Electoral College Vote Maps for 2016 Presidential Election – Updates: Hillary Clinton Tops Donald Trump According to Several Polls
Hillary Clinton has a resounding electoral college vote lead over Donald Trump, surpassing 300 votes in total and putting herself well above the 270 need to ascend to the White House.
According to 538.com, Clinton now bags 307.2 electoral votes to Trump's 230.2 and 0.5 for Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson.
By simply giving Clinton the support every Democratic presidential candidate has earned since 1992, pollsters found the former first lady starts out with a baseline of as many as 242 electors.
Clinton Scoring big With Latino Voters
Further enhancing her chances is her early showing in a number of states with large Latino populations, such as Florida, Nevada and Colorado.
Trump has struggled mightily among Latino voters, marking the launch of his campaign by vowing to deport millions and deriding Mexican immigrants as criminals.
An America's Voice and Latino Decisions poll recently found immigration to be the most significant issue of the election in the minds of Latino voters, with Clinton leading Trump in support among Latinos by a nearly five to 1 (70 percent to 19 percent) margin.
Clinton on top in Freedom Light House Poll
Meanwhile, the latest Freedom Light House poll finds Clinton topping Trump in the electoral vote count 250 to 164 with 124 votes still too close to call.
Pollsters found Clinton safely ahead in such states as Washington, Oregon, California, New Mexico, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, New York Pennsylvania, Virginia and Hawaii.
Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa, Maine, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida are all still considered up for grabs, while Trump leads in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Indiana, West Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina.
The outspoken Trump recently made a trip to Mexico to meet with President Enrique Pena Nieto, where Nieto later insisted he informed Trump his country will not be paying for the wall Trump has pledged to build along the Mexican border.
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