day of campaigning, warning that the election could be close-fought. | Obama urged Americans to focus on the big picture as he began his last day of campaigning, warning that the election could be close-fought. |
| “I want you to tune out all the noise and I want you to focus because the choice you face when you step into the voting booth could not be clearer: Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be commander in chief,” he told a rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan. “Just think, over the weekend his campaign took away his Twitter account. Now, if your closest advisers don’t trust you to tweet, why should we trust you with the nuclear codes?” | “I want you to tune out all the noise and I want you to focus because the choice you face when you step into the voting booth could not be clearer: Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be commander in chief,” he told a rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan. “Just think, over the weekend his campaign took away his Twitter account. Now, if your closest advisers don’t trust you to tweet, why should we trust you with the nuclear codes?” |